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Completed Research projects

Our Research Projects

CMN’s research program supports the resilience and health of Canada’s mountain peoples and places through partnerships based on Indigenous and Western ways of knowing that inform decision-making and action.

In 2020-21, $5.5 M in funding was awarded to 17 continuing research projects. These projects currently involve 99 collaborators, 114 trainees and 94 partner organizations.

Map of CMN's 17 Research Projects

(The numbers on the map correspond with the project numbers below)

Completed Projects

These CMN-funded research projects are now complete!

Click on the projects below for more information on goals, objectives, and impacts.

Hills Thought to Be Mountains: The Biocultural Value of Island Highlands in the Continental Plains

The View from 2117: Human Actions, Consequences, and Perspectives on Mountain Regions

The Shútagot’ıne Cultural Landscape Project

The Mountain Risk Knowledge Exchange – Building Risk Management Capacity and Resilience in Mountain Communities

Nı́o Nę P’ęnę́ – Trails of the Mountain Caribou: Renewing Indigenous Relationships in Conservation

Mobilizing Mountain Metrics That Matter: Inuit-Led Environment and Health Monitoring in the Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve

Mineral Dust Dynamics and Climate Change at High Latitude Mountainous Regions

Managing Groundwater Resources in Mountainous Areas: Planning for and Adapting to Drought Conditions

Long-Term Monitoring of Harvested Mountain Ungulates to Improve Their Conservation and Sustainable Use

ŁIngít Kusteeyí (Tlingit Way of Life): Revitalizing Tlingit Law for Land and Wildlife

Indigenous Land Rights in Canada and New Zealand: Sustainable Protected Areas in Rural and Mountain Environments

From the Mountains to Our Tables: Freshwater Security in Three Canadian Eastern Rocky Mountain Watersheds

Explore, Describe and Develop a Methodology to Best Account Indigenous Perspectives on the Value of Land Guardianship in Mountain Regions and the Contributions to the Biodiversity and Well-Being of Their Nations

Enhancing the Reintroduction of Plains Bison Through the Inclusion of Cultural Monitoring and Traditional Knowledge in Banff National Park

Effects of Climate Change and Human Activities on Mountain Species and Ecosystems

Co-creation of a Governance Structure: The Case of a Recreo-Tourism Development in Mont-Orford

Bringing Research Home: Reclaiming Research to Tell the Story of Climate Change in the Kluane First Nation Traditional Territory

Braiding Knowledges Canada

Address: CCIS 3-170, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB., T6G 2E9

Mailing Address: CW-405 Biological Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E9

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BKC’s goals, objectives, scope, structure and core activities are outlined in the Strategic Plan, and will guide our operations, performance management, and reporting for the next five years. .

Braiding Knowledges Canada, CW-405 Biological Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E9

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BKC is supported by a five-year grant from the Government of Canada’s Strategic Science Fund Program (2024-2029).

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