IESR 401 - Indigenous Environmental Stewardship and Reclamation

IESR 401: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
3 CREDITS

This course would address the broad description of sustainability and the importance of sustainable practices. It would also address the challenges of Indigenous peoples in the fight against deforestation, land degradation and climate change which has been overlooked and even denied, to the detriment of the environment and the food systems on which we all depend. Furthermore, we will examine widely accepted core principles and a range of approaches and strategies designed to shift Indigenous areas in Canada and around the world towards sustainability. Investigative sustainable forms of development that rely on innovation, and solutions that promote reduced consumption, pollution and waste would also be addressed. We would also explore promising practices that can enable environmental sustainability.