• waapiskw ᐧᐋᐱᔅᒄ (Polar bears) in Canada’s Eeyou Marine Region © Alexandra Langwieder

Co-Principal Investigators

We are 6 Co-PIs with a broad range of interdisciplinary expertise, experience (in leading large research grants), and relevant skills and knowledge related to biodiversity and Indigenous health-wellbeing. As Co-PIs, we are 50% Indigenous.

Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine

Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine

I am a Tuareg (Indigenous) woman from Timbuktu, Mali. I have a medical degree from the Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi-Ouzou in Algeria, a Master’s degree in Humanitarian Action (University of Geneva) and a B.Ed. (University of Ottawa). I am a former president of the United Nation Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) and have held many related positions in advocacy of the global health of Indigenous Peoples (e.g., on UNESCO Global Task Force on Indigenous Languages, Indigenous, Lead of the International Indigenous Working Group on HIV- AIDS).  I will play a leadership role in respect of the whole project as well as lead the Global Transformation Pathway Team on Social Justice, Reconciliation and Healing (T5). Given my global experience, I will work closely with all GTPT on global scale transformations.

Website: https://mariamaboubakrine.com/

Staff

Amabel D’Souza, Zaya Yansanjav, Carrie Oloriz, Rob Stuart, Sainbuyan Munkhbat, Jacques-Ellie, Don Assalé




