First Nation Applied Lands Management

About this programme

Learn about surveying, mapping, boundary principles and land use planning. The final course is a project that applies the skills you learn to an issue in your community. You will be prepared to help positively influence decision-making in your community, be a central resource in your community for lands housing, infrastructure, and provide critical support to land managers to deliver services. All courses are tailored to the environments of the First Nation communities of the students. Graduates will be able to help conduct surveying, mapping and planning in First Nation communities. That capacity will allow graduates to: During this course students are introduced to observational methods for data capture using surveying equipment. Data capture fundamentals remain regardless of the rapid technological advances in data capturing equipment, acquisition and processing procedures. Prerequisite: Grade 10 Mathematics, High School Geography preferred For more information, search for this course here . This course offers an introduction to managing and processing geographic information in a digital world with a focus on Indigenous communities (i.e. Reserves). Emphasis will be placed on the nature of geographic information in a digital environment, types of spatial data, coordinate systems, datums, map projections, and performing basic functions in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Prerequisite: None. For more information, search for this course here . This course offers an introduction to assessing environmental systems on the land, and identifying potential effects of h