An Indigenous ‘Responsibility-Based’ Approach to Land Stewardship and Food Security
Thursday, Jan 19, 2023
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Lecture by:
Dr. Miguel Sioui
The emergence of global environmental challenges like climate change and its many regional manifestations has presented new threats to Indigenous land and water resources the world over. Despite these new challenges, which compound the impacts of colonial legacies on traditional stewardship practices and governance frameworks, Indigenous Peoples continue to demonstrate formidable resilience and an unwavering “responsibility-based” approach to land stewardship and food security.
In this lecture, Dr. Sioui will provide an overview of key issues related to Indigenous land stewardship and food security in the Americas, based on his research experience as a Huron-Wendat geographer and environmental policy scholar.
About Dr. Miguel Sioui
Dr. Miguel Sioui
As an Indigenous geographer and environmental management scholar deeply rooted in my Huron-Wendat traditions and community, Dr. Sioui sees his purpose as a cultural translator between two worlds – Western and Indigenous – that have historically struggled to meaningfully communicate. Indeed, for a variety of reasons, academia has traditionally been reluctant to seek to understand Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, and being, and to incorporate relevant Indigenous knowledge (IK) concepts into fields related to environmental management. He is keenly aware of the need for deeper reconciliation between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous intellectual communities through the creation of mutually usable channels of communication and research collaboration.