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Knowledge Sharing / Education

Sharing knowledge between and within generations is a valuable societal practice that brings context to experiences and helps individuals and communities make informed decisions. Whether it is passed on through story, books, video, arts, music etc.; the purpose is to educate, to create awareness, and to promote knowledge that is meaningful.

Education is a powerful tool that builds capacity within community. The leaders of today and tomorrow need to have access to a wide array of knowledge and experience to make informed decisions on how to adapt to environmental change. Through community-led projects, communities are building capacity by engaging current and future leaders in the scientific process and by organizing on-the-land camps where youth learn Indigenous Knowledge. Sheila Watt-Cloutier, acclaimed Inuk climate change advocate and Nobel Prize nominee, considers being out on the land an intimate learning experience where: Northern First Nations and Inuit communities made it clear that sharing knowledge, specifically traditional knowledge, is important to them. Projects tell the stories of how communities put forth plans to educate northern First Nations, Inuit, and researchers on climate change health impacts and adaptation. A strong emphasis was put on sharing traditional knowledge between youth and Elders through their participation in interviews, on-the-land camps, films, and photography activities.

“The actual act of going out on the land, and the skills that are required to survive these conditions that we have in the Arctic, are the very skills … young people need to survive even in the modern world,” she says. “What the land teaches you … is to be bold under pressure, to withstand stress, to be courageous, to be patient, to have sound judgment, and ultimately wisdom.” – Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Click on a link below to check out how these communities are engaging in climate change adaptation!

Alberta

​Cold Lake
  • Promoting Resilience and Self Sufficiency through the Transfer of Traditional Knowledge in Cold Lake First Nations (2017-2018)
Kehewin Cree Nation
    • Miyo Maskikiy/Miyo Macihowin (Good Medicine/Good Health) (2019-2020)
Saddle Lake
  • Saddle Lake Cree Nation Tipi Model Approach to Climate Change Adaptation (2017-2018 and 2018-2019)

British Columbia

Nisga'a
  • Nisga’a Women’s Health Foods, Shelter and Education in the Mountainous Permafrost (2010-2011)

Inuvialiuit Settlement Region

Aklavik
  • Porcupine Caribou Traditional Knowledge Data Mobilization Project (2018-2019 and 2019-2020)
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
  • Inuvialuit Capacity Building and Training Year (2012-2013)
Inuvik
  • The link between climate change and health in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR): Capacity building, traditional knowledge exchange and community based monitoring for elders and youth at Kendall Island, NWT (2012-2013)
  • Porcupine Caribou Traditional Knowledge Data Mobilization Project (2018-2019 and 2019-2020)
Tuktoyaktuk
  • Our Land, Our Life, Our Future: Community Health, Climate Change & Community Based Adaptation Solutions toward Wellness (2008-2009)
  • Porcupine Caribou Traditional Knowledge Data Mobilization Project (2018-2019 and 2019-2020)
Ulukhaktok
  • Phase I - NUNAMIN ILLIHAKVIA: Learning from the Land (2013-2014)
  • Phase II - TUMIVUT: Tracks of Our Ancestors Towards a Healthy Future (2014-2015)
  • NUNAMIN ILLIHAKVIA: Learning from the Land (2018-2019)

New Brunswick

Neqotkuk
  • On-going Traditional Teaching to Promote Physical and Mental Health in Neqotkuk (2018-2019)

Northwest Territories

Déline
  • Health Risk and Climate Change in Sahtúot’ine Stories: Envisioning Adaptions with Elders and Youth in Déline, NWT (2009-2010)
Dettah
  • Climate Change and Emergency Measures: Traditional Knowledge Research for Increased Unpredictable Severe Weather and Travel Safety Impacts on Community Health, Tools for development of Adaptation Plans (2012-2013)
Fort Good Hope
  • Our Land, Our Life, Our Future: Community Health, Climate Change & Community Based Adaptation Solutions toward Wellness (2008-2009)
Fort McPherson
  • Porcupine Caribou Traditional Knowledge Data Mobilization Project (2018-2019 and 2019-2020)
Jean Marie River (Tthets’éhk’edélî)
  • Impacts to the Health and Wellness of Jean Marie River First Nation in the Face of a Changing Climate (2010-2011)
Lutsel K’e Dene
  • Learning From the Changes: Climate, Land, and People (2014-2015)
Tsiigehtchic
  • Porcupine Caribou Traditional Knowledge Data Mobilization Project (2018-2019 and 2019-2020)

Nunatsiavut

Rigolet
  • Changing Climate, Changing Health, and Changing Stories: a capacity development approach to community-based participatory health research in Nunatsiavut, Canada (2009-2010)
  • Changing Climate, Changing Health, Changing Stories 2: uniting Nunatsiavut Youth and Elders through stories, community-based research, and wisdom (2010-2011)

Nunavut

Arviat
  • Young Hunters Program / Climate Adaptation Program (2017-2022)
 Clyde River & Qikiqtarjuaq
  • Arnait Project: A Women’s Retreat on Climate Change and Health (2010-2011)
  • The Meaning of Ice: A special book project to report Inuit-led research on sea ice, sea ice use, and sea ice change in three Arctic communities (2008-2009)
Igloolik
  • Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change: Assessing, Mitigating, and Communicating Health Risks (2009-2010) 
Iqaluit
  • A mixed method study to explore human health indicators and youth perspectives on climate change and adaptation in Nunavut (2014-2015)
  • Climate Change and Health Community Photovoice Research Project and Tool Development Workshop (2009-2010)
Pangnirtung ​
  • Pangnirtung youth tackle Climate Change: On-the-land knowledge exchange, monitoring, and filmmaking promoting adaptation and well-being (2019-2021)

Pan Northern

Sahtú Renewable Resources Board
  • Review and Impact Analysis: Program for Climate Change and Health Adaptation in Northern First Nation and Inuit Communities (2015-2016)

Yukon

Dawson
  • Porcupine Caribou Traditional Knowledge Data Mobilization Project (2018-2019 and 2019-2020)
Mayo
  • Porcupine Caribou Traditional Knowledge Data Mobilization Project (2018-2019 and 2019-2020)
Old Crow
  • Porcupine Caribou Traditional Knowledge Data Mobilization Project (2018-2019 and 2019-2020)
Selkirk
  • Climate Change and Health – Linking our Past and Future through our Traditions and Culture: An Ethno-Botanical Resource Study to determine the Effects of Climate Change on Traditional Ecosystems (2009-2010) 
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