Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program: funded projects from 2022 to June 2024
Choose a region:
British Columbia
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulkatcho First Nation | Ulkatcho Indian Band | Nkyah Whoghes Tan - Person Who Takes Care of the Land: The Ulkatcho Climate Change Effects on Traditional Species Project | Funding to build capacity within the Ulkatcho First Nation to monitor the effects of climate change on edible plant species of high cultural importance. | 2018 to 2019 | 2023 to 2024 | $327,966 |
| Upper Nicola Band | Spaxomin (Douglas Lake) and Quilchena) | Upper Nicola Streamflow and Vegetation Monitoring | Funding to install several hydrometric stations to monitor streamflow for comparison to historical records. Community monitors will also collect data related to the impacts of climate change on key vegetation species. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $304,966 |
| Splatsin First Nation | Splatsin First Nation | Splatsin Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program | Funding to re-establish climate monitoring data collection and understanding to support implementation of adaptation measures in the Shuswap Region within Splatsin, by Splatsin and for Splatsin community. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $421,300 |
| We Wai Kai Treaty Society | We Wai Kai First Nation | We Wai Kai Lands Management - Quadra Island Ground Water Study | Funding to purchase monitoring equipment (stream flow cameras and weather stations) to collect data on precipitation, groundwater recharge and saltwater intrusion. This project is co-funded with the Treaty Related Measures Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2023 to 2024 | $50,000 |
| Metis Provincial Council of British Columbia | 37 Métis Chartered Communities | MNBC Citizen Climate Monitoring Project | Funding to develop and implement a climate monitoring plan and engage citizens in climate monitoring through a mobile app. The app would be used to collect information related to climate impacts on salmon and water, and would also incorporate Indigenous knowledge. | 2023 to 2024 | 2024 to 2025 | $275,000 |
| Lower Similkameen Indian Band | Lower Similkameen Indian Band | Lower Similkameen River Stabilization Monitoring Initiative | Funding to build long-term capacity in the community to:
|
2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $91,614 |
| Fort Nelson First Nation | Fort Nelson First Nation | Fort Nelson First Nation Community-Based Climate Monitoring Project | Funding to build upon the Fort Nelson First Nation Climate Change Risk Assessment completed in early 2023, expand community-based climate monitoring initiatives and inform climate change adaptation and planning efforts. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $223,918 |
| Uchucklesaht Tribe Government | Uchucklesaht | Uchucklesaht Climate Monitoring for Food Security and Climate Resiliency | Funding to provide meaningful data that can be used to map climate change impacts in community's traditional territory that affect food fish security, groundwater, watersheds and sea level rise. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $136,118 |
| Secwepemcul'ecw Restoration and Stewardship Society | Tskwaylaxw First Nation, Skeetchestn | Climate Monitoring for Fire-adapted Ecocultural Restoration | Funding to expand carbon monitoring and continue data collection on stored and sequestered carbon in pre and post wildfire conditions. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $178,667 |
| Doig River First Nation | Doig River First Nation | Doig River First Nation Indigenous Climate Monitoring: Using Cultural Indicators to Measure Climate Change and Impacts | Funding to monitor climate change and for indicator development for 5 key Doig River First Nation values:
|
2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $343,147 |
Alberta
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gift Lake Metis Settlement | Gift Lake Metis Settlement | Gift Lake Metis Settlement Climate Monitoring Program: How it affects our Community/Wildlife/Vegetation and Water courses | Funding to engage the community and build capacity to monitor medicinal plants, animal habitats, oil field and logging areas, water quality, snow depth, air quality, and weather conditions within the community boundary. | 2018 to 2019 | 2022 to 2023 | $502,170 |
| Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) | 6 Regions across Alberta | Askiy - Community-Based Environment and Climate Change Monitoring | Funding to continue the implementation and expansion of Askiy. MNA will continue their berry plant health monitoring, fish health monitoring and vegetation biodiversity monitoring projects. MNA will also expand activities and implement moose health monitoring (winter trick infestations), wildlife images and camera trap monitoring and collecting data using the iHunter mobile app. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $825,000 |
| Mikisew Cree First Nation | Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Fort Chipewyan Métis Local 125, Mikisew Cree First Nation | Peace Athabasca Delta Climate Change Monitoring Project | Funding to purchase and install hydrometric stations, buoys, and trail cameras in the Peace Athabasca Delta to provide real-time data on water and ice conditions. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $450,000 |
| Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc. | Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Cold Lake First Nations, Frog Lake First Nations, Heart Lake First Nation, Kehewin Cree Nation, Whitefish Lake First Nation No. 128 | Tribal Chiefs Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Community Climate Change Database Project | Funding to establish weather stations and a climate change database at each of the 6 member First Nation communities and water quality and level monitoring stations at selected communities. The project will include significant community engagement related to climate change, along with Indigenous knowledge and scientific climate related components. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $688,387 |
| Kikino Metis Settlement | Kikino Metis Settlement | The Kikino Metis Settlement Climate Change Community Education Program | Funding to establish baseline monitoring of weather variables, study climate impacts on the land and harvesting, and to educate the community about climate change. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $300,000 |
| Peavine Metis Settlement | Peavine Metis Settlement | Peavine Metis Settlement-Environmental Climate Change Initiative | Funding to build capacity within the Peavine Metis Settlement by providing training and employment opportunities and by establishing scientific baseline climate data that will complement Traditional Knowledge. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $300,000 |
| Gift Lake Métis Settlement | Gift Lake Métis Settlement | Gift Lake Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program | Funding to engage the community and build capacity to monitor in areas of significance:
|
2023 to 2024 | 2024 to 2025 | $200,000 |
| Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc. | Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Cold Lake First Nation, Frog Lake First Nation, Heart Lake First Nation, Whitefish Lake First Nation #128, Kehewin Cree Nation | Harmonizing Tradition and Science: Enhancing Water Quality Monitoring in six-member TCVI's First Nations | Funding to monitor water quality in 6 Nations while integrating First Nations' rich traditional knowledge with western scientific data, providing them with the tools and knowledge they need to make informed decisions about climate change adaptation and environmental management. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $399,229 |
| Fort McKay First Nation | Fort McKay First Nation | Using Two-Eyed Seeing to Evaluate the Effects of Climate Change on Water Quality and Algal Blooms in the Moose Lake Area | Funding to enhance the existing Moose Lakes water monitoring program by addressing data gaps related to climate impacts on lakes. Funding will be utilized for acquiring data to better understand the impacts of climate change on water quality and quantity in the Moose Lake area. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $266,650 |
| Sucker Creek First Nation | Sucker Creek First Nation | Baseline Assessment of Sandhill Cranes, Wetlands and Water Quality for Sucker Creek First Nation | Funding to track declining numbers of Sandhill Cranes, a culturally-significant species. The project will support decision-making around climate change adaptation by providing a baseline to compare future numbers/quantities to and communicating current status of Sandhill Cranes to the entire community. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $221,755 |
| Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation | Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation | Two-eyed Seeing, One Vision: Mobilizing Traditional Knowledge and Science to Inform Climate Change Adaptation and Eutrophication Mitigation in Western Canada | Funding to mobilize state-of-the-art scientific monitoring on one eutrophic and one hyper-eutrophic lake, incorporating Indigenous knowledge to communicate challenges associated with climate change and eutrophication in the Upper Sturgeon River Watershed. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $306,360 |
Saskatchewan
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musqua Environmental Ltd. (formerly Wicehtowak Limnos Consulting Services Ltd.) | Hatchet Lake Dene Nation, Cumberland House Cree Nation, Northern Village of Cumberland House, Shoal Lake First Nation, Red Earth First Nation, James Smith Cree Nation, Okanese First Nation, Onion Lake Cree Nation, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, George Gordon First Nation, and Star Blanket Cree Nation | Saskatchewan Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Workshop | Funding to host a regional workshop to bring together 11 Saskatchewan Indigenous communities (Métis, Dene and Cree) to discuss weather station data, data sharing principles, and how weather data can be used to inform climate change monitoring and adaptation initiatives. | 2019 to 2020 | 2022 to 2023 | $67,391 |
| Musqua Environmental Ltd. (formerly Wicehtowak Limnos Consulting Services Ltd.) | George Gordon First Nation | George Gordon First Nation Climate Action Planning | Funding to hire a Monitoring Lead and seasonal positions, conduct environmental health assessments (wetland, range land and woodland assessments), and create a community-based Indigenous Monitoring Protocol. | 2021 to 2022 | 2024 to 2025 | $458,000 |
