NS students to explore environmental science through Mi’kmaw lens

A new class created through a partnership between the Nova Scotia school board and Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR) will allow students in Nova Scotia to learn about environmental science through a Mi’kmaw lens. Netukulimk 12 will be offered at 13 schools across the province—including on-reserve educational organizations and Acadian and English school boards—as part of the second phase of a pilot program. “The course is guided by the principle of etuaptmumk—two-eyed seeing—while also honouring the core values of netukulimk—relationships, respect, responsibility and reciprocity,” said Nova Scotia Department of Education Director of Mi’kmaq Services Rod Francis (Qalipu First Nation). Students will learn about sustainable land use and the course will promote the use of both Western and Indigenous knowledge systems to understand the world.

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