This systematic map will examine the extent, range and nature of the published literature that weaves IKS and Western sciences in terrestrial ecosystems research, monitoring and management in Canada.

Specifically, this systematic map seeks to address the question, ‘What methods, models and approaches have been used in studies that seek to weave IKS and Western sciences in terrestrial ecosystems research, monitoring or management in Canada’? 


Project Collaborators

Dominique A. Henri – Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

Jennifer F. Provencher – Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

Ella Bowles – University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada

Jessica J. Taylor – Carleton University, Canada

Jade Steel – University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada

Carmen Chelick – University of British Columbia Okanagan & Biodigenous Consulting Ltd., Canada

Jesse N. Popp – University of Guelph, Canada

Steven J. Cooke – Carleton University, Canada

Trina Rytwinski – Carleton University, Canada

Deborah McGregor – York University, Canada

Adam T. Ford – University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada

Steven M. Alexander – Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada


Systematic Map In Press: Provencher JF, Bowles E, Henri DA,  Nalepa R, T, Chelick C, Steel JR, Wilcox AAE, Johnson LR, Martone S, Taylor JJ, Hartman Davies O, Miller KM, Rytwinski T, Cooke SJ, Popp JN, Ford AT, McGregor D, Alexander SM. (In press). Weaving Indigenous knowledge systems and Western sciences in terrestrial research, monitoring, and management in Canada: a systematic map.  Ecological Solutions and Evidence 00:000-000. (DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.70278)


Project status – Complete


CEIC ContactTrina.Rytwinski@carleton.ca