The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9-12 - Ministère de l'éducation ...

Challenges
– demonstrate an understanding of the global roles that indigenous peoples see for
themselves (e.g., stewardship of the environment, co-management of resources with
national governments)
– describe the strategies that indigenous peoples are using to sustain their cultures and
languages, and to protect the environment
– describe how indigenous peoples are using their cultural practices and traditional
teachings when developing new strategies to cope with change
– demonstrate an understanding of the issues that are of common interest to the world’s
indigenous population (e.g., resource development, self-determination, the preservation
of culture)
– describe the steps (e.g., resolving land claims, granting indigenous peoples rights to
natural resources) that members of the international community have taken to ensure that
indigenous peoples will have a sustainable land base for generations to come
– identify the successes that indigenous peoples have had in influencing the policies of
national governments and multinational corporations (e.g., land-use policies,
partnerships, co-management strategies)
96 Environmental Education, Grades 9−12: Scope and Sequence of Expectations, 2011