The significant overrepresentation of Indigenous youth and Indigenous peoples as a whole in the population at risk of or experiencing homelessness in Canada is a result of historic and present-day processes of colonization and settlement that initially enabled the establishment of the 6 country and now maintain it. [...] In spite of this, many Indigenous people have continued to live or spend time on the land, drawing on and adding to the accumulated knowledge and experience of their ancestors, and maintaining and refining traditional practices and lifeways. [...] During the walks, students observed the impacts of changes in the weather or seasons on the landscape, adopted and cared for trees, learned the names given to the trees in their traditional languages, noticed that branches which have lost their leaves look larger, found the nests of “two-legged” creatures, and observed the different angles, shapes and patterns of the built environment. [...] Finding and learning remotely have the supporting ways for land-based equipment they need to fully engage educators and their students to in their classes, to interact and share spend more time on the land can experiences with each other, and to help ease the feelings of isolation, complete their coursework. [...] The panelists emphasize the link between health and being connected to the land, and the importance of centering the land in responses to coronavirus.
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