Climate Change and Land-Based Learning: A Study
Have you (or people you know) faced challenges being on the land due to climate change?
The Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning is interested in understanding the impact that climate change is having on Indigenous land-based knowledge and land-based education programs, particularly in the North. This includes changes in extreme weather, wildfires, flooding, droughts, and other environmental shifts that have forced communities, Elders, and land-based programs to adapt and change how they interact with the land.
This study includes a survey as well as interviews, which will be used anonymously to create a report. This report will be shared with communities, the public, and funders, and will demonstrate the increasing impacts of climate change on land-based knowledge and learning in the North and beyond.
Climate Change Survey
CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY!
In completing the survey, you will be asked questions about your experience navigating the challenges that climate change is having on the land, and how this is impacting you, your organization, or your community. These challenges might include: wildfires, smoke, flooding, extreme weather changes, unusual storms, changes in the ice or permafrost, changes in animal behaviour, erosion, doubts, and other environmental disturbances. We want to know - how does this impact you or your organizations’ ability to be on the land? What has been helpful for you as you navigate these changes?
Your survey response will be kept anonymous and your name will not be shared in the findings of this study. These anonymous survey responses will be used in a report to share with our communities, the public, and funders to demonstrate the ways that land-based programs, including learning from community and elders, are impacted by, and adapting to extreme changes in climate, especially in the North.
The survey should take you no more than 10-15 minutes to complete. Please feel free to share your experiences through stories and include as much detail as you wish –this will help us provide a detailed account of the diverse and extensive ways that climate change is impacting how we are able to be on the land together.
If you choose, you can share your email address at the end of the survey to be entered to win a raffle prize for your participation. We greatly appreciate any knowledge, experience and insight that you are willing to share with us. Mahsi cho.
Climate Change Interviews
If you are interested in contributing further to this study by sharing your experience through a conversation, please let us know at the end of the survey by sharing your email address.
You can also reach out to Dabney directly at: dabney@dechinta.ca
