Chapter 3 Questions
+ Voices from the Story and Referenced Resources
Think about it
- Compare how certain animals species interact with each other to how humans do.
- What do you think makes a question "good" or "bad"? Can you give examples of each?
- Why do you think it's important to understand genetics?
- What did you already know about genetics? What did you learn?
- How can an understanding of genetics help us make better societal decisions?
- Are corridors the best available tool to keep wildlife populations connected?
- How can we sustain species with isolated gene pools and no connectivity?
- Does science ask big enough questions or do we need our science to dig even deeper into the issues we're facing?
- How can science help us understand what we don't know we don't know?
- How do you handle situations where you don't understand something, but are hesitant to ask questions? How can you overcome this hesitation?
- Why is disagreement important?
- How can we, as a country, focus on our commonalities, rather than our differences? Can science help?
- What role can science play in truth and reconciliation?
- Reflect on this quote from Dr. Leroy Little Bear: “In this era of Truth and Reconciliation, most people are talking about reconciliation. Not too many people are talking about truth. And I think a good starting point is to focus on the truth.” What does this mean to you? How can we - should we - focus on the truth?
Define
- Genetic diversity
- Connectivity/wildlife corridors
Reflection Activity
- Option One: Create a timeline to visually demonstrate the history of an issue discussed in this story.
- Option Two: Have a conversation with representatives of an Indigenous community near you. Learn their history and ask questions about their experiences on the land. Be sure to listen and take notes.
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Referenced Resources
- Grizzly Bears
- Wolves
- Ravens
- Wolverines
- Lynx
- 5 reasons your DNA is more fascinating than you might think
- Only a tenth of the human genome is studied
- The DNA of Decision-Making
- Why do our cell's power plants have their own DNA?
- Mitochondrial DNA
- 180 million-year-old fossilized fern nearly identical to modern relative
- Tree ferns are older than dinosaurs. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about them
- How cancer starts, grows and spreads
- Mitosis study finds potential cancer target
- Human Genome Project
- Climate change has left some weasels with mismatched camouflage
- The evolutionary history of bears is characterized by gene flow across species
- Studying the genome of mountain goats shows us how they adapted to their environment
- Great Bear Rainforest
- Canadian Species Index
- Recovery Plan for the American Marten
- Classification of Black Bears
- Adaptive coat colour polymorphism in the Kermode bear of coastal British Columbia
- Intrapopulation foraging niche variation between phenotypes and genotypes of Spirit bear populations
- Across Canada, caribou are on course for extinction, a prominent expert warns. What happens after that?
- Caribou in Canada
- 'A sad day': two more B.C. mountain caribou herds now locally extinct
- 6 charts that show the state of biodiversity and nature loss - and how we can go 'nature positive'
- Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction, warns UN
- Global map depicts mammal movement between protected areas
- Can Wildlife Corridors Heal Fragmented Landscapes?
- COnnecting nautre in a fragmented world: The importance of conserving ecological connectivity in the next decade
- Ongoing accumulation of plant diversity through habitat connectivity in an 18-year experiment
- A decade of research finds corridors effectively increase species movement, fitness, and richness
- Government of Canada launches new National Program for Ecological Corridors
- UN Adopts Landmark Resolution “Nature Knows No Borders”
- Three global conditions for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: an implementation framework
- Yellowstone to Yukon
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- A shocking toll
- AMERICAN BALD EAGLE IS ALMOST EXTINCT; National Bird of Freedom Now Abides Chiefly in Effigy on Our Coins
- How America saved its iconic bird from extinction
- The World's Best Model for Wildlife
- Conservation biologists need to start caring about actual animals, not just species
- In BC emotion is trumping science-based wildlife management
- Should conservationists think more about individual animal welfare?
- Global loss of wildlife is ‘significantly more alarming’ than previously thought, according to a new study
- A ‘Crossroads’ for Humanity: Earth’s Biodiversity Is Still Collapsing
- Collaborative Research for Biodiversity Conservation
- Mapping out a new approach to biodiversity protection
- Plastic twine is killing osprey chicks
- Cleveland Baseball Team Sued Over Guardians Name Change
- The Coastal Gaslink Pipeline
- Wet’suwet’en Nation
- Is there a chance that Coastal GasLink pipeline investors will walk away from the project?
