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The Building Regional Adaptation Capacity and Le programme Renforcer les capacités

30 Mar 2023

Project was an integral component of the Government of Alberta’s Indigenous Climate Change Observation Network (ICCON) designed to enable Indigenous communities to track and respond to multiple impacts of climate change. [...] Dene Tha’ First Nation The Kainai First Nation (Blood Tribe) Samson Cree First Nation Piikani First Nation Goals Deepen understanding of the risks of changing fire regimes in the context of climate change New insights and innovative practices for enhanced local, regional and provincial climate change resilience informed by Indigenous ways of knowing Build capacity for adaptation monitoring in comm. [...] Highly flexible to ensure it is relevant to the region, What are the attributes that make people and communities community, or sector “resilient”? Sub-themes can be many: The news cycle seems inundated with unprecedented disasters and community resilience, wildfire, challenges to the human condition and natural world we share. [...] Bison and Climate Change – Region of Wood Buffalo Alongside local youth in our community, I had the honor to conduct interviews with Elders from Willow Lake Métis Nation, as well as the neighboring #468 Fort McMurray First Nation for the Stories of Resilience – Bison & Climate Change initiative. [...] The knowledge keepers and Indigenous communities are experts came from all walks of life severely underfunded and lack and they also provided a narrative resources, this leaves little room to of hope in a time of crisis.

Authors

Szwarc, Julia

Pages
51
Published in
Canada