With heavy hearts, we are reflecting on the tragedies suffered by Indigenous children across the country. At this time we will point towards resources for those beginning to learn, but personally we are grieving.
Lives, land, and generations lost.
Successful freshwater restoration has to be inclusive of people, and so we acknowledge the many diverse ways of knowing our world.
The Healthy Headwaters Lab has a full lineup of presentations at this year’s IAGLR conference. Register for #IAGLR2021 and we’ll see you there! (see our abstracts below)
In our very first(!) podcast experience, we discuss the lab’s “radical approach” to building a research team, and how our core values transform into actions through funding opportunities and trust-based partnerships with Indigenous communities in the Great Lakes.
The International Joint Commission (IJC) recently featured the Healthy Headwaters Lab in their monthly newsletter, the Great Lakes Connection.Dr. Catherine Febria explains:“Nibi (Ojibwe for water) is the life force that connects us all. As a new and growing research group at the University of Windsor’s Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, the Healthy Headwaters Lab is committed [...]
June was National Indigenous Month in Canada and we celebrated with a giveaway! View the winning post here.
What does supporting indigenous self-determination look like in a freshwater restoration research program and beyond?
HHL and the Indigenous Allyship Program host a day of sharing and community building at the City of Windsor’s Ojibway Nature Centre.
HHL took a leading role in proposing the creation of a new role at the University of Windsor. Early in 2020, a Senate by-law was approved creating a new position called "Adjunct Indigenous Scholar". The vote was unanimously approved and Clint Jacobs was the first to be nominated and granted this new title. This appointment [...]
