Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Solutions: Climate Change"

Archaeologists, Indigenous communities forced into difficult choices about which historical sites to save CBC News: On the shores of Leamy Lake Park along the Ottawa River, with Parliament Hill on the horizon, there’s a flurry of activity. Spades are gently digging and scraping through the earth. Sand is being poured through sifters. Mud is being washed away — all...

NationTalk: In less than 10 months, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) will be hosting its 3rd National Climate Gathering, Catalyzing First Nations Climate and Conservation Leadership for Transformative Change. The event will take place at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, October 7-10, 2024, in Calgary, Alberta. The Venue is located on the Moh’kinsstis, the...

Maps will help Frog Lake First Nation monitor environment and manage wildfire risk, says team NationTalk: CBC News – Researchers and students at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology are using sophisticated drones to digitally map Frog Lake First Nation. The nation, about 260 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, has relied on paper and low-resolution digital...

NationTalk: (Lheidli T’enneh Territory, Prince George BC) As leaders, delegates, and Indigenous peoples from around the world gather for the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) in Dubai, First Nations Knowledge Keepers from across BC are sending a strong message: The climate crisis is a symptom of a broader problem rooted in the disconnection of...

A new report by Deloitte Canada outlines Indigenous Leaders’ calls to action to corporate Canada, governments and non-government organizations committed to climate action and reconciliation NationTalk: Toronto – There is no net-zero without nature. And there is no nature without reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. This, from a new report by Deloitte Canada that comes on...

NationTalk: Iqaluit, Nunavut – The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) proudly extends its heartfelt congratulations to the Inuit Circumpolar Council-Greenland for receiving the UNDP’s 2023 Equator Prize for its work to advance an expansive, Inuit-led protected area in Pikialasorsuaq or the “North water Polynya.” This recognition underscores the pivotal role of Inuit-led initiatives in championing conservation,...

The Preparing Our Home program helps young people learn to manage emergencies with communities’ needs in mind Click on the following link to listen to “What on Earth” https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/indigenous-emergency-wildfires-youth-1.6917881 In the face of Canada’s worst wildfire season on record, a national program that teaches Indigenous youth to become emergency preparedness leaders is more important than...

Kanien’kéha community says environmental racism transformed this island. Now, the community is taking it back CBC News: When Cody Diabo recently learned that the bay restoration project on Kateri Tekakwitha Island was near complete, he took his family for a walk there to see its transformation from a dry, rocky shore into a marsh teeming with...

“It’s a state of emergency. It is. Against our lands, our people, the animals.” — Chief Terry Richardson of Papineau First Nation Lorraine Netro, Vuntut Gwitchin Elder and knowledge keeper  Windspeaker.com: In 2019, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in North Yukon inside the Arctic Circle became the first community in Canada to declare a climate emergency....

Click on the following link to listen to the above audio: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-clam-gardens-indigenous-climate-1.6869870?cmp=newsletter_Morning%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1613_1117388 For close to four millennia, “clam gardens” on beaches on the west coast of B.C. have provided First Nations with a supply of not just clams but other types of seafood. In the aftermath of the brutal 2021 heat dome on the West Coast, there’s...

How a B.C. Indigenous community is reintroducing traditional fire knowledge and practices to manage land vulnerable to wildfires The Globe and Mail: The setting was idyllic: a clearing of tawny grass, ringed by ponderosa pines under a robin’s egg sky. Trucks pulled up, coffee and doughnuts appeared on a tailgate and a dog lolled in...

Burn to take place Thursday to encourage growth in black oak savannah ecosystem CBC News: High Park is on fire— but it’s all part of the plan.   The City of Toronto will be engaging in prescribed burns, an intentional preservation method, to protect the rare black oak savannah ecosystem within the park. The city, which has...