Lawrence Ignace
Assistant Teaching Professor
Geography
- Contact:
- Office: DTB B310 lawrenceignace@uvic.ca
- Credentials:
- PhD (UVic)
- Area(s) of expertise:
- cumulative effects, impact assessment, Indigenous knowledge systems, self-determination, reconciliation, food insecurity, Indigenous research methods
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About
Lawrence Ignace's teaching and research focuses on how Indigenous peoples and their knowledge systems, have a role to play in both natural and social science research and management contexts. Indigenous knowledge systems are a way of broadening societies understanding and options towards re-shaping human environment and governance relationships.
Research
Lawrence is an Anishinaabe researcher from Nesaadiikaang/Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation - Treaty 3 in Northwestern Ontario that has long been involved in Indigenous policy, advocacy, and research across the areas of the environment, climate change, species at risk, nuclear waste, fisheries, land and resource management. Some other areas of focus have been cumulative effects, impact assessment, Indigenous knowledge systems, self-determination, reconciliation, food insecurity and Indigenous research methods.
He employs Indigenous research methods in both natural, and social science areas. These are achieved within community, regional, national and international levels and contexts.
Publications
See publications on LawrenceIgnace.com