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The Tl'azt'en-UNBC CURA was granted in 2003.

The purpose of the Tl’azt’en Nation-UNBC CURA project is to enhance the capacity of Tl’azt’en Nation to effectively engage in culturally and ecologically sustainable natural resource management, and to enhance the capacity of UNBC researchers and their students to effectively contribute to First Nation community needs through collaborative research.

• To strengthen the cultural development of the Tl’azt’en community by capturing resources and expertise to promote the transfer of TEK from older to younger generations
• To enhance the social and economic potential of the Tl’azt’en community by providing the expertise to facilitate the development of alternative, culturally appropriate environmental/ science curricula for Tl’azt’en youth; and by providing a map to ecotourism development, informed by robust research and Tl’azt’en values
• To provide graduate training experience with First Nations partners that will foster knowledge of cross-cultural research requirements and experience in community-relevant research
• To provide training and enhance research capacity among Tl’azt’enne in areas important to integrated natural resource management
• To improve First Nations content across the curricula of UNBC’s academic programs
• To ensure research results are available to regional, national and international audiences; and
• To enhance the potential of UNBC and Tl’azt’en Nation to develop and strengthen their partnerships.

Research projects include: Improved Partnership (co-management), Tl'azte'n Ecological Knowledge, Science and Environmental Education and Tl'azt'en Ecotourism.