TRACKS (TRent Aboriginal Cultural Knowledge and Science) facilitates dynamic, land-based youth programming that braids multiple scientific approaches while centring Indigenous ways of knowing and being.
1. To offer youth opportunities to actively engage with a multitude of worldviews to further understand and develop their personal skills, gifts, and tools.
2. To contribute to hands-on InSTEAM (Indigenous Science Technology Engineering Art and Math) learning opportunities from the elementary to post-secondary level.
3. To facilitate spaces where intergenerational knowledge can be shared and mentoring relationships can be nurtured.
4. To provide spaces where youth can be empowered to build relationships, learn together, and grow as leaders while honouring their diverse identities and backgrounds.
5. To encourage youth to deepen reciprocal relationships with their environments and embody understandings of their responsibilities to the land.
6. To collaborate with Indigenous Peoples, school boards and community organizations to strengthen relationships and activate culturally responsive learning opportunities.
7. To foster meaningful employment and volunteer experiences for young people interested in land-centric InSTEAM work.