The Council of Canadian Academies has appointed an Expert Panel on Indigenous Science and Food Sovereignty that will explore how Indigenous science can be supported to advance Indigenous priorities and achieves reciprocal benefits for Canada. The panel will be chaired by Treena Wasonti:io Delormier, Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment at McGill University. “Indigenous and western science are distinct ways of knowing, but their meeting space can create new perspectives and understandings that could help us to address many of the pressing issues facing us today,” said Dr Delormier. “I’m honoured to lead the panel as we work to answer the vital question entrusted to us.” The CCA formed the panel at the request of the Government of Canada’s Indigenous Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering (I-STEM) Cluster, which is sponsoring the project.
