Treaty 1 Territory

Winnipeg, Manitoba

204-474-9316

For more information

eclinfo@umanitoba.ca

Land-Based Indigenous Science workshops

Developing Your Land-Based workshop

All workshops will provide a holistic overview of the priorities and issues relevant to your community, focusing on the local environment, scientific approaches, and traditional knowledge.

DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START?   Below are concepts to keep in mind before contacting us to develop a camp together.

Duration

How long do you want your camp to be? 

Kis Kin Ha Ma Ki Win can spend up to 5 days with you. 

Plans

Are you already planning a land-based youth camp? We can work to develop a curriculum appropriate for however long you require us to visit, for collaborative planning.

Camp Priorities

What are your learning priorities for the youth? We can focus on a number of environmental topics and issues. Some include

  • Holistic approaches to the environment and livelihoods
  • Impacts of hydropower or other energy extractive activities
  • Water quality, changes, and importance
  • Language, traditions, and scientific concepts of water and its use
  • Traditional plants and medicines
  • Fish and wildlife health and monitoring
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Language and traditions

Concerns

What environmental and/or wellbeing concerns do you have? We can focus on a number of concerns, guiding youth through science and Indigenous knowledge to address these concerns. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Drinking water quality
  • Water contamination
  • Health of fish populations
  • Wildlife health
  • Human wellbeing

Activities

Which activities do you want to feature, and where would you like us to facilitate with you? Based on your proposed community learning priorities and environmental concerns, we can certainly facilitate many activities with the youth participants. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Setting nets and harvesting fish
  • Techniques in community-based monitoring
  • Water sampling and interpretation of findings
  • Walking tours and site visits to impacted areas
  • Interview/Questionnaire development
  • Arts-based activities to process teachings and knowledge
  • Journaling, reporting, and reflection