Website: http://www.ser.org/iprn/tek.asp This is a wonderful website pertaining to traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). The site looks at the reasons behind the new attention being paid to traditional knowledge, and western cultures hopes to utilize this knowledge as a way to repair the damage we have done to our environment. There are links to information about […]
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Website: http://www.ecoknow.ca/index.html This is the website for a research group, based out of UBC, that focuses on ecological knowledge research done in collaboration with Indigenous communities along the north coast of BC. Participants in the research group include students and professors from the Anthropology department at UBC and members of the Gitxaala Nation. This group […]
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Website: http://www.nafaforestry.org/forest_home/knowledge.html This is a very interesting website, designed to help increase Aboriginal consultation and understanding within the Forestry sector. The site covers a large range of information including: the national forest strategy, aboriginal law, capacity building, institutions traditional knowledge, business, youth, metis forestry, trapping and hunting, etc. For me, the most interesting (and pertinent […]
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Website: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mmichie/april06.htm This is a website dedicated to distributing information about events pertaining to Indigenous science and it’s integration into Western education. This particular link will take you to the April, 2006 edition of the bulletin, where a research proposal by two students of the University of Victoria, BC is highlighted. This proposal, entitled “The […]
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Website: http://www.scidev.net/en/policy-briefs/raising-awareness-of-indigenous-knowledge-in-scien.html This web page contains a paper regarding possible ways to implement Indigenous knowledge in Western science and technology classes. Written in 2002, it is interesting to note the suggestions given by the author that have not yet been adequately addressed, six years later. This paper stresses the need for a formal agreement between […]
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http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/files/PDF/shand.pdf This is a link to a pdf file of a paper written by Peter Shand, a non-aboriginal New Zealander, and presented at the University of British Columbia in February 2000 at an event organized by the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. This paper, written in an easily accessible, entertaining style, looks at the […]
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Website: http://bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/About_Us/ServicesHandbook/1AbEdProgram.pdf There is a section of the BCTF website that describes the Federations policy/beliefs concerning Aboriginal education in British Columbia and the Federations commitment to upholding/improving upon these policies. The link provided connects to a paper concerning the Aboriginal Education Program in BC. It discusses what is being done, and what the federation would […]
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Website: http://aerc.usask.ca/index.html This is the website for the Aboriginal Education Research Centre, based out of the University of Saskatchewan. The centre focuses on research relating to Aboriginal Education within Canada, but the site also includes some international content. This site is very easy to navigate, with informative links clearly shown on the left hand side […]
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Website: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/aboriginalplanet/750/resource/global/rewipo-en.asp This website, although no longer maintained, is a part of the “Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada electronic archives”. It contains information regarding the status of Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights in Canada, the direction the government is hoping to head in terms of the expansion of the information these rights could cover, and […]
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Website: http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/prb0338-e.htm This website is actually a paper, prepared by Tonina Simeone, and hosted on the Library of Parliament website. The different sections of the paper are linked to on the site, making the important information this paper contains easily accessible. Topics covered by this paper include: “How Does Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Differ from Western […]
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