• Respectful Collaboration to Create Sustainable Energy

  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...

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• Two-Eyed Seeing

  Students are introduced to the Indigenous idea of two-eyed seeing, learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledge and learning to use both these...

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• Exploring Perspectives on Sustainability

  In this thought starter activity, students explore perspectives on sustainability and then use two-eyed seeing to identify the strengths of Western and Indigenous perspectives on sustainability. Students will: reflect on and suggest how they would define...

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• Indigenous Communities and Climate Resilience

  This thought starter activity provides an opportunity to open the discussion regarding Indigenous communities' roles in developing climate resilience. Students make predictions, discuss statements and use clues from the article to guide their thinking....

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• Átl’ka7tsem/ Txwnéwu7ts/ Howe Sound Education Kit for Middle School

  Through a case study of Átl’ka7tsem/ Txwnéwu7ts/ Howe Sound, a UNESCO biosphere site, students will recognize how ecosystems, species, human impacts, and climate change are interconnected, and the role of Indigneous knowledge...

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• Átl’ka7tsem/ Txwnéwu7ts/ Howe Sound Education Kit for High School

  Using Átl’ka7tsem/ Txwnéwu7ts/ Howe Sound as a case study, students will recognize how ecosystems, species, human impact and climate change are interconnected. To restore and maintain the ongoing health of the coastal ocean environment...

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• Two-Eyed Seeing: Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

  As we urgently seek to regenerate the natural world, what can we learn from the original stewards of our planet? In this video, Indigenous peoples and scientists advocate for "two-eyed seeing," or uniting traditional ecological knowledge with modern science:...

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• Walking Together

  Walking Together is a beautifully illustrated picture book that introduces younger readers to Two-Eyed Seeing—the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language. As we follow a group of young children connecting to nature as their teacher,...

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• Rose Roberts: Life on the Trapline

  Viewers learn how trappers in the bush are witnessing and experiencing the dramatic effects of climate change firsthand thus making them crucial in understanding and addressing its impacts.  The narrator, Dr Rose Roberts comes from a long line of...

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• Diverse Perspectives of Water

  Using this thought starter activity, students will practice identifying and applying different perspectives and knowledge. Using water as the theme, students review handouts and evaluate the various perspectives shared in the handouts, such as the Western...

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• Unpacking Identity Through Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing)

  This Guided Inquiry resource is designed for students to think critically about their own identity and how aspects of their identity are connected and woven into the greater whole. Students will be encouraged to think deeply about their place in the world...

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• Thirteen Moons

  This resource is a guide to begin exploring the 13 Moons as a way of tracking and understanding our environment and the passage of time. It is intended to initiate conversations around the importance of honouring Indigenous knowledge in classrooms, encouraging...

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• Two-Eyed Seeing: Weaving Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing

  Two-Eyed Seeing is an Indigenous teaching that means to braid the two ways of knowing, Indigenous Knowledge and Western perspective, together to create something stronger and be able to see things more holistically. In this video, Lydia Johnson from the...

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• The Impact of Human Activity on Water

  This lesson weaves traditional knowledge, the relationship between water and Indigenous peoples, and western science together in order to examine the universal importance of water. By completing this lesson, students will better understand the need for...

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• Indigenous Knowledge, Science, and Climate Change in The North

  The circumpolar North is on the frontlines of climate change: the land, lakes, and lifeways of humans and animals are rapidly changing. The nourishment this community receives from the land is quickly disappearing. François Paulette, a Denesuline...

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• Environmental Protection from a Two-Eyed Seeing Perspective

  This resource introduces students to the Two-Eyed Seeing or Etuaptmumk Framework, created by Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall. It is “the gift of multiple perspectives,” and Albert Marshall often describes it as “learning to...

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• Collaborative Research - Case Study On Bears

  This lesson will introduce the students to collaborative research on bears in the Great Bear Sea region. They will learn that the research is partnering with various universities and First Nations to learn more about the bear movement across the territories...

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• Collaborative Research - Case Study on Kelp

  This lesson will highlight the research on kelp forests that is taking place in the Great Bear Sea region. They will learn that the research that is taking place is partnering with various universities as well as First Nations to learn more about...

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• Guided Inquiry Prompts: Weaving Indigenous and Western Sciences

  This learning experience focuses on Indigenous and Western ways of knowing around the sciences. The resource provides five sets of guided inquiry prompts that incorporate components of Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk) with the goal of inviting discourse about...

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• Climate Change Resources for Teachers

  Learning for a Sustainable Future has compiled a comprehensive collection of lesson plans, books, outdoor activities, and videos on climate change. This Compendium of Climate Change Resources connects teachers to excellent resources from various sources...

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