| Prince Albert Grand Council | Black Lake Denesuline First Nation, Cumberland House Cree Nation, Fond Du Lac Denesuline First Nation, Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation, James Smith Cree Nation, Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Montreal Lake Cree Nation, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, Red Earth Cree Nation, Shoal Lake Cree Nation, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Wahpeton Dakota Nation | Prince Albert Grand Council Lands and Resources Secretariat's Community-Based Climate Change Monitoring Program | Funding to build capacity among Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Leadership, Land Technicians and youth in data collection, watershed monitoring (water quality and ecosystem health), and data analysis in order to mitigate the effects of climate change on water systems in northern Saskatchewan. | 2021 to 2022 | 2025 to 2026 | $741,519 |
| Métis Nation-Saskatchewan | 12 Regions across Saskatchewan | MN-S Community-Based Climate Monitoring Initiative | Funding to continue the implementation and expansion of their climate monitoring initiative in the Upper Churchill basin, west-central Saskatchewan and in the Qu'Appelle basin. They are interested in meteorological data, water monitoring, soil properties, vegetation distribution and country food assessment. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $825,000 |
| University of Saskatchewan | Mistawasis First Nation, Onion Lake Cree Nation | Supporting an Indigenous Climate Monitoring Network in Saskatchewan | Funding to purchase and maintain 2 HOBOlink climate stations in 2 Saskatchewan First Nation communities. | 2022 to 2023 | 2022 to 2023 | $12,000 |
| University of Saskatchewan | Beardy's & Okemasis' Cree Nation, Cumberland House Cree Nation, Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation, James Smith Cree Nation, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak, Okanese First Nation (4 stations), Onion Lake Cree Nation, Red Earth Cree Nation, and Shoal Lake Cree Nation | Supporting the Maintenance of 12 Weather Stations for Saskatchewan First Nations | Funding to purchase 12 data plans and replacement batteries for HOBO link climate stations for 9 Saskatchewan First Nation communities. | 2023 to 2024 | 2024 to 2025 | $7,625 |
| University of Saskatchewan | Beardy's & Okemasis' Cree Nation, Cumberland House Cree Nation, Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation, James Smith Cree Nation, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak, Okanese First Nation (4 stations), Onion Lake Cree Nation, Red Earth Cree Nation, and Shoal Lake Cree Nation | Saskatchewan weather station maintenance and education fund | Funding to purchase data plans and replacement parts for 12 HOBOlink climate stations as well as in community travel for maintenance and education for 9 Saskatchewan First Nation communities. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $5,072 |
| File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council | Carry the Kettle Nakota First Nation, Little Black Bear's Band of Cree and Assiniboine Nation, Okanese First Nation, Peepeekisis Cree Nation, Star Blanket Cree Nation, Muscowpetung First Nation, Nekaneet Cree Nation, Pasqua First Nation, Piapot First Nation, Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation, Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation | File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council – Protecting the Air and Water of our Shared Territories | Funding to develop a lake and air monitoring program in Treaty Four Ground Reserve to inform Elders and at-risk citizens about harmful levels of toxic algae and air particulates using an emergency notification system. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $415,675 |
| Muskowekwan First Nation | Muskowekwan First Nation | How Healthy Are Our Lands and Water? Understanding the Impacts of Climate and Industry on our Local Watersheds | Funding to develop an understanding of the climate and environmental changes affect landscapes, water and traditional food systems to better adapt those changes, by collecting data and training a youth-led environmental team. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $359,505 |
Manitoba
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misipawistik Cree Nation | Misipawistik Cree Nation | Misipawistik Cree Nation Environmental Monitoring Project | Funding to establish baseline data and monitor trends (thinner ice, invasive species and water quality) in the changing climate to address the concerns of Misipawistik Cree Nation's community members. This will help build capacity by creating jobs and provide training opportunities for youth and others combining TEK and western science. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $423,300 |
| Poplar River First Nation | Poplar River First Nation | Droning on for Climate Monitoring | Funding to equip Poplar River First Nation with remotely piloted systems and data analysis capacity for measuring algal blooms and shoreline erosion on Lake Winnipeg. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $463,137 |
| Mathias Columb First Nation | Mathias Columb First Nation | Guiding Our Youth to Prepare for Climate Change | Funding to be used to:
|
2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $250,000 |
| Manitoba Métis Federation | 7 Regions | MMF Climate Monitoring Program | Funding to:
|
2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $575,000 |
