39 Questions
What is a key reason for recognizing Indigenous leadership in addressing climate change?
Effectiveness and sustainability of Indigenous Knowledge and Land management practices
What do Indigenous worldviews emphasize in relation to social resilience to environmental change?
Moral relationships of responsibility connecting humans to animals, plants, and habitats
What do responsible Indigenous practices ensure for future generations?
Maintenance of ecosystem goods and services
What foundation allows reliance on each other when facing environmental change, according to the text?
Moral qualities of responsibility
What principles does the Wisahkotewinowak Collective follow in their garden sites?
The principles of the Dish with One Spoon Territory
Where are the garden sites of the Wisahkotewinowak Collective located?
Within the Territories of the Attawandaron, Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee Peoples
What is the significance of the White Owl Sugar Bush site?
It serves as a place for community gatherings, ceremonies, and protecting the diversity of life
What did the White Owl Sugar Bush tap in 2020?
100 maple trees
What is the primary focus of the Wisahkotewinowak Collective's advocacy work?
Protecting the environment and mitigating climate change
What is the purpose of the Land-based learning projects the Collective engages in with educational institutions?
To promote connectedness to place, culture, and community
Why does the Collective emphasize the importance of Indigenous Land-based learning?
In addressing the distress caused by climate change among Indigenous youth and young adults
What was the previous designation of the Land where the White Owl Sugar Bush is located?
A protected site due to the presence of the endangered Jefferson Salamander
What type of trees were tapped at the White Owl Sugar Bush?
Maple trees
What do the Wisahkotewinowak Collective aim to uphold while growing and harvesting food?
Relationships with the Land and communities
When was the White Owl Sugar Bush established?
2016
Who does the Wisahkotewinowak Collective consist of?
Indigenous and settler-allies who are gardeners, researchers, educators, and lifelong learners
What is the meaning of the name Wisahkotewinowak?
The growth of new green shoots after a fire
Where did the initiative Wisahkotewinowak originate?
Great Lakes region
What is the focus of the Wisahkotewinowak initiative?
Urban Indigenous food sovereignty
What does the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada emphasize in relation to health equity?
Closing gaps in health equity, including food security, within diverse Indigenous contexts
Where were new gardens established as part of the Wisahkotewinowak initiative?
Steckle Heritage Farm, Guelph Organic Centre, University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, Blair Outdoor Education Centre
What is emphasized as critical within urban and peri-urban places at greater risk from impacts of urbanization and climate change?
Reconciliation with the earth
What does the Wisahkotewinowak initiative aim to support?
The health of urban Indigenous communities through Indigenous food sovereignty
What prompted the establishment of new gardens across the region?
Outgrowing the initial garden location
What does the story conclude with in relation to the Wisahkotewinowak initiative?
A series of best practices and recommendations
What does the initiative Wisahkotewinowak illustrate the importance of?
Indigenous leadership in enhancing community efforts to protect and manage natural spaces
What does the name Wisahkotewinowak reflect?
The purpose to revitalize Indigenous Land-based practices
What is the primary aim of the Indigenous Collective's collaboration with academic institutions?
To address food access and knowledge barriers
Where did the Blair Outdoor Education Centre garden expand to in size?
270 square meters
How many students were accommodated by the Blair Outdoor Education Centre garden from September to December 2019?
475 students
Approximately how much food did the garden provide from August to November 2020?
730 lbs
What is the focus of the Land-based camps for Indigenous youth at Steckle Heritage Farm?
Indigenous gardening and food preparation practices
What type of trees were planted in the Uniroyal Goodrich Park in 2020?
Maple, paw paws, and serviceberry trees
What does the story demonstrate about the Land?
It can bring together different groups and relationships to act in the best interest of the local environment or community habitat
What kind of space did the park's leadership offer to create in the Uniroyal Goodrich Park?
A ceremonial fire space
Who engaged in the reconstruction process of the Uniroyal Goodrich Park?
The local Indigenous community
What is the focus of the Land-based education and sustainable practices that the Indigenous Collective aims to explore?
Innovative Land-based education and sustainable practices
Which institutions does the Indigenous Collective work with to establish garden sites?
University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Conestoga College
What has led to discussions about other municipal sites being collectively transformed for community benefit?
Growing relationships between the City of Kitchener, the local neighbourhood group, and the Indigenous Collective
Study Notes
Indigenous Collective's Land-based Practices Summary
- The Indigenous Collective works with academic institutions including the University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Conestoga College to establish garden sites.
- The aim is to address food access and knowledge barriers and explore innovative Land-based education and sustainable practices.
- Indigenous community partners support students in tending Indigenous food and medicine gardens within postsecondary institutional spaces.
- The Collective has begun working with the Waterloo Region District School Board, establishing a garden at the Blair Outdoor Education Centre.
- The Blair Outdoor Education Centre garden expanded from 11 square meters to 270 square meters in size, accommodating 475 students from September to December 2019.
- The garden provided approximately 730 lbs of food shared with 31 households and 250 people from August to November 2020.
- Steckle Heritage Farm has been operating Land-based camps for Indigenous youth, focusing on Indigenous gardening and food preparation practices.
- The Uniroyal Goodrich Park in Kitchener, Ontario, underwent reconstruction, with the local Indigenous community engaging in the process.
- The park's leadership offered to create a ceremonial fire space and White Owl held summer day camps for Indigenous children and youth in the space.
- In 2020, maple, paw paws, and serviceberry trees were planted in the park, with plans to increase local biodiversity.
- The story demonstrates how the Land can bring together different groups and relationships to act in the best interest of the local environment or community habitat.
- The relationships between the City of Kitchener, the local neighbourhood group, and the Indigenous Collective are growing, leading to discussions about other municipal sites that can be collectively transformed for community benefit.
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