Let's start with natural environment. Oh, us humans have certainly had our way with the land and the bounty it provides. From clean water to nourishing minerals, we tend to take and use without much thought to the future. Or have we? Well, that depends on so many things, and is not a given if we look a little closer.
For many new settlers in Canadian big cities living hand-to-mouth, who are looking to get by and feed their family, they may not be aware or invested in the land or land management issues.
For many of our Indigenous hosts, a relationship both spiritual and economic based, has a foundation rooted in ancestral learning and ensuring a future for generations to come.
For many multi-national corporations in Canada aiming to make a buck, it has been a pretty one sided journey.
For many settlers born in Canada, they may have strong feelings toward land management and use, which likely varies invested in the land or land management issues.
These four small statement are just that - four statements out of a myriad, potentially thousands.
This journey, the ethical review of communications related to the Trans Mountain Pipeline, will be one of learning, discussing, weighing, balancing, and growing as a person and a community. It's an opportunity to create value, lead and step back to be led, convene a meeting of the minds, find value in our member's contributions and grow our understanding of ethics, communications and the world around us.
As Professor Wilson-Mah said in their research presentation on communities of practice "What if we could build community outside our school our roles and plans? What would that look like? What if we could also explore our own sense of identity and understanding what if we could rethink and reimagine our our own practice and our own capabilities."
I look forward to exploring my own sense of identity, reimagining my own capabilities and our practice as professional communicators.
-Morningstar
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