Deanna Burgart describes herself as an "Indigeneer," who combines her Indigenous background with her engineering career and hopes to see more collaboration between the two realms. this week to speak at a conference in Prince George that focuses on the ways in which traditional Indigenous knowledge and contemporary science are starting to collaborate. The museum is hosting the national conference this week, which explores the theme of "Hulh'uts'ut'en," a Lheidli T'enneh word that means "working together." The organization has been collaborating with the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation since last year. Exploration Place has been collaborating with the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation for nearly a year and received a Governor General award for historic partnership in November.

Source: CBC News May 09, 2018 21:22 UTC