Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Leadership Initiative: Guardians"

Guardians on the land in the Seal River watershed, a proposed Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in northern Manitoba. Canada’s National Observer: It’s hard for Gillian Staveley not to get choked up over her northern British Columbia Indigenous guardian program. In the summer, there are cultural camps for youth, and all the while, monitor work...

Supporting Inuit access on Inuit homelands Nation Talk: Parks Canada – Indigenous Guardians are the “eyes and ears on the ground” in Indigenous territories, and a unique example of reconciliation in action. They monitor ecological health, maintain cultural sites, and protect sensitive areas and species, while strengthening the social and cultural ties of their communities....