Who speaks for the trees? A collaborative, Indigenous-informed exploration of the environmental and well-being co-benefits of connecting with forest ecosystems.

The Lheidli T’enneh Health Center is partnering with Melissa Bates, a UNBC graduate student, and Dr. Margot Parkes, a UNBC associate professor in the School of Health Sciences, to explore how connections to the environment are good for the community and the land, from the perspective of Lheidli T’enneh community members. This includes supporting land-based healing activities and initiatives that the Lheidli T’enneh Health Center is already engaged with, forming and running a Community Advisory Group that will guide the research project and writing a masters-level thesis. The design of this community-based participatory research project is grounded in the strengths that come from Lheidli T’enneh connection to culture, land, and knowledge.

Faculty Supervisor:

Margot Parkes

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Partner:

Lheidli T’enneh Nation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public administration

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

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