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Three-Eyed Seeing: Being the Voice for Our Relations

Tracks
Tully 3
Monday, July 27, 2026
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Speaker

Dr Myrle Ballard
University of Calgary

Three-Eyed Seeing: Being the Voice for Our Relations

ISE Congress 2026 Abstract

This talk explores the Three-Eyed Seeing Framework and how it can be used as a management and conservation tool. Indigenous people are the stewards of Our Relations (flora and fauna, lands, waters). This relationship has enabled Indigenous people the ability to hear and discern what Our Relations are saying, and to be the voice of Our Relations. We can the Indigenous science lens by applying the three-eyed seeing framework. Indigenous stewardship laws guide Indigenous people’s ethical responsibility for Aki (land) and our well-being. Indigenous people have a strong connection with the Aki. When the Aki is traumatized, Indigenous people also suffer from the trauma. Anishinaabe laws are premised on ethical space and the need to respect Our Relations based on Anishinaabe laws and western science.

Biography

Dr. Myrle Ballard is Anishinaabe, and Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor in the Dept. of Earth, Energy, and Environment, at the University of Calgary. Her research explores Three-eyed seeing and how Anishinaabe mowin can be baseline indicators to transform approaches to land and water resource management.
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