Indigenous-Led Place-Based Project Leaders

1Mayan Women and the Copal Tree: Remaining Resilient Post Forest Fires.
(Julian Cho Society, Pablo Mis)
Belize
2Healing Physical and Spiritual Relationships with Mother Nature in Corque Marka (Phase 1/2). (Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios Aymara, Maria Eugenia Choque Quispe)Bolivia
3Sustainable use of Aquatic Biodiversity to promote Well-being of Vulnerable People in clear water rivers in the Brazilian Amazon. (Empresa Junior Ciencias Biologicas E Sistema de Informacao, (Carlean Gomes de Araujo and Renato Silvano)Brazil
4Knowing our food, to understand our health. (Intertribal Committee. Indigenous Memory and Science, Mariano Justino Marcos Terena)Brazil
5Reconciler santé et biodiversity grâce aux autochtones.
(Tin Hinan Burkina Faso, Saoudata Wallet Aboubacrine)
Burkina Faso
6Reconciling Health and Biodiversity through Indigenous Knowledge (Phase 2). (Tin Hinan, Burkina Faso, Saoudata Wallet Aboubacrine)Burkina Faso
7Inuvialuit and Rakiura Māori Cultural exchange and Research on Beluga whale and the Titi bird (Tuktoyaktuk Hunters and Trappers Committee, Jim Elias, Chukita Gruben, Phil Lyver)Canada
8Land2Lab Camp. Samson Cree First Nation, University of Alberta (Heather Buffalo, Florence Glanfield and Paulina Johnson)Canada
9Łutsël K’e Dene First Nation and Māori Cultural Camp and Exchange. Łutsël K’e Dene First Nation (Iris Catholique, Sandra Lockhart)Canada
10Rekindling Respectful and Reciprocal Land Relations towards a Centre of Excellence. (Wiikwemkoong First Nation, Jesse Popp)Canada
11Reclaiming Access through Biocultural Relationships of Blackfoot Keystone Species. (Aapátohsipikáni / ᖳᑫᒪᓱᑯᖿᖹ, Piikani First Nation, Ira Provost)Canada
12Expanding Drone and Camera training to Support Community-Based Environmental Research and Monitoring. Ilisaqsivik Society/Ittaq Heritage and Research Centre (Shari Fox, Robert Kautuk)Canada
13Dene Biodiversity and Wellbeing Scan. (Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation, University of Western Ontario, Nicole Redvers)Canada
14Tsú nī tsʼä̀wtī są̀ tsī // The Plants Teach U. (Yukon Soap Company: Land-based Learning Division:
Dan K’ehte Natsedan, Nacho Nayak Dun First Nation, Joella Hogan)
Canada
15Indigenous Food Systems and Security: A Framework to Combat Vulnerability.
(Cold Lake First Nation and Chipewyan Dene First Nation, Rae Boisvert)
Canada
16Kaska Dena Land Stewardship Course Curriculum. (Dena Kayeh Institute, Corrine Porter)Canada
17Reclaiming Traditions in Land Stewardship, reflected in new Nę K’ǝ́dı́ke – Keepers of the Land Guardians Initiative. (Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨nę Gots’ę́ Nákedı, Leon Andrew)Canada
18Evaluating the Impact of Lithium Exploration and Indigenous Conservation on Biodiversity Conservation and Well-being; A Case study of First Nation Communities in Northern Ontario. (Keewaytinook Okimanak Tribal Council, Dan Duckert)Canada
19Canoe trip to Deèzàatì – Point Lake. (Tłı̨chǫ Research and Training Institute, John B Zoe, Tyanna Steinwand).Canada
20Building knowledge of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) monitoring and management for moose in the Treaty 8 Alberta region. (Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta, Kevin Ahkimnache)Canada
21Stewardship of the Skagit Headwaters through a Stó:lō lens. (Stó:lō Service Agency Society, Dave Schaepe)Canada
22Beyond Criminalization of Indigenous Fisheries: Documenting injustice and imagining just futures. (Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources, Shelly Denny)Canada
23Deh Gah Gotie Fish Camp. (Deh Cho First Nation, Mike Low)Canada
24pÎkÎwiy (a call to return home) a land-based cultural workshop series. (Klinse-Za Cultural Society, Art Napoleon)Canada
25Community Caribou Hunt Fort McPherson, Inuvik, Aklavik, and Tsiigehtchic. (Gwich’in Tribal Council Department of Culture and Heritage, Sharon Snowshoe)Canada
26Retracing Our Roots – Educational Canoe Trip. (Łutsël K’e Dene First Nation and Ni Hat’ni Guardians, Tsa-Tsi Catholique)Canada
27Klinse-Za Caribou Recovery Project. Nîkanêse Wah Tzee Stewardship Society (West Moberly First Nation and Salteaux First Nation, Clayton Lamb)Canada
28Wilp-Siwilaaks Da’oots’ip Fishery Bay House of Learning. Laxgalts’ap Village Council
(Jean-Francis Lane, Andrea Reid)
Canada
29The Voice of the Tenàgàdino Sibi. Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Natural Resources Department.
(Gilbert Whiteduck)
Canada
30Kicimanowanowuk – We Canoe Together. (Moose Cree First Nation, Jennifer Simard)Canada
31Nibii-Shokote Aniins atoon: Water and Fire – Balancing and Bringing our Ways Back. (Iskatewizaagegan Independent First Nation #39, Phyllis Pinesse)Canada
32Shkagamik Kwe Zaagaajik (Those who love Little bear): Makoons (Uouth) Species at Risk Camp. (Wikwemikoong Nation, Jesse Popp)Canada
33Youth Guardians Program in Mi’qmaq Territory. (Miawpukek First Nation, Angela Francis) Canada
