By Jessica Numminen, 2nd year MDP Student
At the Symposium Gdo
Akiiminaan Ganawendandann (Taking Care of our Land) hosted by the Anishinaabe Initiatives Division and the Department of
Geography & Geology at Algoma University, a
research poster entitled: Northern Governance Innovation and Development for
Socially Resilient Boreal Communities was presented. It highlighted an emerging
community-university partnership to develop a community-based research project
with the Missanabie Cree First Nation. The research project is being led by
Ryan Bullock, a former resident of the Sault and now professor in Environmental
Studies at The University of Winnipeg. Below is a photograph of the poster that
was on display at the conference.
This
project is in its beginning phase. Partners are collaborating to generate
preliminary research questions from the Missanabie Cree membership and to
determine research priorities, one of which could be exploring non-timber
forest products. My placement was a a five-week placement to work on this
project and other initiatives at the Missanabie Cree First Nations office. For
the duration of my placement Janet Esquimau, Community Economic Development
Officer MCFN and project partner Gayle Broad, Director of the NORDIK INSTITUTE
at Algoma University, were my mentors and supervisors.
I
would like to thank Chief Jason Gauthier and all the MCFN staff, elders and
community members for their warm welcome and for this opportunity to work
together. I am grateful for the time she spent at MCFN and the different things
I learned day to day during my placement! Kinanâskomitin ᑭᓇᓈᐢᑯᒥᑎᐣ Migwetch.
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| Jessica Numminen (L) and Janet Esquimau (R) along the Chippewa River |
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