Zhaagimaa Waabo
Guided by Manito Aki Inakonigaawin, and recognizing the significance of Treaty #3’s connection to the land.
The Territorial Planning Unit (TPU) works with Treaty #3 Leadership to protect the lands, waters, and resources within the 55,000 square miles that make up the Treaty #3 Territory.
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Youth Mentorship Program
The Territorial Planning Unit’s Youth Mentorship Program provides Indigenous and Non-Indigenous youth with access to TPU mentors who will support them with environmental career development through education and learning, capacity building, and career advice. Areas of mentorship within the program are: traditional governance, environmental monitoring, climate change, emergency management planning, GIS and sustainable energy planning. Meet the TPU mentors below to learn more about them and how they can help you.
Programs can be set up on 4 week, 8 week and 12 week basis and meeting frequency will be decided between Mentee and Mentor. Please reach out to tpu@treaty3.ca for more information and indicate your interest.
TPU Mentors
Chris Herc – Chris has been the TPU’s Environmental Monitoring Coordinator for the past four years and works with Treaty #3 communities to implement community based monitoring initiatives for water quality, fish habitat, mercury monitoring, and invasive species. Chris also hosts capacity building engagement sessions with Treaty communities, reviews environmental policy, and applies for funding grants to continue current programs and create new ones.
Prior to this Chris graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a B.Sc. in Environment and Natural Resources and has worked across Canada in various environmental positions such as: bird bander, fisheries observer, caribou research technician, provincial park interpreter, nature educator, etc.
Potential mentees under Chris can expect to: learn how to collect and monitor water quality data, design environmental monitoring programs, help with resume building, identifying experience building opportunities, and anything the mentee would like help with!
Treaty #3 Geoportal
Share Digital Maps | Combine Spatial Layers | Mark-up Maps
The Treaty #3 Geoportal is an online tool that allows community users to upload, share and access digital data and maps of the combined Treaty#3 territory.
Land Manager's Toolkit
The purpose of the Toolkit is to assist with informed decision making on proposed projects undergoing impact assessments or environmental assessments, but we hope it will be used by anyone looking to increase their understanding of lands management as a whole. We also offer this workbook as an example of how Anishinaabe principles, teachings, and practices can inform decision making and community planning.
Nuclear 101 Guidebook
The Nuclear 101 Guidebook was created to help with decision making on future nuclear energy projects. It was built using scientific knowledge, traditional teachings, and the principles contained within the Treaty #3 Nibi Declaration. Additionally, the Guidebook was built with guidance from Anishinaabe Law and the Manito Aki Inakonigaawin. The Guidebook has been developed for all people in Treaty #3 Territory and can be adapted to fit different ages. There are interactive and self-reflective activities throughout the Guidebook which you can complete on your own or in a group.
Nibi Declaration Toolkit
This Toolkit will provide you with information on how you, your family and your community can support the Nibi Declaration of the Anishinaabe of Treaty #3.
Inside this Toolkit you will learn how the GCT3 Women’s Council started the process to create a Treaty #3 Nibi Declaration with a research support team, and have met with other knowledge keepers/Gitiizii m’inaanik to receive guidance on how to proceed with community engagement. There are also summaries of meetings that have been held to date, the proposed process for the development of the Declaration, examples of other water declarations, and plans for ways to implement the Nibi Declaration.