- Moving mountains: Is the Coastal GasLink pipeline a saviour or scourge?
- ‘We have a lot of healing to do’: Matriarch asks for privacy as nation heals
- The Wet'suwet'en conflict disrupting Canada's rail system
- Trudeau in talks with cabinet ministers as nation-wide pipeline protests continue
- Six relics vs. one B.C. pipeline: How the Wet’suwet’en’s fight against a natural gas project became an argument about archeology
- Hereditary Chiefs versus Elected Chiefs
- A year after RCMP raids on Wet’suwet’en territory, the Coastal GasLink conflict isn’t going away
- Did the Protests Work? The Wet’suwet’en Resistance One Year Later
- 'We still have title': How a landmark B.C. court case set the stage for Wet'suwet'en protests
- 25 years after the Delgamuukw case, the fight for land is more contentious than ever
- A look at the Coastal GasLink pipeline and its history
- What We Regulate | BC Energy Regulator (BCER)
- Aboriginal Rights
- Section 35 Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
- Backgrounder: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Indigenous relations - Coastal Gaslink
- Coastal GasLink signs agreements with 100 per cent of B.C. elected Indigenous bands along the pipeline route
- ‘We’ve got a real divide in the community:’ Wet’suwet’en Nation in turmoil
- Without Indigenous consent for pipelines, more protests to be expected: experts
- Free Prior and Informed Consent Protocol
- History of Treaties in B.C.
- Unceded: Why we acknowledge, or don't, that B.C. First Nations never signed away land
- Legal divide lies behind Wet'suwet'en pipeline protest, expert saysWhy some elected Wet’suwet’en councils signed agreements with Coastal GasLink
- ‘Milestone’ proposed deal between Wet’suwet’en Nation, Ottawa, B.C. would recognize hereditary system
- Powers of hereditary chiefs test many First Nations
- ‘No consent, no pipeline’: UBCIC President says Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have been ignored
- The Wet'suwet'en, Aboriginal Title, and the Rule of Law
- Beyond bloodlines: How the Wet’suwet’en hereditary system at the heart of the Coastal GasLink conflict works
- This historic moment for a divided Wet’suwet’en is just one step in a long journey
- Indigenous supporters of Coastal GasLink speak out on the division and backlash
- The rule of law cuts both ways. Some Coastal GasLink protesters are ignoring that
- Indigenous Relations - Coastal GasLink
- St’át’imc Nation
- Fraser Basin Council
- Rivershed Profile: Brock Endean—Building community along the river
- Pacific Salmon Foundation
- The environment is Canada's biggest wedge issue
- Jagged Worldviews Colliding
- The fear of losing culture
- “Cultural insecurity as the main root cause of populism”
- Global Oil Demand to Reach Its Peak This Decade, IEA Says
- What's killing rural Canada
- Quebec is more than just a 'distinct society'
- Smaller share of Quebec households speaking French regularly, census data shows
- Quebec frets about its French language, culture
- The biodiversity crisis in numbers - a visual guide
- Almost 30000 Species Are Closer To Extinction: New Report
- Humans v nature: our long and destructive journey to the age of extinction
- Biodiversity at risk, threatens human survival, UN forum hears
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
- Delivering on Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action
- Indigenous Peoples and the nature they protect
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommends environmental stewardship and protection of our natural resources
- UNDRIP
- Backgrounder: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
- British Columbia becomes 1st Canadian province to pass UN Indigenous rights declaration
- City of Vancouver’s UNDRIP Strategy
- Trudeau government bill may grant First Nations veto power over pipelines and other projects
- UN declaration doesn't give Canadian First Nations a veto: minister
- Mamakwa: ‘We cannot have reconciliation without truth’
- Royal Proclamation of 1763
- Simpcw Nation
- Truth & Reconciliation
- 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Dr. Leroy Little Bear
- Blackfoot Confederacy
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
- In their words: Canadians' experiences of racism
- After a 2-year dip, experts say bullying's increasing — and its harms can be long-lasting
- Bison
- More on UNDRIP
- Canada reintroduces bison to Banff national park after more than a century
- More bison return to traditional prairie lands
- Indigenous-led bison repopulation projects are helping the animal thrive again in Alberta
Nature Labs Resources
