Indigenous and Western Scientists and Knowledge Holders Partnering for the Public Good
Protect the Arctic Refuge youth rally in front of the Yukon legislative assembly. Katarzyna Nowak
Indigenous and Western Scientists and Knowledge Holders Partnering for the Public Good
Katarzyna Nowak, lecturer at University of Alberta / Yukon University; Jared Gonet, PhD student at University of Alberta / Yukon University., UCS Science Network,
UCS | April 7, 2021, 3:25 pm EDT
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We are two conservationists: a First Nations Yukoner and Canadian, and a first generation immigrant-settler with dual Poland-U.S. nationality. Our paths crossed through mutual interest in Indigenous-led stewardship, Two-Eyed Seeing, and holistic approaches like One Health. We are proponents of two-eyed seeing which means, “To see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous ways of knowing, and to see from the other eye with the strengths of Western ways of knowing, and to use both of these eyes together”. With two-eyed seeing, it becomes