Indigenous Climate Hub

Arctic Resilience Forum: Broadband Connectivity
2020-11-11 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
The Arctic Resilience Forum will be convened every Wednesday from 11:30am – 1:00pm (EST) over a series of ten weeks, beginning October 7, 2020. The online series seeks to engage a broad audience in conversations about how to build the resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems across a variety of focus areas, including:

November 11: Broadband Connectivity
November 18: Gender
November 25: Socio-Ecological Resilience
December 9: Infrastructure
December 16: Respecting Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Systems

NOTE: Individual session pages will open up with registration for specific events approximately one-week in advance.
Click here to register for individual sessions.
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(Image Source: Arctic Council, https://arctic-council.org)

Arctic Resilience Forum: Human Health and Pandemics
2020-10-28 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
The Arctic Resilience Forum will be convened every Wednesday from 11:30am – 1:00pm (EST) over a series of ten weeks, beginning October 7, 2020. The online series seeks to engage a broad audience in conversations about how to build the resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems across a variety of focus areas, including:

October 28: Human Health and Pandemics
November 11: Broadband Connectivity
November 18: Gender
November 25: Socio-Ecological Resilience
December 9: Infrastructure
December 16: Respecting Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Systems

NOTE: Individual session pages will open up with registration for specific events approximately one-week in advance.
Click here to register for individual sessions.
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(Image Source: Arctic Council, https://arctic-council.org)

Arctic Resilience Forum: Renewable Energy
2020-10-21 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
The Arctic Resilience Forum will be convened every Wednesday from 11:30am – 1:00pm (EST) over a series of ten weeks, beginning October 7, 2020. The online series seeks to engage a broad audience in conversations about how to build the resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems across a variety of focus areas, including:

October 21: Renewable Energy
October 28: Human Health and Pandemics
November 11: Broadband Connectivity
November 18: Gender
November 25: Socio-Ecological Resilience
December 9: Infrastructure
December 16: Respecting Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Systems

NOTE: Individual session pages will open up with registration for specific events approximately one-week in advance.
Click here to register for individual sessions.
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(Image Source: Arctic Council, https://arctic-council.org)

Indigenous Guardian Moose Monitoring and Stewardship Webinar Series
2020-10-20 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver)
Moose Webinar Part 1
Date: October 20th, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PT.
Sign Up: Register here for the webinar.
Description: Join us for Part 1 of a conversation about Indigenous Guardians and moose stewardship. In this interactive webinar, you’ll hear from Guardians, stewardship staff, and researchers about some leading Indigenous-led moose stewardship and monitoring initiatives in Canada. Speakers will include James Morgan (lead Guardian) and Kevin Koch (wildlife biologist) from Gitanyow First Nation, and Dr. Jesse Popp, an Indigenous Canada Research Chair working with community partners to study moose populations. You will have the opportunity to discuss your questions and highlight current issues related to moose, in small groups with participants from other Indigenous communities and Guardian programs. The issues, concerns and stewardship approaches you share in this webinar will determine our focus for Webinar 2.
More information about the Moose Webinar Series can be found on the Indigenous Guardians Toolkit.

(Photo Credit: Ami Vitale – Indigenous Guardians Toolkit)

Event - Watersheds 2020: Stepping Stones to Collaborative Watershed Governance
2020-10-15 - 2020-10-16
Description (from watershedsforum.ca website):
*Amid current global challenges, water and watershed security remain imperative and we are convinced that Watersheds 2020: Stepping stones to watershed governance is needed now more than ever before. For that reason, we have decided to “meet you where you are at” by creating a virtual gathering this Fall as we also work towards establishing a viable date in 2021 for our in-person forum.*
WHAT IS WATERSHEDS 2020?
Join us October 15-16, 2020 for a virtual forum that brings together a diverse community of water leaders in B.C.—including Indigenous Nations, watershed groups, local and provincial government staff, funders, and the network of practitioners and champions—to build and deepen connections, learn from one another, and explore opportunities for improved watershed decision-making and longer-term watershed security.
WHY WATERSHED GOVERNANCE? WHY NOW?
From record-breaking droughts and floods to conflicts over use and rights, British Columbia’s fresh water is facing increasing threats. Addressing current and looming freshwater challenges as well as changing realities requires new partnerships and innovative forms of collaborative governance to respond to the many social and ecological needs of our watersheds.
THE AGENDA
Watersheds 2020 is being shaped by the needs and priorities identified by the water community and offers a chance for deeper understanding of the emerging issues and the opportunities to create change.
This virtual event will offer a small and stimulating sampling of talks, panels, and interactive opportunities to set us up well for our in-person get together anticipated in 2021.
Our core program starting to come together! Below is a sneak peek at the Watersheds 2020 panels and talks.

