Decolonizing Land-Based Learning and Bird Knowledge with Creators Garden.
For our December Circle, we watched a captivating presentation by Creators Garden speakers: Joseph Pitawanakwat, Andrés Jiménez Monge and Junaid Shahzad Khan from Ontario. Creators Garden are leaders in decolonizing bird knowledge in Canada who help us deep dive on western science bird classification, western taxonomy of bird names, and how and where we bird. Did you know how the 'Canada Jay' name came about? Hear from Joseph Pitawanakwat about this and more!
Maplewood Flats and Creators Garden have remarkable similarities with respect to their emphasis on land-based education, birds, native plants, and First Nations' language. In this 1.5 hour event we learn from their interdisciplinary approach to decolonizing birding while lifting up First Nation's sovereignty. We explore how Creators' Garden engages settlers in land-based learning and we explore similarities with Maplewood Flats.
Video program:
0:00 Welcome Protocol with Les George, Tsleil-Waututh Nation Knowledge Keeper and Secretary of the Board of the Wild Bird Trust of BC
3:30 Background with Irwin Oostindie, VP, Wild Bird Trust of BC, sets the stage for today's discussion with some background.
8:00 Host introduction by Heléna Mauti (Trent University) - The role of land-based education to support Indigenous-led conservation, sovereignty and land back.
11:00 Speakers: Andrés Jiménez Monge, Junaid Shahzad Khan and Joseph Pitawanakwat of Creators Garden.
56:30 Cross-cultural conversation led by Heléna Mauti involving Creators Garden and Tsleil-Waututh and Wild Bird Trust members.
This collection of monthly learning circles supports community learning and design of Maplewood Flats' place-based & land-based education pedagogy. Maplewood Flats is a platform for decolonizing work as we lift up Tsleil-Waututh knowledge and placebased redress. Through training and learning we aim to support settler accomplices and local First Nations working together for landback projects such as Maplewood Flats.
Sponsored by the Real Estate Foundation of BC
Produced by Voor Urban Labs for Wild Bird Trust of BC
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The Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia (WBT) is a non-profit society that manages the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver. Our mission is to provide wild birds with sanctuary through ecological protection and restoration, and support communities with education, culture, and reconciliation programs.
We acknowledge that The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats is situated within the traditional and unceded territory of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN).
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