What do you think?
- Do you think traditional parks have protected biodiversity? Do you think traditional parks are a colonial construct?
- In today’s society, is there room for respectful disagreement? Will those who state we can disagree only agree to disagree with those who share their same worldview?
- How do we create space for the complex, uncomfortable (increasingly controversial) conversations required to move Canada forward?
- Do you think we can safeguard biodiversity and grow our economy and achieve meaningful truth and reconciliation?
- Is it possible to find solutions to this issue that heal the urban-rural divide?
Task
Gather in small groups and discuss the following:
- How do we balance biodiversity and the economy, with the rights and values of different cultures? What should we do when different cultural values clash - and what happens if those values differ within one culture? How should we reconcile science and economics, ethics and resources, minority and majority will?
Terms & Concepts
- Colonialism
- Wildlife Management
- Reconciliation
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Social Justice
This story in the media
Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study
Bias: none
Source: The Guardian
File Type: Study/Article
Overview: Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study
Web Link: https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/25/protecting-just-12-of-earths-land-could-save-worlds-most-threatened-species-says-study-aoe
Cities contain pockets of nature – our study shows which species are most tolerant of urbanization
Bias: Result bias
Source: The Conversation
File Type: Study/Essay
Overview: Cities contain pockets of nature – our study shows which species are most tolerant of urbanization
Web Link: https://theconversation.com/cities-contain-pockets-of-nature-our-study-shows-which-species-are-most-tolerant-of-urbanization-231042
The tunnels, trails and bridges built especially for bears
Bias: none
Source: BBC
File Type: Article
Overview: The tunnels, trails and bridges built especially for bears
Web Link: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240521-these-wildlife-corridors-help-grizzly-bears
Referenced Resources
- Yellowknife’s Chloe Dragon Smith believes in starting environmental awareness at a young age.
- The Role of Canada's Biosphere Reserves within the Pathway to Canada Target 1
- Indigenous relations and Parks Canada
- Mapping Change: Fostering a Culture of Reconciliation within Parks Canada
- First Nation traditional hunters harvest 6 animals in Jasper National Park
- Traditional harvest a small step towards reconciliation
- First Nation reclaims territory by declaring Indigenous protected area in Canada
- Simpcw Chief responds to backlash after hunt in Jasper National Park
- St’at’imc Preliminary Draft Land Use Plan
- St'at'imc Homepage
- Private Property, Freedom and the West
- The role of land and landownership in shaping our history
- The western idea of private property is flawed. Indigenous peoples have it right.
- Colonial Approaches to Land Ownership
- The Doctrine of Discovery and Terra Nullius
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
- Royal Proclamation and Covenant of Reconciliation
- Canadiens to feature land acknowledgement at home games
- Truth and Reconciliation: A long journey to healing
- The Missing Piece: Could a swath of the B.C. Flathead Valley become a national park?
- Canadian Parks Council
- Incorporating Indigenous Voices: The Struggle for Increased Representation in Jasper National Park
- 8 Basic Barriers to Indigenous Employment
- Economic reconciliation: Supporting a return to Indigenous prosperity
- Growing the Canadian Economy: New National Indigenous Economic Strategy is an economic stimulus for Canada
- Natural Resource Development: Aboriginal Rights and Title
- New Poll Confirms that a Majority of Indigenous People Support Resource Development
- We Want Real Partnership: UNDRIP Gives Us the Means
- Eagle Spirit Pipeline Canada
- Despite oil tanker ban, Eagle Spirit pipeline backers strive to move ahead
- First Nations behind Eagle Spirit pipelines hope to get clarity from gov't before moving forward
- Northern Gateway Pipelines Project
- Arrests continue as the old-growth protest near Fairy Creek moves into another year
- Inside the Pacheedaht Nation’s stand on Fairy Creek logging blockades
- Pacheedaht First Nation concerned by ‘increasing polarization’ of forestry on its territory
- Factbox: Fairy Creek blockades: the dispute over logging Canada's old-growth forests
- First Nation says old-growth activists 'not welcome' in Fairy Creek area
- The road to reconciliation has been marred by eco-colonialism
- 'Eco-colonialists' blocking jobs and prosperity on First Nations, businessman says
- First Nations, LNG, and eco-colonialism
- Beware the eco-colonialist, First Nations chiefs warned
- Wet'suwet'en Explained
- Wet’suwet’en solidarity protest hits the streets in Victoria
- We are Wet'suwet'en and the Coastal GasLink pipeline protesters do not represent us
- ‘We’ve got a real divide in the community:’ Wet’suwet’en Nation in turmoil
- 'Freedom Convoy' cost city of Ottawa $30 million: city manager
- Freedom vs Security: Finding the balance between the right to protest and the rule of law
- Trucker convoy exposed hypocrisy of Canada's left-wing elite
- Freedom convoy given far more space than Indigenous protests
- So-called “Freedom Convoy” is a symptom of a deeply unequal society
- ‘We just get violence:’ Is there an inequality gap when it comes to protesting?
- Convoy protests drive into rural-urban divide
- Canada’s failure to manage protests threatens democracy and the rule of law
- Politics and disengagement: Two-in-five say there’s “no room” for compromise in Canada; most say their interests are ignored
- Disagreement Doesn’t Have to Be Divisive
- Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
- How Pierre Trudeau Relented on Indigenous Rights
- This Is Not the End of the Story: The lasting promise of section 35
- Biodiversity loss risks 'ecological meltdown' - scientists
- Biodiversity highest on Indigenous-managed lands
* Quotes have been edited for brevity and clarity.