Marie Michael Library

Listening to the Land

While there is a great deal of information to be found on environmental issues and the impact on the wellbeing of this precious planet Earth—see the page Environment—these resources focus on ways we can develop a practice and take time to deepen our connection with the landscapes around us.

Resources

  • eBird – a project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
  • iNaturalist.org – identify plants, animals, fungi, and more while adding to a living atlas of life on Earth.
  • iNaturalist Canada allows anyone to record and share what they see in nature, connect with other nature watchers, and learn about Canada’s wildlife.
  • Macphail Woods, sustainable woodland management on Prince Edward Island.
  • Nature Journaling resources to help you explore and engage with nature through your journal.
  • Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources. (2017). A field guide to forest biodiversity stewardship. Compiled by P. Neily & G. J. Parsons. Province of Nova Scotia. (7.0 Mb pdf)
  • Nova Scotia Forests. (n.d.). Home [YouTube channel]. YouTube.
  • Tatamagouche Centre, land rematriation videos.
  • Weaving Ways of Knowing for the Environment, a platform for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous environmental professionals interested in weaving knowledge systems in their environmental work.

    St. Francis Xavier University and Coady Institute stand on the lands of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded home of the Mi’kmaw. We express our deep gratitude and appreciation to the generations of Mi’kmaw who, since time immemorial, have loved and stewarded these lands and the beings who call them home. Colonization is not just history; it exists in the present tense. While we strive to decolonize ourselves and our University, we know there is still much for us to learn.

    We are committed to doing the hard work of self-reflection and to repairing relationships with the Mi’kmaw on whose lands we reside, including embracing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action and embodying their spirit in our plans to move forward with our University.

    Ms~t wiaqpulti’kl ankukamkewe’l
    We are all treaty people.

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