March Webinar - Data Tools and Information Management for Indigenous Guardians

In this webinar participants hear from three guest speakers, Lara Hoshizaki (Program Manager, Coastal Stewardship Network), James Morgan (Lead Technician and Field Coordinator, Gitanyow Lax'yip Guardian ), and Tanya Ball (Coordinator, Kaska Land Guardians). They discuss to how to decide what data to collect to support strong decision-making, how to collect, manage and use large amounts of complex data, and how to work across Nations and Guardian programs to gather complementary/similar data. Webinar participants also share the data tools and apps they use for their Guardian program.

Webinar Resources:

Check out Chapter 10 - Indigenous Guardians Toolkit: Monitor and Collect Data, which outlines information about monitoring and collecting data.
First Nations Information Governance Centre: A First Nations led initiative to support Indigenous data sovereignty.
The Indigenous Knowledge Social Network: A mobile app and web platform by and for Inuit which provides tools and services for ice safety, language preservation and weather.
Indigenous Data Toolkit: A data governance and management toolkit for Indigenous Governments

Data Collection and Management Software App List

This document lists some of the data collection apps and data management software being used by Indigenous Guardian programs across Canada. This list of apps and software may be useful as people consider what tools may be a good fit for their Indigenous Guardian programs. The list is not exhaustive, and the descriptions may not represent everything the particular app or software can do.