Braiding Knowledges Canada Newsletter / Infolettre Renouer les savoirs Canada

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Board of Directors and Research Management Committee Recruitment

Want to help shape the future with BKC? We’re recruiting!

Join our Board of Directors or one of our Committees and support Indigenous-led knowledge, leadership, and impact.

Apply by May 30, 2025.

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Last Call: Proposals for Land-Based Learning Camps

Braiding Knowledges Canada (BKC) invites proposals for youth-focused Land-Based Learning camps blending Indigenous and Western knowledges.

These camps offer hands-on outdoor learning with Elders and researchers, fostering skills, culture, and career paths.

Apply by June 2, 2025.

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Team Growth Through Medicine Wheel Training

The BKC team recently joined All My Relations training with Elder Karen MacKenzie. Through Medicine Wheel teachings, we deepened self-awareness, accountability, and team connection—supporting our commitment to cultural learning and growth.

Watch the final video from the IPCA Innovation Centre Network!

Explore how this BKC Hub is creating Indigenous-led spaces for conservation, governance, and knowledge-sharing — where culture, language, and connection to land and water are central.

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Knowledge Hub Spotlight: Inuit Knowledge Hub

Led by the Torngat Secretariat, the Inuit Knowledge Hub supports cultural continuity and intergenerational knowledge sharing. Through the Inuit Knowledge Monitoring Program, it advances Inuit-led stewardship of polar bears, caribou, and moose by braiding Inuit and Western knowledges for sustainable, culturally grounded wildlife management.

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New issue: Woodland Resurgence in Mountain Regions

Mountain Research and Development Vol 45, No 1 explores woodland resurgence and its benefits for people and nature. Topics include forest restoration in Peru and Nepal, and cultural keystone trees in Morocco, and more!