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  • 3 - Decolonising the Dialogue on Climate Change

  • from Part I - Challenges
  • Edited by Sandy Lamalle, Concordia University, Montréal, Peter Stoett, Ontario Tech University
  • Book:
    Representations and Rights of the Environment
    Published online:
    16 March 2023
    Print publication:
    06 April 2023, pp 66-86

  • Summary

    Indigenous peoples in Canada score far worse on indicators of well-being than the general public due to historical and ongoing processes of colonisation. It is also well recognised that Indigenous peoples are the most impacted and vulnerable populations affected by climate change. Currently proposed climate change ‘solutions’ are derived from the same Western colonial mindset which caused the crisis in the first place, so it is logical that we look for alternative approaches. Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) have allowed Indigenous peoples to survive centuries of environmental degradation brought about by European colonisation, as well as thrive for millennia. International declarations have specifically recognised the potential of IKS to help alleviate climate and other environmental crises. Indigenous peoples must therefore be enabled to undergo decolonisation processes, so that we may all benefit from the revitalisation of Indigenous ways of relating to the Earth in mutually beneficial ways.