| Black River First Nation | Black River First Nation | Black River First Nation Climate Change Monitoring, Data Collection and Education | Funding to continue tracking Monarch Butterfly, variations in snow depth and how it affects the mortality rate of various ungulates and the health of trees in isolated forest plots and to hold a series of workshops to train community members on methods to monitor, track, record and how to use the collected data. | 2022 to 2023 | 2023 to 2024 | $63,505 |
| Hollow Water First Nation | Hollow Water First Nation | Hollow Water First Nation Climate Monitoring Program | Funding to build capacity in environmental monitoring, provide for intergenerational knowledge exchange and fill knowledge gaps in climate change, traditional knowledge, water quality, peat bog characterization and forest inventory for Hollow Water's traditional territory. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $476,098 |
| Sagkeeng First Nation | Sagkeeng First Nation | Sagkeeng's Climate Change Monitoring Project | Funding to promote intergenerational knowledge transfer between youth and elders while engaging youth to be active environmental stewards. Through a process of collecting Indigenous and western data on weather and flora and fauna species in Sagkeeng, the youth and elders will collaborate to develop an interactive ecosystem map and community climate monitoring plan. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $302,100 |
| Misipawistik Cree Nation | Misipawistik Cree Nation | Misipawistik Cree Nation Environmental Monitoring Project | Funding to continue collecting environmental data that can later quantify changes in our local environment and partner with the Misipawistik Cree Nation kanawenihcikew (Indigenous guardians) program to engage and train youth. The focus is on key parameters relating to local environment changes, identified by Misipawistik Cree Nation citizens. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $523,250 |
| Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve No. 292 | Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve No. 292 | Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve Traditional Knowledge Center for Climate Change Monitoring Project | Funding to expand the Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve Climate Change program to address the environmental baseline gap and support the development of a monitoring plan to understand the short-, medium- and long-term effects of climate change on lands, water, wildlife and vegetation. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $239,804 |
Ontario
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weenusk First Nation | Weenusk First Nation (a.k.a. Peawanuck) | Peawanuck Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program | Funding to support the development of a climate monitoring initiative with a focus on capacity building, community engagement and knowledge transfer. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $444,838 |
| Matawa First Nations Management | Aroland First Nation, Constance Lake First Nation, Eabametoong First Nation, Ginoogaming First Nation, Long Lake #58 First Nation, Marten Falls First Nation, Neskantaga First Nation, Nibinamik First Nation, Webequie First Nation | Building Community Climate Monitoring Capacity within the Matawa Member First Nations | Funding to support the development of a climate monitoring initiative within 9 Nations with a focus on capacity building, community engagement and networking. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $570,944 |
| Brunswick House First Nation | Brunswick House First Nation | Mountbatten Climate Monitoring Project | Funding to support climate change awareness, capacity building, and community engagement with the goal of developing climate monitoring and adaptation planning initiatives within the community. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $270,000 |
| Métis Nation of Ontario | 9 Regions across Ontario | Métis Nation of Ontario Community-Based Climate Monitoring Project - Phase 2 | Funding to implement a community-based climate monitoring initiative with Métis citizens across Ontario with a focus on water quality and fish. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $51,000 |
| Métis Nation of Ontario | 6 Regions | Métis Nation of Ontario Community-Based Climate Monitoring Project | Funding to continue supporting a community-based climate monitoring project that trains Métis Nation of Ontario citizen volunteers to conduct water and bait fish sampling in order to better understand climate change and protect the Métis way of life. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $412,000 |
| Wahnapitae First Nation | Wahnapitae First Nation | Developing a Comprehensive Community-Based Climate Change Monitoring Program | Funding to develop a comprehensive community-based climate change monitoring program for the Wahnapitae First Nation. The project will integrate scientific techniques and traditional methods to support:
|
2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $242,110 |
