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The Canadian Mountain Podcast is a knowledge mobilization initiative highlighting CMN-supported research and facilitating other important discussions relevant to mountain research in Canada and around the world.

PUSHING PAST THE EMPTY RHETORIC: THE CANADIAN MOUNTAIN PODCAST AND ITS APPROACH TO LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The podcast was recently featured in Jsource as they discussed their learnings and new understandings of Land Acknowledgement in hopes of educating themselves and listeners about the land we share and sought to decolonize, change and inspire media platforms.

Season 5

Decolonizing Media on the Canadian Mountain Podcast, Part Two

February 5th, 2024 | Host: Sherry Woods, Journalism Student, Mount Royal University / CMP Producer

Guests: Meg Wilcox, Kyle Napier, Julie Patton, and Catalina Berguno

Decolonizing Media on the Canadian Mountain Podcast, Part One

January 15, 2024 | Host: Sherry Woods, Journalism Student, Mount Royal University / CMP Producer

Guests: Meg Wilcox, Kyle Napier, Julie Patton, and Catalina Berguno

Indigenous Intellectual Property, Part Two

December 4th, 2023 | Host: Sydney Klassen-Rosewarn, Journalism Student, Mount Royal University / CMP Producer

Guests: Kyle Napier and Saad Iqbal, researchers and doctoral students at the University of Alberta

Indigenous Intellectual Property, Part One

November 15th, 2023 | Host: Sydney Klassen-Rosewarn, Journalism Student, Mount Royal University / CMP Producer

Guests: Kyle Napier and Saad Iqbal, researchers and doctoral students at the University of Alberta

Understanding Aquatic Ecosystems in the Chic-Choc Mountains

August 14th, 2023 | Host: Sydney Klassen-Rosewarn

Guests: Louise Chavarie, Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Life and Sciences, Catherine Lambert, Executive Director of the Mi’gmaq Indigenous Fisheries Management Association

Restoring the Klinse-Za Caribou and Maintaining Wildlife Balance

July 5th, 2023 | Host: Julie Patton

Guests: Roland Wilson, Chief of the West Moberly First Nations Clayton Lamb, wildlife scientist and researcher with Biodiversity Pathways and the University of British Columbia

Revitalization of Yukon Salmon Culture

May 1st, 2023 | Host: Catalina Berguno

Guests: Nicole Tom, Chief of the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation Elizabeth MacDonald, Manager of Fisheries at Yukon First Nation Salmon Stewardship Alliance

Restoration of Culture and Land Through Tatâga (Bison) Reintroduction

December 14th, 2022 | Host: Sydney Klassen-Rosewarn and Vanessa Forbyster

Guests: Bill Snow, Consultation Manager, Stoney Nakota First Nations

Marie-Eve Marchand, Organizer, Bison Belong initiative

Season 4

The Mountain Risk Knowledge Exchange

October 14th, 2022 | Host: Ethan Ward, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Dr. Glyn Williams-Jones
Juan Anzieta

The Canadian Mountain Assessment

May 30th, 2022 | Host: Ethan Ward, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Dr. Graham McDowell
Dr. Carolina Adler
Dr. Philippus (Flip) Wester

International Mountain Day 2021: Sustainable Mountain Tourism

Extended-Length Special Edition

March 31st, 2022 | Host: Sydney Klassen-Rosewarn Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Barbara Wilson (Haida Nation)
William Snow (Stoney Nakoda Nation)
Isabelle Falardeau (Université Quebec à Trois-Rivières)
Stephanie Yuill (M.Sc, Gov’t of NWT)
David Suzuki

Behind the Scenes With the Canadian Mountain Podcast

February 24th, 2022 | Host: Catalina Berguno and Eric Tanner Journalism Students – Mount Royal University

Guests:
Canadian Mountain Podcast crew:

Gabrielle Pyska
Ethan Ward
Eric Tanner
Syd Klassen
Vanessa Forbister
Catalina Berguno

Water Quality and Security in Mountain Headwaters

December 13th, 2021 | Host:Eric Tanner, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Elliot Fox, member of the Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe) and consultant for CMN’s Knowledge Hub, the Blackfoot Guardianship of East Slope Watersheds
Matt Coombs, fisheries biologist and consultant for FINtegrate Fisheries & Watershed Consulting, working in collaboration with the Blackfoot Guardianship of East Slope Watersheds
Dr. Vincent St Louis, Professor at the University of Alberta and lead for CMN’s project, From the Mountains to Our Tables: Freshwater Security in Three Canadian Eastern Rocky Mountain Watersheds

