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Respectful Collaboration to Create Sustainable Energy
How can UNDRIP be used to guide respectful collaboration with First Nations?
Secondary
Description
How can UNDRIP be used to guide respectful collaboration with First Nations? In this activity, students review articles from the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to better understand what respectful collaboration with First Nations might look like. Students will:
- discuss how the development of energy projects projects (e.g., pipelines, mines, hydroelectric dams) have significantly impacted First Nations communities in B.C. and across Canada.
- examine how respectful past energy developments have been to First Nations. Students discuss what respectful collaboration with First Nations might look like. Students are encouraged to discuss the qualities of respectful collaboration: what does it feel like, look like, or sound like?
- review the selected UNDRIP articles and suggest what evidence of each would look like when creating new energy projects that impact First Nations communities: How would each be demonstrated in future energy projects? What evidence could be accepted as respectful collaboration? These criteria can help guide authentic partnerships in future energy projects.
- develop three suggestions for respectful collaboration that all future energy developments should follow
These materials were created with guidance from Indigenous educators, subject matter experts and thought leaders to help draw upon important teachings, learnings, and Indigenous perspectives.
General Assessment
Strengths
Assessment suggestions include:
- Use evidence to make decisions.
- Contribute to group discussions.
- Suggest future collaborations based on evidence.
Recommendation of how and where to use it
This resource introduces students to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), an international agreement to preserve the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The activity provides an opportunity to teach students how energy projects have impacted First Nations communities in the past and present. It teaches students the importance of respectful collaboration and what it might look like as we move forward with true and lasting reconciliation by listening to Indigenous perspectives and seeking knowledge from First Nation communities. The resource materials were created with guidance from Indigenous educators, subject matter experts and thought leaders to help draw upon important teachings, learnings, and Indigenous perspectives. Curriculum links to Science and Social Studies
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- Contemporary Indigenous Studies: Indigenous peoples are reclaiming mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being despite the continuing effects of colonialism
- Contemporary Indigenous Studies: Indigenous peoples continue to advocate and assert rights to self-determination
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- Energy is conserved and its transformation can affect living things and the environment
- Social Studies
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- Social Studies 10 -Canada and the World: 1914 to the Present: Historical and contemporary injustices challenge the narrative and identity of Canada as an inclusive, multicultural society
- Grade 11
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- Environmental Science
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- Environmental Science 11: Human practices affect the sustainability of ecosystems
- Environmental Science 11:Humans can play a role in stewardship and restoration of ecosystems
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- Science for Citizens 11:Scientific processes and knowledge inform our decisions and impact our daily lives
- Science for Citizenship 11: Scientific understanding enables humans to respond and adapt to changes locally and globally
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- Explorations in Social Studies 11: Indigenous peoples are reclaiming mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being despite the continuing effects of colonialism
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- English/Language Arts
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- English First Peoples 12: The exploration of text and story deepens understanding of one’s identity, others, and the world.
- Social Studies
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- B.C. First Peoples: The identities, worldviews, and languages of B.C. First Peoples are renewed, sustained, and transformed through their connection to the land
- B.C. First Peoples: The impact of contact and colonialism continues to affect the political, social, and economic lives of B.C. First Peoples
- Contemporary Indigenous Studies: Indigenous peoples are reclaiming mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being despite the continuing effects of colonialism
- Contemporary Indigenous Studies: Indigenous peoples continue to advocate and assert rights to self-determination
- Contemporary Indigenous Studies: Reconciliation requires all colonial societies to work together to foster healing and address injustices
Themes Addressed
Ecosystems (2)
- Appreciating the Natural World
- Habitat Loss
Energy (2)
- Energy Generation
- Energy Use
Indigenous Knowledge (1)
- TEK -- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Water (1)
- Water Use