| Grand Council Treaty #3 | The 28 First Nation Communities of Treaty #3: Animakee Wa Zhing 37 First Nation, Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows), Buffalo Point First Nation, Couchiching First Nation, Iskatewizaagegan 39 Independent First Nation, Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation, Lac La Croix First Nation, Lac Seul First Nation (Obishikokaang), Migisi Sahgaigan First Nation (Eagle Lake), Mishkosiminiziibiing First Nation (Big Grassy River) | Grand Council Treaty #3 Community-Based Climate Impacts Monitoring Project | Funding to allow Grand Council Treaty #3 and the 28 Treaty #3 communities to build capacity and monitor for climate change impacts across the Treaty #3 territory. This will include monitoring changes to weather, precipitation, ice water quality/quantity, and air quality. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $429,910 |
Quebec
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conseil des Innus de Ekuanitshit | Ekuanitshit, Nutashkuan, Unamen Shipu, Pakua Shipu | Impacts of Climate Change on Berry Picking | Funding to design and implement a berry monitoring initiative in 4 Innu communities with a focus on capacity building, community engagement and networking. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $626,790 |
| Cree Nation Government | Cree First Nation of Waswanipi, Cree Nation of Chisasibi, Cree Nation of Eastmain, Cree Nation of Mistissini, Cree Nation of Nemaska, Cree Nation of Washaw-Sibi, Cree Nation of Wemindji, Ouje-Bougoumou Cree Nation, Waskaganish First Nation, Whapmagoostui First Nation | Eeyou Istchee Climate Monitoring Project for a Resilient Future | Funding to hire a regional climate change coordinator, document and support climate change-related initiatives, and develop and implement a weather station pilot project. This project is co-funded with the Engaging Indigenous People in Climate Policy Program. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $280,255 |
| Institut de Développement Durable des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador (IDDPNQL) | Ekuanitshit, Nutashkuan, Unamen Shipu, Pakua Shipu | Impacts of Climate Change on Berry-Picking - Phase 2 | Funding to continue implementation of a berry monitoring initiative in 4 Innu communities with a focus on capacity building, community engagement and networking. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $550,000 |
| Conseil des Innus de Pessamit | Pessamit | Impact of Climate Change on the Nitassinan of Pessamit: Monitoring, Understanding and Acting to Preserve the Link with Nutshimit | Funding to continue climate monitoring to understand how climate change will affect the forest ecosystem, and put in place concrete means of minimizing impacts on cultural practices. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $306,062 |
| Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke | Kahnawà:ke | Kahnawà:ke Climate Monitoring Project | Funding to evaluate climate hazards presence and how climate change affects ecosystems in Kahnawà:ke and Tioweró:ton via 3 activities:
|
2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $228,968 |
Atlantic
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq | Acadia First Nation, Annapolis Valley First Nation, Bear River First Nation, Glooscap First Nation, Millbrook First Nation, Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation, Pictou Landing First Nation, Sipekne'katik | Mi'kmaw Climate Monitoring Initiative | Funding to collect information from sources including traditional knowledge, bioindicator data, and scientific instrumentation to better understand changes in weather and key ecosystems. The Land2Lab component of the project will feature elders sharing stories, food gathering techniques and preparation methods with the youth through land-based activities aligned with the four seasons, to provide a forum for intergenerational knowledge sharing about traditional foods in the context of climate change. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $490,758 |
| Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation | Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation | The Eagle River Watershed Climate Monitoring Program - Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation | Funding to develop and execute a climate monitoring plan to integrate climate monitoring into the operations of a 100% Innu owned and operated Eco-Tourism Lodge in the Eagle River Watershed. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $386,264 |
| Passamaquoddy Recognition Group Inc. | Peskotomuhkati (Passamaquoddy) Nation at Skutik | Monitoring Traditional Species for the Next Seven Generations in Peskotomuhkati Territory | Funding to monitor musuwok (moose), nemiyik (turkey), and otuhkok (deer) movement and determine high population areas to ensure hunting today is sustainable, so that future generations have access to the same species that are integral to knowledge, learnings and teachings. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $299,871 |
| Fort Folly First Nation | Amlamgog/Fort Folly First Nation | Long-Term Climate Monitoring on Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas/ Traditional Mi'kmaq Territory | Funding to gather Traditional Ecological Knowledge from various communities in Mi'kmaq'ki. This knowledge will be used to develop monitoring plans of seasonal timing, climate resilience in vegetation, weather, animal health and behaviour or migration changes. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $276,334 |
| Innu Nation | Natuashish and Sheshatshiu | Innu Nation, Students on Ice Uinipeku (ocean) Expedition 2024 | Funding to organize an ocean expedition to collect baseline data in the inshore marine zones near the Innu communities of Natuashish and Sheshatshiu in Labrador with an emphasis on monitoring several key climate change indicators, and other marine studies. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $300,000 |
