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Karen Heikkila 
Previous CURA Graduate Student, Tl'azt'en Traditional Ecologcial Knowledge Stream, UNBC
Email: heikkilk@unbc.ca
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Karen’s MA thesis research focussed on
Tl’azt’en toponymy and the development of guidelines to incorporate
knowledge of traditional place-names in the Yunk’ut Whe Ts’o
Dul’eh (We Learn from the Land) science camp programme. An educator
by training, she has taught at the primary, secondary and post-secondary
levels, and has lived and worked in Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Canada’s
Northwest Territories. She currently resides in Finland. Karen has an
interest in onomastics (including the form and content of place-names,
geographical nomenclature, ethnonyms, patronyms/surnames, etc.), language
socialization, alternative education, and indigenous and cross-cultural
issues. For articles written by Karen, please see the CURA
Newsletters. Thesis: Heikkila, K. A. 2007. Teaching Through Toponymy:
Using Indigenous Place-Names in Outdoor Science Camps. Master's Thesis.
University of Northern BC, 2007.Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller
Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, 2008. ISBN: 978-3-639-00910-1. pdf
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