Water and watershed security the emerging imperative
Stories from on-the-ground watershed governance projects
Indigenous-led water initiatives
UNDRIP, DRIPA, and Indigenous laws
Water ethics and cross-cultural values
Sustainable funding – lessons and future potential
Global to local innovators and possibilities
Stepping stones to watershed governance – tools and priorities to gain greater influence and strengthen collaborations

Stay tuned and save the dates of October 15-16, 2020! A program and registration link for the free virtual forum are coming soon!
If you want to help us continue to create an effective program shaped by the needs and priorities identified by the BC water community, please fill out the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/POLIS-Illumination-survey-2020.

Arctic Resilience Forum: Food Security
2020-10-14 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
The Arctic Resilience Forum will be convened every Wednesday from 11:30am – 1:00pm (EST) over a series of ten weeks, beginning October 7, 2020. The online series seeks to engage a broad audience in conversations about how to build the resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems across a variety of focus areas, including:

October 14: Food Security
October 21: Renewable Energy
October 28: Human Health and Pandemics
November 11: Broadband Connectivity
November 18: Gender
November 25: Socio-Ecological Resilience
December 9: Infrastructure
December 16: Respecting Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Systems

NOTE: Individual session pages will open up with registration for specific events approximately one-week in advance.
Click here to register for individual sessions.
Click here to register for multiple sessions.

(Image Source: Arctic Council, https://arctic-council.org)

Arctic Resilience Forum: Indigenous Youth Leadership
2020-10-07 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Description: The Arctic Resilience Forum will be convened every Wednesday from 11:30am – 1:00pm (EST) over a series of ten weeks, beginning October 7, 2020. The online series seeks to engage a broad audience in conversations about how to build the resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems across a variety of focus areas, including:

October 7: Indigenous Youth Leadership
October 14: Food Security
October 21: Renewable Energy
October 28: Human Health and Pandemics
November 11: Broadband Connectivity
November 18: Gender
November 25: Socio-Ecological Resilience
December 9: Infrastructure
December 16: Respecting Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Systems

About the October 7th session (Indigenous Youth Leadership)
This October 7th Session, the first in the series, will focus on Indigenous Youth Leadership. Engaging young people in a dialogue about their aspirations and needs for taking charge for resilience leadership.
To register for the Arctic Resilience Forum – Indigenous Youth Leadership, click here.

(Image Source: Arctic Council, https://arctic-council.org)

Virtual Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change
2020-09-23 12:30 - 2020-09-24 16:30 (America/Moncton)
Integrating Nature in Adapting to a Changing Climate

Annual Conference of the New Brunswick Climate Change Adaptation Collaborative, in partnership with the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies
Nature-based solutions to climate impacts are cutting edge ways to adapt to climate change. Keys to understanding these approaches include not only the technical aspects, but the financial implications as well as the relationships between stakeholders in infrastructure maintenance and adaptation.
If you are interested in exploring nature-based approaches and how best to present these options, this is the conference for you — the municipal planners, building contractors, developers, engineers and NGOs working on climate adaptation.
Highlights:

Keynote Speaker: Deborah Harford, ACT Simon Fraser University, expert on effective adaptation strategies at all levels of government
How project leaders are using nature-based approaches
The economic case for moving towards nature-based approaches
Overcoming obstacles to adapting with nature from several perspectives
Making nature more effective in adapting to climate change
Working together to build resilient, greener communities

For more information, including agenda and registration, click here.
(Information from New Brunswick Environment Network website).

Caribou Ecology and Recovery Webinar Series: Using forecasting tools to inform recovery actions for woodland caribou: A comparison of the tested and the untested
2020-09-22 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)
Presenters: Chris Johnson and Mariana Nagy-Reis
This webinar series will provide up-to-date information about research to support caribou recovery in Canada. A variety of topics will be explored from understanding the mechanisms of caribou declines to testing recovery options. While this series is currently dominated by presentations from Western Canada, presentations will continue to be added to include a national and international scope. The series will run approximately every second Tuesday.
For more information regarding this webinar series, visit the Caribou Monitoring Unit (CMU) website.

