Youth and Elders: Perspectives on Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer in Churchill, Manitoba

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dc.contributor.authorChow, Linda
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeMcLachlan, Stephane (Environment and Geography) McMillan, Barbara (Education)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorOakes, Jill (Environment and Geography)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-21T19:53:01Z
dc.date.available2012-09-21T19:53:01Z
dc.date.issued2012-09-21
dc.degree.disciplineEnvironment and Geographyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Environment (M.Env.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis research focuses on working with fifteen local youths, one elder, and two teachers in the town of Churchill, Manitoba to document intergenerational knowledge transfer. According to Tsuji (1996) there has been a significant loss of traditional ecological knowledge in First Nation communities between generations for both males and females. Traditional knowledge is important because it relies on an individual’s own knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes towards certain issues that he or she has experienced in the past. Through conducting interviews with Elders, youths, and teachers along with observation and participant observation, this research shows knowledge from the Indigenous elder is being transferred to the younger generation through stories, presentations, and education. There is a moderate level of intergenerational knowledge transfer from youth to elders and elders to youth, as well as a high level of interest in incorporating traditional and local knowledge in education.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2012en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/8908
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectTraditionalen_US
dc.subjectLocalen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectIntergenerationalen_US
dc.subjectTransferen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmentalen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectEldersen_US
dc.subjectYouthen_US
dc.titleYouth and Elders: Perspectives on Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer in Churchill, Manitobaen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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