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What if children’s outdoor play is led in a way that also helps children learn how to live in kinship with the natural world? (Louise Zimanyi)

August 20, 2026

What dandelions and bees can teach us about our responsibilities to the natural world

Louise Zimanyi, Royal Roads University

In an early childhood program, everyday encounters remind participants that acknowledging land is something we live through relationships and responsibilities.

Indigenous Coast Salish women wove woolly dogs’ fur into blankets. Artist's reconstruction by Karen Carr

December 14, 2023

Mutton, an Indigenous woolly dog, died in 1859 − analysis confirms precolonial lineage of this extinct breed, once kept for their wool

Audrey T. Lin, Smithsonian Institution; Chris Stantis, University of Utah, and Logan Kistler, Smithsonian Institution

Dogs have lived with Indigenous Americans since before they came to the continent together 10,000 years ago. A new analysis reveals the lineage of one 1800s ‘woolly dog’ from the Pacific Northwest.

When we walk together in a good way, we learn to see the world from multiple perspectives. (Walking Together/Emily Kewageshig/Annick Press)

April 17, 2023

How Two‑Eyed Seeing, ‘Etuaptmumk,’ is changing outdoor play in early childhood education

Louise Zimanyi, Royal Roads University and Albert D. Marshall

‘Etuaptmumk’ or Two-Eyed Seeing is the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language. A key practice of this in an early childhood outdoor program is walking together and sharing stories.

Indigenous lobster boats head from the harbour in Saulnierville, N.S. on Oct. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan

October 29, 2020

Conflict over Mi'kmaw lobster fishery reveals confusion over who makes the rules

Lucia Fanning, Dalhousie University and Shelley Denny, Dalhousie University

The dispute over the Mi'kmaw lobster fishery isn’t only about money — it’s about who has the authority to govern and define these activities.

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