Sustainable Future 鈥 Challenge Accepted! Climate Justice Ep. 4
Published: June 1, 2023
How is Indigenous sovereignty and justice fundamental to climate change policy and action?
The fourth episode of the 处女视频鈥檚 five-part video series, Sustainable Future - Challenge Accepted!, explores the climate justice work of Indigenous researchers at the university, the challenges they face and how they are leading change.
One way Indigenous communities learn about law is through the land, says , professor in the Faculty of Law and inaugural Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at U of T.
鈥淲hen I take my students out in the land, they get an opportunity to experience the land directly and hear about the stories, the garments, the water, the birds and the insects,鈥 he says.
To enrich land-based learning, Liat Margolis, associate professor in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, and , an Ojibway Elder who is the First Peoples Leadership Advisor to the General Manager of Transportation Services for the City of Toronto and the Daniels Faculty鈥檚 former First Peoples Leadership Advisor to the Dean, co-founded the at U of T.
The program provides Indigenous youth with employment, mentorship and pathways to post-secondary education in fields related to design and the environment.
, assistant professor with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and associate director of the , says when she teaches her students about land-based learning, she鈥檚 telling them about the beliefs of Indigenous health policy as well.
鈥淸It鈥檚] the balance between the spiritual, the emotional, the physical and the mental,鈥 she says.
鈥淭hat helps students to connect not only to the work, but then they can see how it connects to the world.鈥
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