Treaty 1 Territory

Winnipeg, Manitoba

204-474-9316

eclinfo@umanitoba.ca

Environmental Conservation Lab

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 workshop together:

Duration

How long do you want your workshop? 

 

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

Plans

Already planning a land-based youth workshop?

Let’s collaborate to develop a curriculum appropriate for however long you require us to visit.

Camp Priorities

What are your learning priorities

for the youth?

Environmental topics and issues may include

  • Holistic approaches to the environment & 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? 

Kis Kin Ha Ma Ki Win guides youth through science and utilizing Indigenous knowledge to address the given concerns.

Topics have included:

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

Featured activities

Which workshop activities did you have in mind?

Where would you like this to take place?  

Your activities will be based on your proposed community learning priorities and environmental concerns. Examples of skill-building activities youth have participated in, include:

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