Turtle Island Conservation Programme at the Toronto Zoo
From the website: “Toronto Zoo’s Turtle Island Conservation programme (TIC) respectfully shares the hopes and goals of First Nation partners in our commitment to the preservation of biodiversity. TIC partners with First Nation communities to preserve community knowledge and significant natural and cultural landscapes. The objectives of the Turtle Island Conservation programme are:
To foster respect for self, community, Mother Earth, and the Creator
To recognize and record significant landscapes valued by First Nation communities
To integrate traditional ways of knowing with western science to monitor, protect, respect and restore landscapes
To integrate language, art and crafts to sustain traditional ways of knowing and among non-Aboriginals
To facilitate understanding of diversity of First Nation culture and ways of knowing among non-Aboriginals”