Ontario Invasive Species Enforcement Update
2020-09-15 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
This webinar will give an overview of some of activities the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) enforcement staff have been undertaking on an annual basis to help prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species including promoting awareness of the rules and inspections to confirm whether the rules are being adhered to. This webinar will be presented by Brenda Koenig, Provincial Enforcement Specialist for the MNRF.

Caribou Ecology and Recovery Webinar Series: Boreal caribou winter range in the Central Mackenzie Valley, NWT: What is it, where is it, how can we manage for it proactively?
2020-09-08 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)
Presenter: Jesse Tigner
This webinar series will provide up-to-date information about research to support caribou recovery in Canada. A variety of topics will be explored from understanding the mechanisms of caribou declines to testing recovery options. While this series is currently dominated by presentations from Western Canada, presentations will continue to be added to include a national and international scope. The series will run approximately every second Tuesday.
For more information on this webinar series, visit the Caribou Monitoring Unit (CMU) website.

Caribou Ecology & Recovery Webinar Series: Let it grow? Moose response to habitat disturbance in caribou ranges
2020-08-25 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Edmonton)
Presenter: Laura Finnegan
This webinar series will provide up-to-date information about research to support caribou recovery in Canada. A variety of topics will be explored from understanding the mechanisms of caribou declines to testing recovery options. While this series is currently dominated by presentations from Western Canada, presentations will continue to be added to include a national and international scope. The series will run approximately every second Tuesday.
For more information on this webinar series, visit the Caribou Monitoring Unit (CMU) website.

Indigenous Guardians Toolkit Tour
2020-08-19 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver)
Take a guided tour of the tips, resources, and stories available on the Indigenous Guardians Toolkit. Got specific questions or topics of interest to your Guardian Program? Or maybe you have resources, lessons learned, and experiences you’d like to share with others? Indigenous Guardians from across the country have chosen to share insights, lessons learned, and sample documents that you can adapt for your own Guardian program, as well as ideas, tips, and worksheets to help develop and strengthen your Guardian program. This interactive webinar will include an introduction to the Indigenous Guardians Toolkit, a “tour” of its contents, and an interactive session where you can practice using the Toolkit to address your own interests.

Forests Under Attack: The History, Dispersal and Management of Gypsy Moth
2020-08-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented by David Dutkiewicz from the Invasive Species Centre, this webinar will focus on the history of European Gypsy Moth and its subsequent arrival into Ontario in the 1980s. It will also discuss the current affected areas throughout Canada, and the areas where gypsy moth has the potential to spread. Lastly, this webinar will examine best management options for gypsy moth and the measures landowners can take to help slow the spread and protect our forests.

Caribou Ecology and Recovery Webinar Series: Science to Inform Policy - Linking Population Dynamics to Habitat for a Threatened Species in Canada
2020-08-11 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton)
This webinar series will provide up-to-date information about research to support caribou recovery in Canada. A variety of topics will be explored from understanding the mechanisms of caribou declines to testing recovery options. While this series is currently dominated by presentations from Western Canada, presentations will continue to be added to include a national and international scope. The series will run approximately every second Tuesday.

(Image: Caribou Monitoring Unit)

Caribou Ecology and Recovery Webinar Series: Part 2 - Indigenizing Science - Chronic Wasting Disease
2020-07-28 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton)

Webinar: Supporting Long-term Climate Resilience in Canada Through Planned Retreat
2020-07-21 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
Presenter: Dr. Brent Doberstein, University of Waterloo
Support: Michael Barnard and Dr. Patrick Saunders-Hastings, Gevity Consulting Inc.
Abstract: Dr. Doberstein will be presenting findings from an environmental scan and current state analysis of planned retreat in Canada and relevant international contexts, prepared for Natural Resources Canada. The team conducted a comprehensive review of planned retreat in the broader context of climate change adaptation processes, teasing out key themes related to triggers, sources of resistance, barriers and enablers of retreat. Analyses informed the development of a set of good practices. Drawing on three case studies of planned retreat discussions and programs from Surrey, BC; Lake Erie, ON; and Gatineau, QC, Dr. Doberstein will discuss key lessons learned and good practices for future consideration and application.
Click here to view Poster.