34Dehcho K’éhodi Stewardship and Guardians Program. (Deh Cho First Nations, Mike Low)Canada
35Supporting Inuvialuit Stewardship of Tuktu-Siku in the Beaufort Sea – Amundsen Gulf in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (Peary Caribou, Sea Ice and Shipping Project. (Inuvialuit Fisheries Joint Management Committee and Inuvialuit Game Council, Herb Nakimayak)Canada
36Cultural Camp and Community monitoring at Willow Lake-Gregoire Lake. (Keepers of the Water and Fort McMurray First Nation, Jesse Cardinal and Cleo Reece)Canada
37Tetlit Zheh. Learning about Berries (Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board, Leigh Ann Jones) Canada
38Gathering of Mi’kmaq Women Fishers. (Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq, Sherry Pictou)Canada
39Chief Drygeese Tłichàdii Kǫ [Developing a Caribou Monitoring Program in Chief Drygeese Territory, Charlene Liske, Bruno Croft)Canada
40Youth Engagement, recovery and restoration of a wetland in Wikwemikong Territory. (Wikwemikong Nation and University of Guelph, Jesse Popp)Canada
41Treaty 6 Hunting Society Investigations and support of Indigenous health through the Treaty 6 youth hunting apprenticeship program. (Treaty 6 Health Services, University of Alberta, Grant Bruno)Canada
42Decolonizing our diets: documenting the biodiversity of the Kahnawá:ke Kanien’keháka food system: focus on cultivated and and wild foods. (McGill University, Treena Delormier)Canada
43Biocultural restoration in the Andes led by the Indigenous Chuta Fa Aba. (Chuta Fa Aba Muisca resguardo, Gabriel Nemoga)Columbia
44Defensa de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y la naturaleza, de la provincia de Tungurahua. (Fundación para la Protección de los Derechos Colectivos y la Naturaleza, Rosa Cecilia Baltazar Yucailla).Ecuador
45Rediscovery and Revival of “I Taukei” Indigenous Fijian Traditional Craftmanship Knowledge and Skillset of Traditional Pure Ceremonial Essence Oil and Aromatic/Therapeutic Purification Oil Processing Techniques. (Grace Trifam Ministry, Safaira Tagivuni)Fiji
46Searvevuohta Eatnamiin: Sámi elders, áhkut ja ádjat, as carriers of the Wisdom of the Land and Well-being. (Dutkansearvi Sámi Research Association, Hanna Guttorom).Finland
47Searvevuohta Eatnamiin: Sámi elders, áhkut ja ádjat, as carriers of the wisdom of the land and well-being. (Dutkansearvi Sámi Research Association, Irja Seurujarvi)Finland
48Gulahallat eatnamiin: Sámi elders, áhkut ja ádját, as carriers of the wisdom of the land and good life – focus on hosting seasonal gatherings (Anar forest/Deatnu River gatherings and meeting in Karasjok). (Dutkansearvi Sámi Research Association, Irja Seurujarvi).Finland
49Gulahallat eatnamiin: Sámi elders, áhkut ja ádját, as carriers of the wisdom of the land and good life – focus on reindeer herders and final film production. (Dutkansearvi Sámi Research Association, Hanna Guttorom).Finland
50Sound Seeds: Music as Medicine in Gathering of Turtle Island and Abya Yala GOTI-Abya Yala
(One Fire Associates LLC, Jamie Bartgis)
Guatemala
51Sound Seeds: Music as Medicine in Gathering of Turtle Island and Abya Yala GOTI-Abya Yala (Phase 2) (One Fire Associates LLC, Jamie Bartgis)Guatemala
52Biodiversity Conservation and its Interface with Language, Culture and Well-being: A Study of Indigenous Tribal Peoples Concrete Conditions in India. (Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Bipin Jojo)
India
53Biodiversity Conservation and its Interface with Language, Culture and Well-being: A Study of Indigenous Tribal Peoples Concrete Conditions in India. (Phase 2) (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bipin Jojo)India
54Building Community Institutions to govern biodiverse natural resources. (All India Union of Forest Working Peoples, Avijit Wasi)India
55Biodiversity Conservation, Food Sustainability, Health and Wellbeing in four regions of India. (Indian Social Institute/Jesuit Research and Development Society, Vincent Ekka)India
56Biodiversity Conservation: Indigenous Food Sustainability, Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples. (Phase 2) (Indian Social Institute/Jesuit Research and Development Society, Vincent Ekka)India
57Prakrit Sampada par Samuday ka Swashasan, Community Governance of Natural Resources.
(All India Union of Forest Working People, Roma Malik)
India
58Biodiversity Conservation and its interface with Language, Culture, and Wellbeing
(Indian Social Institute/Jesuit Research and Development Society, Vincent Ekka)
India
59Valorisation des savoirs et savoir-faire des communautés pour la santé, le bien-être et le développement durable. (Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Rokia Sanogo)Mali
60Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of ecosystem services in the Adagh region of the Ifoughas, C. Sahara. (Tihourawen NGO, Kidal Resource Center, Dida Badi)Mali
