Knowledge Mobilization Funding 2020
In 2020, through a competitive process, funding was made available to University of Alberta research projects to assist with knowledge mobilization. This funding was made available through the Conference Board of Canada.
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Item Open Access Youth Knowledge Fair 2018 Engaging in Discussion on Climate Change(2018-09-01) Tracking ChangeFrom May 16 – 18, 2018 the University of Alberta (Edmonton) hosted a poster competition and Indigenous Knowledge Fair for high school students from across western and northern Canada. The Tracking Change project recognizes that many peoples in the Mackenzie River Basin, specifically Indigenous peoples, have valuable insights about the social and environmental sustainability of the Basin. As such the importance of youth engagement is emphasized by project partners in terms of research priorities and key issues for study. Tracking change is investing in the development, research skills, knowledge sharing and relationship building between the next generation of knowledge holders in the Mackenzie River Basin.Item Open Access Report of the 2017-2018 Community-Based Research Projects in the Mackenzie River Basin(2020-01-01) Parlee, Brenda; Maloney, Elaine; Howlett, Tracy; D'Souza, AmabelTracking Change is a six year, SSHRC funded, interdisciplinary research project co-led by Indigenous communities and researcher partners across the Mackenzie, Mekong and Amazon basins. The project foregrounds local and Indigenous knowledge about the impacts of climate change and development on local fishing livelihoods. This report compiles the summary reports from community-led research projects taking place through 2017-2018.Item Open Access Drinking Water and Kátł'odeeche First Nation(2018-01-01) Spicer, NealMany First Nations across Canada face challenges in ensuring the drinking water they have from the land and in their communities is safe to drink. In the Northwest Territories, communities and the government are working together in a variety of ways to ensure drinking water is safe and drinking water sources are protected. A research team was sent out to find out what are the perspectives of Kátł'odeeche First Nation? Do people feel the water they drink in their homes is safe? How concerned are people about the water they drink from the land (lakes, rivers, streams)?Item Open Access Images of Research Colouring Book(2020-01-01) Luo, Lixin; Bao, Tan; Seraj, Mudasser; Maruyama, Michiko; Chakravorty, Anna; McCollum, Kim; Marino, Angela; Girodat, Jamie-Lee; Perez, Hector; de Bruijn, Noemi; von Gunten, KonstantinABOUT THIS BOOK This book is a collection of images submitted by Master’s and Doctoral researchers challenged to convey their research in one single image. The selected images were either finalists or semi-finalists of the competition between 2015 and 2019. We created this colouring book to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Images of Research competition and exhibition.Item Open Access Local and Traditional Knowledge in Watershed Governance(2017-12-01) Tracking ChangeTracking Change… is a new research initiative funded by the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada and led by the University of Alberta, the Traditional Knowledge Steering Committee of the Mackenzie River Basin Board, the Government of the Northwest Territories and many other valued partner organizations. Over six years (2015-2022), the project will fund local and traditional knowledge research activities in the Mackenzie River basin and sister projects in the Lower Amazon and Lower Mekong River Basins, with the long term goal of strengthening the voices of subsistence fishers and Indigenous communities in the governance of major fresh water ecosystems. The project developed in recognition that river systems are important social, economic, cultural and ecological places that contribute to the well-being of communities in diverse ways. River peoples, particularly Indigenous peoples who have well developed fishing livelihoods can offer extremely valuable insights about long term (historic and current) patterns of social and ecological change and the interconnections between the health and dynamics of these river systems and that of river communities. Although based on oral traditions, this system of observation or “tracking change” is much like monitoring. Like those who live on Canada’s east and west coasts, the ability of Indigenous communities in the Mackenzie River Basin to maintain fishing as a livelihood practice is of social, economic and cultural importance to all of Canada; if this river system is not healthy, how can we be?Item Open Access Gender and Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin(2019-06-01) Manorom, KanokwanThe Mekong River, flowing 4909 KM through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Cambodia and Vietnam, is one of the greatest river systems in the world. It has great productivity and seasonal variation that provides rich biodiversity for over 60 million people living in the basin. The Mekong Basin is primarily rural, and the livelihood sources of the majority of people living in the basin are related to different kinds of use of natural resources, including fish, other aquatic life, plants, rapids, tributaries, streams and more. Additionally, many villagers believe in animism, the belief that all natural phenomena has a spirit, is associated with nature, both land and water. However, the value of these natural resources to people’s livelihoods appears to be frequently underestimated. Over the past 15 years, a series of hydropower dams were constructed in China and several of them are being constructed and planned to be built in the Mekong mainstream. Hydropower dams pose a significant threat to the river’s ecology and the ways of life of communities in the basin.Item Open Access The Importance of Traditional Knowledge for Maintaining Fishing Livelihoods During Times of Change in the Sahtú Region(2017-11-01) Martin, ChelseaFew studies have focused on the climate related knowledge and experiences of First Nations including the Sahtú Gotin’e of the Mackenzie River Basin. This project will help address this gap while at the same time investigating how the livelihoods of Sahtú Got’ine fishers are impacted or adapting to climate related changes.Item Open Access Drinking Water and Dene Tha’ First Nation(2018-01-01) Spicer, NealMany First Nations across Canada face challenges in ensuring the drinking water they have from the land and in their communities is safe to drink. In northern Alberta, there are many factors that can impact the level of water quality due to the extensive extractive industries, such as oil and gas and pulp mills, that occur within the region. A research team was sent out to find out what are the perspectives of Dene Tha’ First Nation? Do people feel the water they drink in their homes is safe? How concerned are people about the water they drink from the land (lakes, rivers, streams)?Item Open Access Understanding Socio-Ecological Changes in Inuvialuit Fishing Livelihoods and Implications for Food Security: The Role of Local and Traditional Knowledge(2017-11-01) Heredia, IriaThe Mackenzie Delta is an ecologically-rich freshwater environment in Canada’s Northwest Territories. It is vulnerable to multiple stressors such as climate change, resource development activities (oil and natural gas) and upstream-downstream linkages related to extraction activities in the southern part of the Mackenzie watershed. Resultant socio-ecological impacts affect fishing livelihoods, which represent a significant component of traditional food systems and ways of life for Inuvialuit. This research seeks to effectively mobilize Inuvialuit Knowledge to explore the interconnection between socio-ecological changes in the Mackenzie Delta, fishing livelihoods and food security.Item Open Access Tracking Changes in Fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon(2019-08-01) Silvano, Renato; Pereyra, PaulaThe Amazon Basin is the largest hydrographic basin in the world. People living along the floodplains of the Amazonian rivers have a mixed economy based mainly on small-scale agriculture, fishing and livestock. With about 2200 species of fish, the Amazon basin is recognized as having the most diverse fish fauna in the world. Additionally, the average fish consumption per inhabitant is one of the highest globally, where most fish are caught by small-scale artisanal fishers.Item Open Access Report of the 2016 Community-Based Research Projects in the Mackenzie River Basin(2017-01-01) Parlee, Brenda; Maloney, ElaineTracking Change is a six year, SSHRC funded, interdisciplinary research project co-led by Indigenous communities and researcher partners across the Mackenzie, Mekong and Amazon basins. The project foregrounds local and Indigenous knowledge about the impacts of climate change and development on local fishing livelihoods. This report compiles the summary reports from community-led research projects taking place through 2016.Item Open Access Culturally Driven Freshwater and Fish Monitoring: Opportunities for Social Learning in the Dehcho Region(2019-05-01) Stenekes, SydneyThis research project, focused on identifying social learning opportunities in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories, is being undertaken in collaboration with Kátł’odeeche First Nation (KFN). This South Slavey Dene community has occupied their traditional lands for thousands of years. Situated in the Mackenzie River Basin, Hay River, Great Slave Lake, Sandy Creek, Buffalo River and Lake are culturally significant bodies of water and Traditional Knowledge has been passed down for generations through the practice of fish harvesting and monitoring. Kátł’odeeche First Nation is currently developing a culturally appropriate community-based environmental monitoring program that is driven by Traditional Knowledge and built around seasonal traditional harvesting activities.Item Open Access Global Knowledge Symposium Conference in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand February 2017(2018-10-01) Tracking ChangeIn February 2017 the Tracking Change project hosted a Global Knowledge Symposium at Ubon Ratchthani University in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. The Symposium was an opportunity to bring together those participating in the project from the Mackenzie, Amazon and Mekong River Basins, allowing for discussion on freshwater ecosystems both in Canada and in the international context of Brazil and Thailand.Item Open Access COP24 Conference for Youth and UNESCO(2019-02-01) Tracking ChangeFrom November 28th to December 7th, 2018, the winners from the third semi-annual Tracking Change Youth Knowledge Fair were invited to participate in side events at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland and present at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France! The trip was an opportunity for students to share their ideas, network with each other, work with scientists, researchers and academics, and have a bit of fun while learning about traditional knowledge and climate change! After all, youth are our future leaders and their ideas matter!Item Open Access A field guide for Activating Space(2020-01-01) Morrow, JA; Shields, RobThis is a field guide for activating vacant urban spaces. It was prepared for the University of Alberta’s Kule Institute for Advanced Studies and Research Impact Canada's Knowledge Mobilization and Skills Fund.Item Open Access Integration of African Immigrants to Alberta (Challenges and Recommendations)(2020-01-01) Philomina Okeke-IhejirikaAfrican immigrants to Alberta are faced with array of challenges during transition and integration into their new home in Canada. This resource guide provides assistance with integrating to life in Canada. It deals specifically with issues around parenting, banking, and interpersonal violence.Item Open Access Trauma-Sensitive Pedagogy & Practice(2020-02-01) Fidyk, AlexandraThe research project, “Image, Body, and Voice: Supporting Girls’ Sense of Wellbeing,” conducted August 2017-2019, at an inner-city elementary school in Alberta, was funded by an Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies (AACES) grant.