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Spring 2021 |
Newsletter Archive |
Executive Director's Message | ![]() |
![]() This month we celebrate our 8th year as an affiliated institute at Mount Royal University. Over this time, we have enjoyed providing research opportunities to students, collaborating with faculty and staff, bridging community and campus and contributing to MRU's culture of innovation and change-making. As Mount Royal's only affiliated institute we play a unique role, one that bridges academic research with community need to advance conservation. Our work with MRU covers a lot of ground. Right now, our collaborations with MRU focus on:
We look forward to interacting more with our MRU community when we are all back on campus! A few weeks ago, Miistakis staff and board were fortunate to have spent a day with Holly Fortier of Nisto Consulting, Indigenous Awareness Training, for a day of listening, learning and reflecting to inform and support our journey of reconciliation. Miistakis understands that we have an important role to play in the reconciliation of relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada by seeking to understand past wrongs and co-create new pathways to sustainable conservation. Reconciliation requires a consideration and integration of Indigenous ways of knowing, that includes and respects Indigenous communities, rights, and knowledge leading to better environmental and community outcomes. We look forward to continuing our learning. Thank you Holly! ![]() Danah Duke, Executive Director | |