61Tadjasst En Timussnawen Tin Essehet – Preserving the Knowledge Related to Health and Well-Being. (Tin Hinan Canada, Mariam W. Aboubakrine)Mali, Niger
62L’introduction des Communautés u-tochtones dans les programmes scolaires et curricula. (Abdourahmane Ag Mohamed Elmoctar)Mauritania
63Promotion des savoirs locaux des populations autochtones touarègues par le développement de modules éducatifs pour les écoles communautaires (Promotion of local knowledge of Indigenous Tuareg populations through development of educational modules for community schools). (Abdourahmane Ag Mohamed Elmoctar)Mauritania
64On Gender Identities and Sexual dissidence in the Mexican Indigenous Context. Investigative construction of an Ethnocartography through Knowledge of their Gender Identity, Health, Sexuality and Human Rights. (Mokexteya Asesoria Tecnica Comunitaria, Amaranta Gomes Regalado)Mexico
65Understanding herders’ perception on climate change and its effects on biodiversity of their rangeland through gender perspectives. (Mongolia National University, Tumendelger Sengedorj).Mongolia
66Utilization of natural resources for pasture conservation with involvement of Indigenous people of Mongolia. Orthopterra NGO, (Khodroi Batnaran)Mongolia
67Enhancing Indigenous Herders’ Knowledge and Capacity for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Pastureland Conservation in Mongolia. (Orthopterra NGO, Khodroi Batnaran)Mongolia
68Ancestral mountain Moehau, northern Coromandel Peninsula – Aotearoa. (Landscape restoration programme of action. Ngati Maru Runanga Trust. Nikki Fisher)New Zealand
69Ngāti Tamaterā Moehau Cultural Mapping and Research. (Off Grid Native. Jaime Watson)New Zealand
70Mother Tongue Language for Mother Earth Conservation based on Indigenous cosmovision and traditional knowledge. (Change for Children. (Lorrain Swift, Tony Llorente)Nicaragua
71The Sámi Museum in Karasjok (SVD), Finland – Repatriation of Sámi cultural heritage: Safeguarding and promoting Well-being of Sámi Community and Culture. (Riddo Duottar Museat, Jelena Porsanger).Norway
72Indigenous Action Research for Participatory Curriculum Development at the Yachay Kuychi Pluriversity. (Asociacion ANDES, Ricardo Pacco Chipa, Alejandro Argumedo)Peru
73Summer Internship for Indigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) in Sábme. SING Consortium: University of Alberta, University of Uppsala and University of British Columbia. (Kim TallBear, May-Britt Ohman, Warren Cardinal-McTeague)Sweden
74Summer Internship for Indigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) in Sábme. (Part 2) SING Consortium. (University of Alberta, University of Uppsala and University of British Columbia, Kim TallBear, May-Britt Ohman, Warren Cardinal-McTeague)Sweden
75Care Relation Millets: Eco-Museum Approach. (The Association of Tayal People’s Sustainable Development, Wasiq Silan I-An Gao)Taiwan
76The Influence of Indigenous Culture and Gender Equality on the Levels of Development among the Maasai Communities. (Shelter of Hope Organization, Ndeenga Sandiya Shamata)Tanzania
77OSOTUA – protecting sacred forests. Ostua is a Maasai word that means sacred close relationships beyond the generations. (Enguserosambu Community Forest Trust, Samwell Nangiria)Tanzania
78Pgaz K’ Nyau’s (Karen) Well being. (Pagkenyaw Association for Sustainable Development,
Prasert Tranksuphon, Krit Suriyachaipun)
Thailand
79Traditional practices of shifting cultivation of the Karen people and innovations in the sustainable development of local non-timber forest products in Northern Thailand. (Pagkenyaw Association for Sustainable Development, Prasert Tranksuphon)Thailand
80Indigenous Health and Forest Conservation: Using Community-based Research and Film to Share Batwa Experiences with Land Dispossession in Southern Uganda. (Batwa Development Program, University of Alberta, Sherilee Harper, David Borish)Uganda
81Uganda Livelihoods and Rights to Biodiversity. (University of Alberta, Sherilee Harper, David Borish, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Edward Byaruhanga).Uganda
82Climate smart agro-ecological system to ensure sustainable livelihood and food security to the Batwa population in Kanungu District. Empowering Vulnerable Communities in SW Uganda. (Sabastian Twesigomwe).Uganda
83Ihamba Film and Research Project. (University of Alberta, Sherilee Harper, David Borish. Sabastian Twesigomwe, Edward Byaruhanga).Uganda
84Urban Community Garden and Toolkit. (Capital Native Nations, Geoffrey Roth and Rusty Pickens)United States
85MĀLA Ōiwi – Collective storytelling to uplift the restoration of ʻŌiwi agroforestry for improved community well-being. (Hui Malama i ke Ala Ulili, Lehia Apana).United States
86Exploring Strategic Factors of Sustainable Community Development and Decision-making processes for Mahenye CAMPFIRE in Chipinge Zimbabwe. (CAMPFIRE Program/Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Edson Gandiwa).Zimbabwe

