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Ontario Tech University
   
    Nov 11, 2026  
2026-2027 Undergraduate Academic Calendar 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Academic Calendar
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EDUC 3217U – Indigenous Knowledge, Environmental and Sustainability Education


This course adopts a decolonizing lens to examine the complex relationship between Indigenous ways of knowing, sustainability, and environmentalism in education, to emphasize how Indigenous perspectives can transform approaches to environmental stewardship. Students will examine the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous peoples, with a focus on the Canadian context, and will investigate how Indigenous knowledge systems and traditional land-based learning can inform contemporary educational practices. Participants will engage with the 4Rs framework—Reciprocity, Relationships, Respect, and Responsibility—to develop a holistic understanding of environmental and sustainability education. Students will build meaningful connections with the natural world, others, themselves, and place, fostering a respect-based worldview of the land.

Students are expected to complete readings, reflections and research tasks; participate in individual and group learning activities; and complete projects and demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and application of Indigenous Knowledge, Environmental and Sustainability content and issues.

 
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 4



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