How can we reconnect with Indigenous knowledge in order to accelerate social and ecological transition?

#07, February 2021

How can we reconnect with Indigenous knowledge in order to accelerate social and ecological transition?

We’ve said again and again that we must listen to science in order to address the urgency and devastating scale of climate change. But what can science learn from ancestral Indigenous knowledge, whose solutions to environmental upheaval have endured over the course of millennia?

Taking this paradox as a starting point—on the one hand, the impact of climate change on vulnerable populations, and, on the other, the demonstrated resilience of Indigenous land—Raccords asks how we might foster convergence between our respective knowledge systems and amplify our collective efforts to transform the social and ecological landscapes. (Photo credit : Allan Lissner | Indigenous Climate action)

THE PODCAST

Raccords 7 - Le balado : comment construire des ponts entre les savoirs autochtones et la science ?

How can we build bridges between Indigenous and scientific knowledge?

In this first episode of the Raccords podcast, we consider the challenges of combining Indigenous and scientific knowledge in order to accelerate social and ecological solutions to climate change. Read more and listen to the podcast

THE INTERVIEW

Raccords #07 - L'entretien : Et si nous réinventions nos liens ?

What if we were to forge new connections?

Raccords posed five questions to Melissa Mollen Dupuis, an Innue activist, director, and columnist who is the spokesperson for the Forest Campaign at the David Suzuki Foundation, and Rachel Plotkin, head of the Boreal Campaign at the David Suzuki Foundation. Read more

THE ILLUSTRATION

Raccords 7, l'illustration par Meky Ottawa

Pocokacinan, 2021

An Atikamekw activist, as well as an established multidisciplinary artist, Meky Ottawa took on the challenge of visually representing the theme of Raccords #07. Read more

THE LIST