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Mapping a brighter future: Building an Anishinabek Nation geospatial application for inclusive traditional knowledge and resource management
The Union of Ontario Indians (UOI) and its partners are developing an Anishinabek Nation online information management portal. The portal will contain a web-enabled mapping application and data library using the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI).
This project will equip three groups with the necessary location-based or "geospatial" information, matched with the proper GIS functionality, to facilitate community planning; improve resource-based administrative and management routines; and integrate, protect, and promote traditional knowledge:
- Anishinabek First Nation members will have user-friendly access to current resource data for their traditional territories and will be supported by the UOI in collecting and managing this data.
- UOI programs and staff will have forestry and trapping information for the analysis of proposed and current land-use plans to assess their impact on program and community values.
- Elders and trappers will be supported in their use of the system so that their knowledge and cultural wisdom can be shared and communicated more effectively.
This project is seen by the UOI and its partners, including the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, as an opportunity to develop a new planning framework from which to more effectively address land-based issues such as forest management, hydro development, mining, tourism, land tenure, referrals, and treaty negotiations.
Primary Partner:
Union of Ontario Indians Inc.
North Bay,
Ontario;
Partners: ESRI Canada Limited; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Funding From GeoConnections: $115,116.00 ( 49.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: April, 2007
Estimated Completion Date: February, 2008
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: Ontario;