Caribou Ecology and Recovery Webinar Series: Movement, Energetics, and Demography of Norwegian Reindeer
2020-07-14 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton)

Indigenous Mapping Workshop
2020-05-26 - 2020-05-28 | First Nations University of Canada, 1 First Nations Way, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 7K2, Canada
We are pleased to announce our Canadian Indigenous Mapping Workshop in Regina, Saskatchewan, from May 26-28, 2020. The IMW in Regina will host up to 150 participants. The workshop will explore Google, Esri Canada, QGIS, mapbox, and other geospatial tools. Participants will learn how to use these tools to collect, host, visualize, share, and publish community generated data and better understand how to apply these skills to issues impacting Saskatchewan’s Indigenous communities. The technical training will be co-led by The Firelight Group, Google Earth Outreach, Google’s Trainer Network, Esri Canada, Mapbox, and a global network of Indigenous mapping experts. For more information, please click here.

Ticket Information
#2020IMW Regina is FREE for all Indigenous Nations and Organizations. Registration is still required to reserve a spot. Instructions on how to do so will be detailed in an acceptance letter after you have gone through the application process and have been approved!
For government, academia, not-for-profit and industry, tickets can be purchased for $500. Information on how to purchase a ticket will be detailed in an acceptance letter if your organization has been approved.

Reconciling Ways of Knowing: Indigenous Knowledge and Science Forum
2020-05-25 - 2020-05-27 | Fairmont Hotel Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 0Y3, Canada
The Reconciling Ways of Knowing: Indigenous Knowledge and Science Forum provides a timely opportunity to strengthen the relationships between the paradigms of Western scientific and Indigenous Traditional knowledge to meaningfully integrate Indigenous ways of knowing into stewardship policy and decision-making processes, ensure the ability of our lands, waters and resources to provide for us now and for generations to come, facilitate a relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada in which the different ways of being and knowing are equitably recognized, respected and better positioned to work together for mutual benefit into the future, and achieve commitments to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Find out more.
Ways of Knowing will take place on Treaty 1 Territory, the ancestral and traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples and homeland of the Métis Nation.
The Ways of Knowing opening ceremony will be hosted at the Turtle Lodge International Centre for Education and Wellness. The plenary speakers and forum workshops will take place at the Fairmont Hotel Winnipeg.
For more information, please visit the event website – https://www.waysofknowingforum.ca.

Webinar - Dive into Data: Data Management Best Practices
2020-04-23 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto)
Description:
Join DataStream Data Specialist Patrick LeClair for the first in a new webinar series, designed for anyone who works with data and wants to refresh their skills and connect with other data users.
The presentation will last for one hour, followed by half an hour for questions and answers.
Topics covered will be:
• What is Data Management and why does it matter?
• Data Management planning.
• Best practices for getting the most out of your data.
About you:
You are a researcher, student or employee who collects or manages water quality data. You want to stay up to date on data management best practices to ensure your data will be useful for years to come.
DataStream is an open access platform for sharing water quality data, led by The Gordon Foundation in collaboration with regional partners and monitoring networks.
Find out more at datastream.org and if you have any questions please contact datastream@gordonfn.org.

Assembly of First Nations National Climate Gathering
2020-03-03 08:00 - 2020-03-04 17:00 (America/Whitehorse) | Coast High Country Inn, Whitehorse, YK, Canada
The Gathering will offer an opportunity to explore First Nations solutions in the face of rapid change. The climate crisis is inseparable from the daily experience of First Nations. This National Climate Gathering will focus on First Nations perspectives on climate change. This will allow attendees a better understanding of how the climate crisis is accelerating and exacerbating existing challenges (e.g., biodiversity loss), so they can then discuss solutions in a multi-dimensional, interconnected, and interrelated way.

Building Community Resilience in a Changing Climate – an evening with Sheila Watt-Cloutier and guests
2020-02-26 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Vancouver) | UBC Okanagan, The Commons Lecture Hall (COM 201), BC, Canada
We invite you to explore the impacts of climate change, globally and locally, through our lived experiences and join efforts to address enhanced resiliency, and inspire action and hope for the future.

