Technical Session 5: Intro to SIKU: The Indigenous Knowledge Social Network
Event Details
SIKU: the Indigenous Knowledge Social Network, is a web and mobile platform that provides tools and services for Indigenous communities to lead their own research and monitoring programs using their
Event Details
SIKU: the Indigenous Knowledge Social Network, is a web and mobile platform that provides tools and services for Indigenous communities to lead their own research and monitoring programs using their own knowledge systems in a safe space that respects full data ownership, access and privacy. Providing a GPS, map layers and easy ways to document observations on the land when away from internet, as well as online tools for project management, SIKU helps empower communities with the data that has always been a part of Indigenous knowledge systems.
This session will highlight several case studies showing how SIKU and over 13,000 northern users are supporting Guardians programs, recording baseline data for protected areas, and documenting large-scale climate change processes on maps and time series data. The session will also provide an introduction to how to use the SIKU mobile apps to document land use observations and tag them with Indigenous environmental terminology. A complimentary session is recommended for those who want to take a deeper dive on SIKU’s project management tools and advanced maps and mapping features.
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Time
(Tuesday) 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM(GMT-07:00) View in my time
Location
River Cree Room 4
Speakers for this event
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Becky Segal
Becky Segal
SIKU Coordinator & Remote Sensing Specialist
Becky has been working with imagery from Arctic ice-scapes and landscapes over the last 10 years. At the Arctic Eider Society, she is a Coordinator for the web platform and mobile app called SIKU: the Indigenous Knowledge Social Network. She customizes ice and weather information on SIKU, and is currently working to improve the SIKU Ice Map.
SIKU Coordinator & Remote Sensing Specialist
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Joel Heath
Joel Heath
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Lucassie Arragutainaq
Lucassie Arragutainaq
Schedule
- Day 1
- November 22, 2022
11:30am Technical Session 5: Intro to SIKU: The Indigenous Knowledge Social Network11:30am - 12:30pmSIKU: the Indigenous Knowledge Social Network, is a web and mobile platform that provides tools and services for Indigenous communities to lead their own research and monitoring programs using their own knowledge systems in a safe space that respects full data ownership, access and privacy. Providing a GPS, map layers and easy ways to document observations on the land when away from internet, as well as online tools for project management, SIKU helps empower communities with the data that has always been a part of Indigenous knowledge systems. This session will highlight several case studies showing how SIKU and over 13,000 northern users are supporting Guardians programs, recording baseline data for protected areas, and documenting large-scale climate change processes on maps and time series data. The session will also provide an introduction to how to use the SIKU mobile apps to document land use observations and tag them with Indigenous environmental terminology. A complimentary session is recommended for those who want to take a deeper dive on SIKU's project management tools and advanced maps and mapping features.Speakers: Becky Segal, Joel Heath, Lucassie Arragutainaq