Season 3

Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas

September 1st, 2021 | Host: Gabrielle Pyska, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Dr. Courtney Mason, Professor in Rural Livelihoods and Sustainable Communities at Thompson Rivers University
Eli Enns, Co-founder of the Ha’uukmin Tribal Park in Clayoquot Sound

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Their Relation to Canadian Mountains

July 5th, 2021 | Host: Ethan Ward, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Dr. Pamela Shaw, Research Director, Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute (MABRRI); and Director of Vancouver University’s Master of Community Planning Program.
Courtney Vageouis, Sustainability Project Coordinator, MABRRI
Jenica Ng-Cornish, Senior Research Assistant, MABRRI

Mountain Research Through Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems

April 30th, 2021 | Host: Eric Tanner, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Leon Andrew, Shúhtagot’įnę Elder, Tulít’a Dene Band, Sahtú Renewable Resources Board
Glen MacKay, Territorial Archaeologist, Cultural Places Program, Government of the Northwest Territories

Studying Mountain Systems With the Canadian Mountain Network

March 15th, 2021 | Host: Gabrielle Pyska, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Norma Kassi, CMN Co-Research Director
Dr. Murray Humphries, CMN Co-Research Director

Season 2

COVID-19 and Mountain Tourism

June 17th, 2020 | Host: Blaise Kemna, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Karen Sorenson, Banff Mayor
Joe Pavelka, Professor of Ecotourism and Outdoor Leadership at Mount Royal University

Indigenous-Led Research

May 29th, 2020 | Host: Blaise Kemna, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Dr. Courtney Mason, Canada Research Chair in Rural Livelihoods and Sustainable Communities, Thompson Rivers University
William Snow, Consultation Manager of the Stoney Nakoda Nation
Dr. Aimee Schmidt, Excecutive Director of the T’akhu Â Tlèn Conservancy in Whitehorse.

Human-Wildlife Co-existence

May 29th, 2020 | Host: Blaise Kemna, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Dr. Don Carruthers Den Hoed– Senior Fellow at the Institute for Environmental Sustainability at Mount Royal University; Manager at the Canadian Parks Collective for Innovation and Leadership (CPCIL); and CMN-funded researcher
Dr. Marco Festa-Bianchet, Professor of Biology at Université de Sherbrooke and CMN-funded researcher
Danah Duke, Executive Director of the Miistakis Institute

International Mountain Day 2019 Special Edition

December 10th, 2020 | Host: Blaise Kemna, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests:

Will Gadd– Mountain athlete and UN Environment “Mountain Hero”
Jim Gudjonson – Director of the Office of Environment and Sustainability, Thompson Rivers University
David Hik – Professor of Terrestrial Ecology, Simon Fraser University and former co-Research Director, Canadian Mountain Network
Lael Parrott – Professor of Sustainability and Director of the Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience and Ecosystem Services (BRAES) at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan
Dan Shugar – Associate Professor of Geoscience and Director, Environmental Science Program at the University of Calgary

Season 1

Traditional Knowledge and Community-Based Research in Yukon Territory

April 21, 2017 | Host: Blaise Kemna, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests: Doug Clark, Katelyn Friendship, Norma Kassi and Katherine Stewart.

Connectivity and Shared Spaces

April 21, 2017 | Host: Blaise Kemna, Journalism Student – Mount Royal University

Guests: Jonathan Backs, Colleen Cassidy St. Claire, Marie-Eve Merchand, Melanie Percy, Charlie Rabbit, Hank Snow and William Snow.

International Mountain Day Livestream

December 11th, 2017 |

Guests: Fred Bradley, Steve Mamet, Jenna McQueen, Erin Reade, Mary Sanseverino, Sarah Waters.

Panel Discussion on Biodiversity, Contaminants, and Indigenous Food Security

December 6th, 2017 |

Guests:

Norma Kassi, Robyn McLeod, Jim Schieck and William Shotyk.

Doing Research in the Sahtú Region of the Mackenzie Mountains

September 22nd, 2016 |

Guests: Leon Andrew, Tom Andrews, Heather Sayine and Deborah Simmons.

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Events

Knowledge Sharing Summit 2023

Braiding Knowledges Canada (BKC) is honored to host its inaugural Gathering from March 5-7,

International Mountain Day 2023

Braiding Knowledges Canada (BKC) is honored to host its inaugural Gathering from March 5-7,

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Knowledge Sharing Summit 2023

International Mountain Day 2023

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