Online Learning with the
Haida Gwaii Institute
Upcoming Courses
HGSE 311 Law & Governance: Indigenous & European Traditions
Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-11:30am PST
Notions of reconciliation and restitution that have emerged in Canada across space and time; key principles, discourses, legal and constitutional mechanisms, actions, and actors.
HGSE 312 Perspectives on Reconciliation
May 12 to June 18, 2025
Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-12:30pm PST
Notions of reconciliation and restitution that have emerged in Canada across space and time; key principles, discourses, legal and constitutional mechanisms, actions, and actors.
HGSE 360 Ocean People, Culture & Tradition
Instructed by Gid Yahk’ii Sean Young
September 4 to December 4, 2024
Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-11:30am PST
The Haida people have lived within the marine environment since time immemorial. This course will be an in-depth study of Haida culture and tradition from the ‘pre-contact’ era before 1774, to modern day 21st century. The focus of our learning will be on how the Haida people and culture are intricately related to their marine environment; how they were sustained by and managed traditional marine resources, and how management has changed over time. This course will cover important topics including Haida oral histories, ceremonial practices, and unique world views as they pertain to marine conservation.
HGSE 361 Fisheries Co-Management of the North Pacific Coast
Instructed by Natalie BenoitSeptember 5 to December 5, 2024
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-11:30am PST
This course exposes students to concepts of fisheries co-management with a focus on the North Pacific Coast while also providing examples of other co-management structures regionally and internationally. It provides an overview of the historical context of co-management structures in the North Pacific Coast and court decisions that have become landmarks in the recognition of Aboriginal rights to manage local resources. More specifically, through local guest speakers, this course offers a perspective of traditional fisheries and marine management by the Haida Nation within Haida territorial waters, as well as the local settler fishing community of Haida Gwaii, and representatives of the Province of BC and Government of Canada.
HGSE 394 Marine Conservation in BC
Instructed by Dr. Lais Chaves
January 7 to April 3, 2025
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-2:30pm PST
Building on successful experience in marine conservation through a series of online lectures and discussions, this course is designed to provide students the exposure to different perspectives and methodologies applied to the conservation of marine environments in BC. Selected guest speakers will provide speakers with opportunities for real-world experience of local culture, tradition and history, local and community-led conservation initiatives, and marine protected areas.
HGSE 381 Ecological Economics
Instructed by Dr. Katie Kish
May 13 to June 19, 2025
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-12:30pm PST
Building on successful experience in marine conservation through a series of online lectures and discussions, this course is designed to provide students the exposure to different perspectives and methodologies applied to the conservation of marine environments in BC. Selected guest speakers will provide speakers with opportunities for real-world experience of local culture, tradition and history, local and community-led conservation initiatives, and marine protected areas.
HGSE 313 Reconciliation & Resource Management
July 2 to August 6, 2025 Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-12:30pm PST
An exploration into relationships and reconciliation processes between Indigenous peoples and other governments in the context of land and sea governance.
HGSE 371 Re-Storying History: Indigenous Perspectives
Instructed by Spencer Lindsay January 7 to April 3, 2025 Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30-1pm PST
This course will have students explore the diversity of Indigenous peoples of British Columbia and Canada and consider the unique histories and relationships that Indigenous groups have with the federal, provincial and territorial governments.
HGSE 373 Community Planning & Development for Resilience
Instructed by Kris Olsen May 13 to June 19, 2025 Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-3:30pm PST
Community resilience is influenced by proactive community members, planning and development processes, community problem solving and active leadership to strengthen community cohesion around a common vision. From this perspective, community resilience requires an enhanced sense of self, place and community and in this course will be examined using a rural place-based approach.