Adaptation Canada 2020
2020-02-19 08:00 - 2020-02-21 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Sheraton Wall, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Adaptation Canada is a unique, national conference on climate change adaptation, and Early Bird registration opens on September 9. It’s a must-attend event for people who understand that climate change is impacting the way we live, work and play – and that we need to prepare for a transition. Visit adaptationcanada2020.ca/ to secure your spot and share with your networks! #CanAdapt2020 #climatechange. Bursaries will be available to help fund registration and travel costs for Indigenous individuals who wish to attend Adaptation Canada 2020 (more information on bursaries will be available on the new conference website on September 9). Here is a sneak peak of a few of the Indigenous-focused presentations and workshop sessions that will be held at Adaptation Canada 2020:

Kikawinaw Askiy: Source water protection planning at Okanese First Nation, Treaty 4, Saskatchewan;
Ka pimthatek pakthehnamoowin / A journey of hope in St. Theresa Point First Nation;
Climate change & health in Fort William First Nation: Planning for the future, today;
Fire with Fire: Braiding Indigenous and scientific knowledge of fire management using a participatory video method to enhance climate change resilience;
Tłı̨chǫ Dǫtaàts’eedı (Tłı̨chǫ Sharing Food Amongst the People)
Adaptation to flooding in Mi’kma’ki;
Pangnirtung youth tackle climate change: On-the-land knowledge exchange, monitoring, and filmmaking promoting adaptation and well-being.

2020 Yukon First Nations Climate Action Gathering
2020-02-16 08:00 - 2020-02-18 17:00 (America/Whitehorse) | Yukon First Nations Climate Action Gathering, Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, Whitehorse, YK, Canada
The 2020 Yukon First Nations Climate Action Gathering will support Yukon First Nations (YFN’s) leadership, citizens and partners in uniting around the challenge of climate change. The gathering will explore climate change solutions held in our ancestral teachings for resiliency, and self and collective reliance. The gathering will facilitate knowledge sharing, elevate the voices of our Youth, Elders and Traditional Knowledge Keepers and build climate action solidarity amongst YFN’s.

Biodiversity 2020: Working Together to Protect Spaces and Species in New Brunswick
2020-02-11 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Fredericton Inn, Fredericton Inn, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Biodiversity is a hot topic in New Brunswick these days! With the federal government’s commitment to protect 17% of Canada’s land area by 2020, and increasing that target to 30% by 2030, with the provincial government’s intention to double its protected and conserved land and freshwater from 4.6% to 10%, with Indigenous groups looking at Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs), and conservation groups working to protect spaces and species locally and regionally, there is a lot going on! What are the big projects going on in my area? What are the opportunities for my organization to get involved? How does all this conservation work fit into provincial and federal strategies and priorities? Join us on February 11 to learn more.

Registration fee: regular – $60; students and NGOs – $50; early bird discount before January 31 – $10

An Evening With François Paulette
2020-02-05 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Whitehorse) | MacBride Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Francois will be speaking about climate change from an Indigenous perspective and will be providing reflections on attending the United Nations COP25 in Madrid. François will be accompanied by Siku Alloloo, researcher, writer and artist who will be delivering opening remarks.

Nature-Based Climate Solutions Summit
2020-02-05 08:00 - 2020-02-06 17:00 (America/Toronto) | National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
We want the summit to increase our collective knowledge of nature-based climate solutions and help chart a path forward. Content of the summit will include plenary sessions and interactive workshops, panels, and roundtables on the topics of: nature-based climate change mitigation, ecosystem restoration & adaptation, natural infrastructure, protected areas, and Indigenous-led approaches to all of the above categories.

Energy Democracy and Energy Justice in Canada, New Zealand, and Global Climate Action
2020-02-03 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Toronto) | York University Keele Campus, 109 Atkinson (Harry Crowe Room), Toronto, Ontario, M3J1P3, Canada
In this talk, Dr. Julie MacArthur examines the promise of energy democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand, a country that already has a significant share of energy from renewable sources at 83%, but faces significant challenges in addressing issues of energy poverty and energy system transformation in distribution, storage and energy efficiency. New Zealand also provides a useful case for understanding the unique role that local energy democracy may play in contexts which lack or lose policy support, and those where postcolonial struggles for indigenous sovereignty feature prominently, like Canada.

Respecting the Land: Climate Change and First Peoples
2020-01-29 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Durham College, Oshawa, ON, Canada
The Indigenous Climate Action movement recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are on the front-lines of both climate impacts and efforts to protect the earth. Join Kim Wheatley, an Anishinaabe Ojibway Grandmother from Shawanaga First Nation Reserve, and DC Indigenous student advisor Julie Pigeon, who is also Ojibway and a member of the Batchewana First Nation, for an enriching discussion about our relationship to the Land and the ways in which climate change is impacting it.
