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Is there room for spirituality in science? These are core questions in the third\u2010year biology course officially titled Common Ground: Learning from the Land (BIOL3201) offered at Mt. Royal University (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Commonly referred to as \u201cHarley's Course\u201d, this course was co\u2010developed with Piikani Knowledge Holder Harley Bastien. The purpose of the course is to expose students to comparative scientific perspectives\u2014Indigenous perspectives based on relationships with creation and respect for the natural order of life, with western perspectives based on maximizing land productivity and management. It encourages students to challenge their beliefs about what science is, who is a scientist, what it means to \u201cthink scientifically\u201d, how to listen and observe, and the validity of the immeasurable. 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