Comprehensive Co-management Course

Our flagship course that keeps you engaged in co-management, reflection, and continuous learning.
Educating ourselves about co-management is time well spent and shows a commitment to reconciliation.

Course
Objectives  

Discover the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of
co-management.
Develop practical insights into Indigenous knowledge systems from the experts themselves.
Build a community of people committed to
co-management as a form of reconciliation.

Module 1

Introduction to co-management
The introductory module on co-management provides an overview of the discipline's different aspects and its importance. It includes lectures, guest speakers, and examples of various co-management systems in Canada.
Foundational | WHY CO-management matters

Module 2

Positionality and its place in co-management
This module of the course explores the importance of positionality and the practice of keeping an updated positionality statement so you can situate yourself in your research and career, and understand the impact you may have on a co-management scenario.
Foundational | reflective  

Module 3

Cultural competence
In this module you are encouraged to work on being more culturally competence, to practice cultural humility, and there are practical suggestions offered to where you may start in this area of your work in co-management.
Foundational | Reflective | action oriented

Module 4

Science and responsibilities
This section of our co-management course will explore the responsibilities of natural scientists in the age of reconciliation and there will be special guest to challenge you on decolonizing your science, and offer practical ideas of how to implement in co-management.
reflective | action oriented | reconciliation

Module 5

Indigenous knowledge systems
This module is considered advanced because most learners are still trying to understand and appreciate Indigenous knowledge systems, Indigenous science, and concepts like two-eyed seeing, and three-eyed seeing, and other practices and ways of life that are inseparable with co-management.
advanced | reflective | listening

Module 6

Co-management led research
This course introduced co-management led research and situates it along other methodological approaches to research in community and with Indigenous Peoples. 
advanced | action oriented | policy | strategy

Module 7

Co-management and Indigenous wellbeing
This module is designed to illustrate how your work in co-management is directly interlinked with Indigenous health and wellbeing and the actions taken in fish and wildlife management need to consider this dimension.
advanced | Health in all policies | social determinants of health

Module 8

Dealing with the emotions of ecological loss.
This module provides learners the space needed to express emotions related to the loss of biodiversity. People in community, researchers, and scientists and others are grieving and struggling with the rate of change, and how can we harness that for positive change in co-management?
emotions | climate change | dealing with ecological loss

Module 9

Co-management and the law
It is reasonable to believe that diverse co-management partners can implement positive actions without the need for intervention by the courts. What have we learned so far from the courts and are the courts the way forward?
law | spirit and intent | treaty implementation

Module 10

Co-management and communications
The styles of communication, the languages used, the formats utilized, and our capacities in the area of communication are integral to sharing knowledge, and expecting for communication to have occurred. 
communications | action oriented

Module 11

Co-management and consensus
Most co-management settings today are operating in consensus environments and this style of doing our practice of co-management comes with its unique challenges and our reflective in this area is needed for progress. 
dialogue | consensus | negotiations | communications 

Module 12

Adaptive co-management
This module covers the topic of adaptive co-management and how we learning from our decisions and how co-managements can reflect and adjust to new situations and challenges that may arise. 
advanced | adaptation | organizational learning | change 

Feedback from 
2023  

I think the interaction created with the content, speakers, and other students created a great learning atmosphere that promoted a safe space for everyone to share; that isn't an easy feat!
"Hearing Elder Marshall was very moving and memorable. He made me think that working together with Indigenous communities could have greater significance than simply being a part of my job."
"It was great, I highly recommend it to all my peers."
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Unique Features

Subject matter experts
 Many of Canada's leading thinkers on co-management, Indigenous knowledge systems, decolonizing our minds, and other specialized topic areas are invited into the course as guest speakers. 
Different learning approaches
 Not everyone learns the same way so the course is a blend of on demand videos, podcast, live guest speakers, web based readings, recommended peer reviewed journal articles, and learning activities with the busy professional, scientist, or policy maker in mind. 
Community
  Dedicated Substack communications
  An in-course community platform
  Small number of open spots
  Stay enrolled year over year
   Networking opportunities

Jamie Snook, PhD

Educator, researcher, leader, facilitator, catalyst
Jamie has been a co-management executive director for 15 years, and has over 20 years working in Northern and Indigenous public policy and governance context. Jamie brings a mix of relevant research, education, and professional and lived experiences to facilitating this course.  Jamie created the Co-management Commons resource and hosts the dedicated podcast. He is joined by many of the leading scholars in Canada in the delivery of this course.

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Our first live class: April 24, 2024, 2pm Atlantic Time

Dr. Natalie Ban
Mr. Lawrence Ignace

We are thrilled to announce Dr. Natalie Ban and Mr. Lawrence Ignace as our esteemed inaugural guests for 2024! Their combined wealth of expertise in co-management, co-governance, community-based research, and Indigenous knowledge systems promises to enrich our course. Their discussion is perfectly poised to enhance and deepen the foundational curriculum of our Comprehensive Co-management Course. 
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