New and Noteworthy

Climate change presents unique consequences and challenges depending on where you live. What do these look like when we talk about Aboriginal communities south of 60º latitude? We're exploring this topic through our three-year Climate Risks and Adaptive Capacity in Aboriginal Communities project.

We're currently in our second year of this project, and are pleased to inform you that we've issued our first year report. This report serves to address a gap in the research and understanding of climate change and its effects on Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

Please feel free to share your feedback on this report by submitting a comment to this blog post or by contacting us.

In 2006, CIER created an information package with a number of resources that can be used to raise awareness and provide communities with information about:

• the Species at Risk Act
• the processes involved with listing, protecting, and recovering species at risk
• the potential impacts on Aboriginal peoples, and
• the importance and means through which Aboriginal groups can become involved

The Species at Risk Act Information Package was updated in 2008 and can now be accessed on the CIER website. Download the entire package or the individual fact sheets, pamphlets and posters. To order a hard copy, please contact us.

Through the Species at Risk Pathfinder Initiative, CIER has created the Manitoba and Saskatchewan First Nations Species at Risk Teaching Kit and Calendar to help teachers engage First Nations students in learning about the role of biodiversity, threats to species at risk, and the importance of healthy habitats.

This teaching kit and calendar are now available. To obtain a copy, please contact us, indicating how many kits you would like for your school.

CIER is working with the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) to implement a First Nations Fish Habitat Program (FNFHP) in Manitoba. Details of this exciting new program are on our website. A brochure outlining the objectives and activities of the FNFHP is also available.

Visit the Partnership Opportunities page or Contact Us to find out how your First Nation can become involved.

The Assembly of First Nations commissioned CIER to write five reports that outline how climate change uniquely impacts First Nations in Canada and to recommend areas where further research is needed.

Please visit our Publications and Products page to access and read these reports.