This is a series of videos from a discussion about Indigenous perspectives on the environment as part of Indigenous Sovereignty Week. This event took place at the Ottawa Public Library on October 26th, 2009.
International Conference: Intellectual Property Law and Development -- the Road Ahead; Traditional Knowledge and Access to Knowledge was held at Ono Academic College on Oct. 24 and Oct. 25, 2011.
"Dr Berkes approaches traditional ecological knowledge as a knowledge-practice-belief complex. This complex considers four interrelated levels: local knowledge (species specific); resource management systems (integrating local knowledge with practice); social institutions (rules and codes of behavior); and world view (religion, ethics, and broadly defined belief systems)."
With a renewed focus on environmental education in the Ontario curriculum, teachers are considering which learning experiences will be most effective both in engaging students and in fostering responsible environmental citizenship.