This course serves as a solid introduction to the scope, capabilities
and limitations of GIS. Appropriate application of GIS to land and
resource issues in land claim processes, and the integration of GIS
use into the community are primary themes. The course is designed for
participants who wish to acquire a fundamental understanding of the
nature of GIS and the ways it can be used effectively as a decision
making and data storage support tool for land claims.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Through the workshop, participants will gain an understanding of the
following:
1. What is GIS? How does it relate to land and resource interests?
- Historical perspective on land and resource mapping and the impact
of GIS
- Contemporary Challenges - Land and resource interest identification
for Treaty - Negotiations
2. Functional Components of GIS
- Components of a GIS system
- Land-Use information - sources, types, costs, limitations
- Information on input, query and analysis
3. Spatial Components of Land Claim Processes
- Traditional Territory / site specific claims
- Non-ownership forms of land / resource control and management
- Spatial components of land claims and GIS applications
4. Identifying Land Interests
- What is meant by land and resource interests? Relating the task to
Treaty Negotiations
- Classification of land interests
- Land-use and occupancy studies
- Land interests and scale
- The challenges of representing land interests; generating your own
information for GIS use
- Mapping Land Use potential and conflicts
5. GIS and Decision Support
- Relating GIS to the Community; Community input and GIS;
Communicating GIS to the - Community
- Maintaining control
- The practical use of GIS in processing Land-Use information for
community needs
- Limitations of GIS
Instructors: Frank Duerden is a Professor in the School of Applied
Geography, Ryerson Polytechnic University. He has been involved in
land claim processes in Canada for several years and worked
extensively with the Council for Yukon Indians through the negotiation
of the Yukon land claim agreement. He has special interests in land
and resource issues and GIS applications to land claim processes. In
the 1980's he directed the Yukon Indian Lands Mapping Project and for
the past three years he has been involved in a project examining
applications of traditional environmental knowledge.
Peter Keller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography
at the University of Victoria, with a cross-appointment to the School
for Earth and Ocean Sciences. His research interests and teaching are
in cartography, geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial
analysis, and his research program focuses on the advancement of GIS
towards better tools for decision making.
Dates: Thursday, June 6 and Friday, June 7, 1996; 9 am to 4 pm
Registration Deadline: May 17, 1996
Who Should Attend: First Nations Tribal Councillors, negotiators,
researchers, GIS managers and technicians, and others involved in the
land claims negotiation process. Hands-on experience with GIS is not a
requirement.
Fee: $390 Canadian
Accommodation: Available on-campus (Bed & breakfast, 1-4 bedroom condo
style apartments & residence options) - please contact Housing and
Conference Services at 604 721 8395. Contact our office listed below
for information on off-campus alternatives.
For more information, please contact:
Brenda Weatherston, Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management, Division of Continuing Studies
University of Victoria, PO Box 3030
Victoria, BC V8W 3N6 CANADA
Tel: (604) 721-8462 Fax: (604) 721-8774
E-mail: bweatherston@uvcs.uvic.ca