Emily’s time at Parks Canada focused on sustainability within indigenous culture and looked at impacts of Canadian policies upon heritage and environmental sustainability. This led to various evaluations of policies and practices, while coordinating engagement programs to learn more about sustainability impacting heritage and maintaining integrity surrounding indigenous cultures.
"I learned a lot about our current Cultural Resource Management Policy, and about ideas such as how our current policy mostly only recognizes built heritage and no other forms like cultural landscapes and intangible heritage,‘’ said Emily. She recognized that current policies disproportionally affect indigenous groups in a manner that prevents more sustainable practices. Engagement operations between various indigenous groups led her to distinguish the barriers between heritage and environmental sustainability.
Her work experience provided insight into engagement and understanding the nature-culture divide present within current policies and has motivated Emily to continue working part-time at Parks Agency after the completion of her cooperative education term.
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