Biinaagami, translated from Anishinaabemowin, means pure, clean water. This website, transitioned from Great Lakes Guide, is a multimedia, change-provoking initiative rooted in Indigenous knowledges. Through ceremony, mapping, inclusive storytelling, augmented reality, experiential learning, community water hubs and ecosystem restoration, Biinaagami aims to rebuild just and healthy relations between wildlife, people and place in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence watershed.
Biinaagami envisions a future where communities are connected to their local water bodies, through exercising shared responsibility and taking action, so that:
- Everyone has access to clean water; and there is
- No more sewage outflows in the lakes and ocean
- No mass deaths of plants and animals due to pollution
- No plastics in our rivers and lakes
- No fear in drinking your local water
Educators can access a Giant Floor Map of the Great Lakes watershed, enriched with augmented-reality storytelling. It comes with a teacher’s guide, ten bilingual ready-to-use lesson plans, and bonus educational materials.
Published by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Swim Drink Fish, 2024
Click here to access Biinaagami – Our Shared Responsibility to the Great Lakes
