Cross-cultural Governance of Okanagan Lake: Entering Ethical Space

This research will inform the co-governance arrangements for the Syilx-led klusxnitk? (Okanagan Lake) Responsibility Plan by exploring the praxis of ethical space in the development and implementation of the plan, and focusing on two themes: worldviews and knowledge systems. The proposed MITACS grant involves researching and developing an ethical space framework for cross-cultural collaboration in the OKLRPI based on data collected from interviews and workshops, conducting consultations to validate the framework with the Syilx community and OKLRPI partners, and preparing two academic papers for journal submission. The research brings an Indigenous decolonizing lens to the inquiry and uses qualitative methods. The plan is part of the klusxnitk? (Okanagan Lake) Responsibility Planning Initiative (OKLRPI), which is led by the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) and coordinated by the Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program (OCCP), and regional and provincial authorities; it involves a valley-wide partnership of private, public and non-governmental organizations.

Faculty Supervisor:

Aleksandra Dulic

Student:

Partner:

Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate