Terms & Concepts
- Self-determination
- Colonialism
- Truth and Reconciliation
- Human-wildlife conflict
- Social Justice
- Trolley Problem
Task
Gather in small groups and discuss the following:
- How do you balance biodiversity and the economy, with the rights and values of different cultures? How should we reconcile science and economics, ethics and resources, minority and majority will?
What do you think?
- Do you think parks are a force for good, or do they fail to consider traditional voices and values?
- How would you feel if you saw your first bear in the wild and park staff chased it away?
- If parks are our biodiversity reservoir and are under stress from human activity, is it better to spread out the problem or concentrate the issue in just a few places, helping protect other areas from being overrun by people?
- What are your thoughts on the ‘Trolley Problem’?
- What have you learned from this story?
This story in the media
The 2024 Jasper Fire is a grim reminder of the urgency of adopting a Canadian national wildfire strategy
Bias: Centre
Source: The Conversation
File Type: Essay
Overview: The 2024 Jasper Fire is a grim reminder of the urgency of...
What happens to Jasper’s animals when wildfire rips through their home?
Bias: none
Source: CBC
File Type: Article
Overview: What happens to Jasper's animals when wildfire rips through their home?
Web Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/jasper-wildfires-wildlife-1.7276833
The shady past of Parks Canada: Forced out, Indigenous people are forging a comeback
The shady past of Parks Canada: Forced out, Indigenous people are forging a comeback
Bias: Centre...
Referenced Resources
- 'Bringing beaches back to life': the First Nations restoring ancient clam gardens
- Clam garden governance in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
- Landback
- Jasper Tour Company
- Indigenous Tourism Alberta
- Khutzeymateen Provincial Park [a.k.a. Khutzeymateen/K’tzim-a-deen Grizzly Sanctuary], Khutzeymateen Inlet Conservancy, Khutzeymateen Inlet West Conservancy
- Don't bug the bears: Social media photographers harassing wildlife in Jasper National Park
- Travel Jasper
- Free passes to Canada’s national parks good medicine: health-care providers
- Canada is giving out free annual passes to its national parks this month
- Free entry to national parks starts for Canada 150
- Will free passes be bad for Canada's national parks?
- The Mountain National Parks: Education
- Denali: More than a Mountain
- The Best Wildlife Viewing Spots in Denali
- Map of national parks and national park reserves in Canada
- List of National Parks
- The trolley dilemma: would you kill one person to save five?
- The Trolley Problem Is the Internet’s Most Philosophical Meme