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This year…  We're excited to announce the launch of the Indigenous Climate Change Adaption Planning Toolkit, created with First Nations Adapt.
This toolkit will support Indigenous communities as they plan for climate risks like the loss of Winter roads, wildfires, and more. The Toolkit’s climate adaption guidebook, 2 Indigenous glossaries, and other user-friendly resources can support communities no matter where they are in their climate change adaption journey. View the full toolkit here.  In recent months we’ve all been at home more often. Whether you’re working from home or just spending more evening and weekends in, here are 5 simple steps you can take to be more environmentally conscious.
 "It's great to be with such a dedicated group of leaders who are committed to reconciliation. It's inspiring to see over 25 governments come together, some having not come together in over 150 years."  Are you the One?
We need your skills! The Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER) invites applicants for the position of Research Associate.  Water is critical to life, yet our water resources are at great risk due to climate change, pollution, overuse and other management challenges. On December 19, 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mandated ECCC Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to “create a new Canada Water Agency to work together with the provinces, territories, Indigenous communities, local authorities, scientists and others to find the best ways to keep our water safe, clean and well-managed.”
This story was part of the CIER Summer 2020 Newsletter. Sign-up here for more stories like this.
Martin McLean from Lake Manitoba First Nation’s eventual goal is to encourage his community to start a recycling program. Right now, like in many First Nations across Canada, recyclables are thrown away and end up in a landfill. CIER’s Waste Warriors program helped Martin work towards achieving his goal, but the first step was education, awareness, and accountability about garbage and recycling in Lake Manitoba First Nation.  This story was part of the CIER Summer 2020 Newsletter. Sign-up here for more stories like this.
CIER’s Shining Lights program recently got Ria Letcher and other Northerners thinking about the role energy plays in our daily lives and how it affects our lives and the world around us. “Energy Literacy is so important especially in the North because of the high cost of living,” says Ria, a Shining Lights trainer from Fort Simpson, NWT. “Even the small things people can do at home to save energy and reduce their overall energy consumption.”  “As Indigenous people of the land, protection and conservation is not just about the Species at Risk or the health of the ecosystem but includes protecting the relationship and connection we have with them. That connection is a part of our language, our culture, and identity as Dakota Oyate (the Dakota Nation).”  Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Network of Networks (NoN) will support Canadian communities in establishing hydro-climactic monitoring programs to strengthen local stewardship over environmental resources and capacity building in communities through funding the development of monitoring programs, which include skills development, job creation, and training. This report describes these components and provides a step by step guide for how to build an overarching monitoring framework that is scientifically rigorous, technically feasible, decision-oriented, and scalable. This guidance is applied to two different Indigenous communities (Matawa First Nations Management and Dehcho First Nations) to illustrate how it can be applied more broadly. The report includes the following sections:
This project was generously funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Download the report or read online: 
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