A group of 20 Indigenous youth from across Canada have set sail on a voyage aboard the Polar Prince (Oqwatnukewey Eleke’wi’ji’jit), which will take them along the coast of Newfoundland as part of the Indigenous Co-created Geo School. CBC reports that the students taking part in this voyage hail from the Miawpukek First Nation, Qalipu First Nation, and Nunavut. The students will travel to the south coast of Newfoundland, stopping near the Conne River to deploy a smart buoy that will be used for data collection and then taking part in cultural activities in the community. Along their four-day journey, they will have the opportunity to learn from researchers from Memorial University’s Marine Institute. “I genuinely love the natural world around me, so I thought that this would be an amazing experience to just meet people like me and experience the world together,” said student sailor Sarah Doucette. The Indigenous Co-created Geo School is operated through a partnership between Memorial Marine Institute, Miawpukek Horizon, Audubon, Canadian Geographic, Cornell University Bioachoustics, and Ocean Networks Canada.