Co-leads of Global Transformation Pathways

Alejandro Argumedo, Treena Wasonti:io Delormier, Chris Furgal | Danika Billie Littlechild, Carwyn Jones | Sherry Pictou, Tony Charles. |. Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine, Amaranta Gómez Regalado, Val Napoleon | Kim TallBear, Warren Cardinal-McTeague, May-Britt Öhman | Prasert Trakansuphakon, Prateep Nayak | Jesse Popp, Susan Kutz Herb Nakimayak, Brenda Parlee | Maria-Eugenia Choque, Iain Davidson-Hunt, Krista Stelkia, John O’Neil

Our Ărramăt Family

Abdourahane Ag MoctarHerbert NakimayakNo-eau Peralto
Alejandro ArgumedoIain Davidson-HuntNutdanai Trakansuphakon
Alejandro Bermudez-del-VillarIbrahim AG AbdorahmaneOlivier Loode
Alexander ArbachakovIra ProvostPablo Miss
Amaranta Gomez RegaladoIris CatholiquePaula Siwik
Aminata DialloIrja SeurujarviPauliina Feodoroff
Andrea ReidJames AhnassayPeter Pulsifer
Angeline FrancisJami BartgisPhil Lyver
Angie GillisJamie WatsonPhyllis Pinesse
Anita KoeJC CatholiquePrasert Trakansuphakon
Anke WeisheitJelena PorsangerPrateep Nayak
Anthony (Tony) CharlesJen LamReg Crowshoe
Art NapoleonJennifer SimardRenato Silvano
Arthur NoskeyJesse CardinalRicardo Chipa
Ashok ChowdhuryJesse PoppRokia Sanogo
Audriana PaulJim BadgerRoma Malik
Avijit ChatterjeeJim EliasRusty Pickens
Barrie FordJoella HoganRuth Meinzen-Dick
Bipin JojoJohn B ZoeSafaira Tagivuni
Carleane Gomes de AraujoJohn Francis LaneSamwel Nangiria
Carrie KarsgaardJohn ParkinsSanna Malinen
Carwyn JonesJoseph TsannieSaoudata Aboubacrine
Catarina OwenJosh LittlechildSarah Lord
Cecilia BaltazarJustino Marcos TerenaScott Duguid
Chris SouthcottKacey YellowbirdSebastian Twesigomwe
Christopher FurgalKaisu MustonenSébastien Goupil
Clayton LambKara Pictou (Revise)Selevasio Tagivuni
Cleo ReeceKate CoutorielleSerena Joseph
Clint CarrollKevin AhkimnachieShari Fox
Corrine PorterKhodroi BatnaranSharlene Alook
Cristiana Simao SeixasKimberly TallBear-DauphineSharon Snowshoe
Dan DuckertKrista StelkiaShelly Denny
David SchaepeKukik BakerSherilee Harper
Dennis DrygeeseLana LoweSonia Wesche
Dida BadiLaura Jane MichelSophie Theriault
Dilys RoeLaura YawanawàStephanie Varty
Douglas ClarkLaurence KirmayerSusan Kutz
Edson GandiwaLeigh-Ann Williams-JonesTamara Andreeva
Emilie Filmer-WilsonLeon AndrewTamara Ticktin
Engracia Marina Chavez PumaLorraine SwiftTane Davis
Ernest BetsinaLuba ArbachakovTas-Tsi Catholique
Ethel Blondi-AndrewMadghis BouzakharTashka Yawanawà
Fabrizio LoddoManon SoriasTreena Delormier
Faisal MoolaMaria BarghTrevor Lantz
Fikret BerkesMaría Eugenia Choque QuispeTsatsiye Catholique
Fiona SchmiegelowMark PoeschTumendelger Senedorj
Florence GlanfieldMarla EmeryTyanna Steinward
Frank PokiakMay-Britt OhmanVal Napoleon
Fred WronaMaya GislasonValérie Courtois
Gabriel NemogaMelissa LabradorVincent Ekka
Gao I-AnMelody LepineWanda Pascal
Geoffrey RothMelody LepineWarren Cardinal-McTeague
George LaffertyMichelle HogueYon Fernández de Larrinoa
Gilbert WhiteduckMike Low
Gleb RaygorodetskyNancy Turner
Grant BrunoNdeenga Shamata
Hanna GuttormNicholas Barla
Harriet KuhnleinNicole Redvers
Henry HuntingtonNikky Fisher

Thanks To:

Tero Mustonen. Ellen Goddard. Nigel Scott. Ashlee Cunsolo, Hugo Melgar-Quinonez, Robin Roth. Noreen Willows. Alexander Arbachakov. Willie Littlechild. Frances Abele. Jakob Zinsstag. Teresa Zapeta, Tracy Howlett

In Memory Of:

Deb Simmons, Fraser Taylor, Liane Ngamane

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