Kanonhkwa’tsheranákere, Where the Medicines Are: Creating an Indigenous biocultural atlas and ethnobotanical field guide grounded in decolonial methodologies

This landmark project was built by Dr. Jessica Dolan with leadership at the Indigenous organization Plenty
Canada, and the Conservation Through Reconciliation Partnership team at University of Guelph. Working closely
in collaboration with Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg educators and culture-bearers, the team is combining
plant biology surveys in the Greenbelt region of Southern Ontario, with historical and contemporary linguistic
and cultural research on the ethnobotany of native plants, for food, medicine, craft and utility. The team is
creating a digital atlas of ethnobotanical surveys of the Greenbelt area, and writing a field guide to
Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg in Southern Ontario. The project includes significant Kanienke’ha and
Anishinaabemowin resources, to support linguistic revitalization in tandem with place-based learning. The goal
is to create rigorous work that is publicly accessible as tools for learning among youth and adults, alike, that will
aid in equitable collaborative relationships in environmental conservation and cultural revitalization.

Faculty Supervisor:

Robin Roth

Student:

Partner:

Plenty Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Agriculture; Arts, entertainment and recreation; Education; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate