Instructions:
- Teacher organizes a town hall meeting, choosing a topic for discussion (listed below).
- Each student takes on the role of a being affected by the topic ie: water, fish, osprey, local Member of Parliament, industry leader, community member, mother, student, farmer, etc.
- Each student must clearly articulate how the being they represent is impacted by the issue drawing on Indigenous land-based knowledge and Western science.
- Students must also develop a position statement regarding how they believe the issue can be resolved in a good way (again incorporating an understanding of both Indigenous land-based knowledge and Western Science). A similar activity can be found in the following lesson plan: Woodland Caribou Independent Study 1 | our incredible world
Potential Topics for discussion:
- Nestle’s Ontario Water Problem
- Kinder Morgan Pipeline
- Grassy Narrows
- Lake Manitoba
- Victoria Harbour
- Six Nations water crisis (90 min from Toronto without access to clean water)
- Constance Lake First Nation (Blue green algae bloom)
- Maori (Watershed work and natural governance system)
- Tyendinaga (Lack of access to clean water)