Project Title: Contributing to a Safe Land-based Education Program for the Tahltan Community
Client: Tū’desē’cho Wholistic Indigenous Leadership Development Society (TWILD)
Students: Sumaiyyah Adam, Jessika Woroniak, Khushi Nilani Mohan Haranahalli, Lilian Shams-Amiri
Faculty Lead: Nadja Kunz
Fieldwork Location: Virtual – Tahltan Territory
Year: 2020-21
About the Project: In partnership with TWILD, the researchers worked with the Tahltan community to assess the existing processes for that land-based learning and review the strategies used in similar programs to support the creation of a community-specific education policy. The outputs from this project were a policy report describing the team’s findings as well as a summary of available data storage platforms and their benefits.
Key Words: Education, Youth, Self Governance