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Description
This short documentary was produced for the Déline Renewable Resources Council in collaboration with the elders of Déline, NT. It focuses on the elders' traditional ecological knowledge of the impacts of climate change on Great Bear Lake, Canada.
General Assessment
What skills does this resource explicitly teach?
The video is useful in helping students understand the skills of observation which those who live close to nature acquire - the ability to "read" the landscape.
Strengths
The video, Climate Change in Great Bear Lakes provides an important addition to the resources designed to have students explore climate change. It is unique in that it focuses on the North where the impact of climate change is very visible. It examines that impact from the perspective of the Indigenous population and within the context of traditional indigenous knowledge. In looking at that impact on Great Slave Lake, it provides a case study that serves to make real the larger discussion of climate change.
Recommendation of how and where to use it
The video may be used as part of a larger study of climate change as a case study of the impact of climate change on the North in general and more specifically of that impact on a particular ecosystem and the people who depend on that ecosystem. It may also be used as an illustration of the concept of traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) and the need to listen to those on the front line of climate change.
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Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)
- Climate Change
Ecosystems (1)
- Habitat Loss
Indigenous Knowledge (1)
- TEK -- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Land Use & Natural Resources (1)
- Fisheries
Water (1)
- Marine Environments
