Tag: Indigenous
Canadian Canoe Museum Receives $7.5M Gift
The Canadian Canoe Museum will bring people even closer to the water and Canadian heritage now that the W. Garfield Weston Foundation has announced a...
Indigenous Circle of Experts Report on Indigenous-led Conservation
Indigenous Circle of Experts (ICE) has released a report on conversation in Canada and recommended changes with respect to achieving Canada Target 1, protecting...
First Nations Push Back on Federal Plan to End Drinking Water...
First Nations leaders have told the federal government that their plan to end 91 Drinking Water Advisories (DWAs) in First Nations communities doesn’t go...
Top 5 Indigenous, Inuit, and Métis Water Stories 2017
Photo credit: Joe Bryksa, Winnipeg Free Press.
1. National knowledge gaps on water and health
In February, Water Canada reported on new research from the School...
Feds Announce Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program
On Friday, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, announced the opening of the 2018–2019 call for proposals for the new Indigenous...
Contractor Selected for Whitefish River First Nation Elevated Reservoir
Minister of Indigenous Services, Jane Philpott has congratulated Whitefish River First Nation (WRFN), ON, on progress towards an elevated reservoir, after the community awarded...
Citizen Science Water Research in Canada’s North
Two Wilfrid Laurier University-led citizen science research projects are set to receive funding from Global Water Futures. The projects will help monitor changes that...
Floodplain Mapping Progresses Under National Climate Change Strategy
On Saturday, Canada and British Columbia announced the first annual progress report on the implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, the first...
Alberta and NWT Release First Progress Report on Bilateral Transboundary Water...
The Government of Alberta and the Government of the Northwest Territories have released a report regarding year one of implementation of the Alberta-Northwest Territories Transboundary...
First Nations Convene on Project Finance and Planning to Address Infrastructure...
This week, experts have gathered in Montreal, Quebec to collaborate on First Nations-led solutions to the housing and infrastructure crisis facing many First Nations at...
