GG668/PLAN668(UW)
Indigenous Environmental Management Perspectives
0.5 Credit

This course examines Indigenous knowledge-based approaches to environmental management. The first part of the course is dedicated to fostering a better understanding of, and appreciation for, Indigenous land-based philosophies and ways Western and Indigenous approaches to environmental management will also be highlighted. The second half of the course deals with finding more effective ways of integrating Indigenous land-use principles and knowledges in the management of Indigenous and non-Indigenous territories in Canada and worldwide.