Yukon
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation | Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation | Stream and Creek Discharge Measurement/Water Quality and the Effects of Climate Change | Funding to establish climate change monitoring stations on the Mount Nansen and Free Gold roads to gain a better understanding of the possible climate change effects in this heavily mined area with increasing mineral developments. This project is co-funded with Indigenous Services Canada's Lands and Economic Development Program. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $250,000 |
| Carcross/Tagish First Nation | Carcross/Tagish First Nation | Expanded Climate Monitoring in Carcross/Tagish First Nation Territory | Funding to support the expansion of Carcross/Tagish First Nation's community-based climate monitoring program. Funding for additional weather stations to better understand regional fire risk. Support for purchase of water quality monitoring equipment, personal protective equipment, drones, ice augers and sleds for permafrost layer network sampling near a historic mine. | 2021 to 2022 | 2024 to 2025 | $63,137 |
| First Nation of Na Cho Nyak Dun | First Nation of Na Cho Nyak Dun, Mayo, Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation, Dawson City, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, Old Crow | A Yukon First Nation co-led Permafrost Conference in Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Traditional Territory – the North Yukon Permafrost Conference | Funding for the North Yukon First Nations to co-sponsor and co-develop a conference on permafrost science and engineering with the Canadian Permafrost Association to be held in Dawson City, 21-26 August 2022. | 2022 to 2023 | 2022 to 2023 | $30,000 |
| Taku River Tlingit First Nation | Taku River Tlingit First Nation | Taku River Tlingit Traditional Food Security Program: Addressing Moose Conservation Concerns through Harvester Support Pilot Programming | Funding to support moose monitoring and stewardship efforts to inform a long-term co-management plan, as well as to support moose harvesting in remote regions by facilitating access, harvest, and processing. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $146,078 |
| Carcross/Tagish First Nation | Carcross/Tagish First Nation | Carcross/Tagish First Nation Water Monitoring Expansion Project | Funding to further develop water monitoring program in collaboration with the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council that will protect the waters within their Traditional Territory and work to revitalize the community's relationship with the water through building community capacity. | 2023 to 2024 | 2026 to 2027 | $548,042 |
| Kluane First Nation | Burwash Landing, Destruction Bay, Silver City (Kluane Lake) | Monitoring Impacts of Climate Change on Lhù'ààn Mân (Kluane Lake): Continued Long- Term Monitoring of Lake Temperature | Funding to improve understanding of climate change impacts (using water temperature as a proxy) on Kluane Lake, which is the largest lake entirely within Yukon and holds important ecological, hydrological, cultural and food security significance. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $108,500 |
Northwest Territories
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Territory Métis Nation | Fort Resolution, Fort Smith, Hay River | NWT Métis Nation Elders-Youth: Learning from the Land and Waters | Funding for Elders and youth to learn from the land and waters through discussing, observing, and documenting a range of key climate indicators from a science and Indigenous Traditional Knowledge perspective. | 2018 to 2019 | 2022 to 2023 | $408,000 |
| Gwich'in Tribal Council | Aklavik, Fort McPherson, Inuvik, Tsiigehtchic | Monitoring Climate Change Impacts and Capacity Building in Gwich'in Communities | Funding to build capacity within Gwich'in communities to develop their own climate change monitoring program and inform decisions on environmental resources management and climate change adaptation measures. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $599,280 |
| Kátł'odeeche First Nation | Kátł'odeeche First Nation | Watching the Land: Knowing the Impacts of Climate Change | Funding to build technical and research/monitoring capacity specific to climate monitoring research as well as help fund a climate monitoring component to the Nahendeh Kehotsendı̨ program. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $321,943 |
| North Slave Métis Alliance | North Slave Region | North Slave Métis Alliance Guardianship in the North Slave Region, NWT | Funding to develop a guardianship monitoring program, to get North Slave Métis Alliance members out onto the land within their traditional territory to monitor and document changes in the climate, water and wildlife. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $106,000 |
| North Slave Métis Alliance | North Slave Métis Alliance | North Slave Métis Alliance Planning for the Future | Funding to continue climate and wildlife monitoring and to document traditional and local climate knowledge and lived experiences on the land to support land use planning and Guardianship. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $186,000 |
| Dene Nation of NWT | Dene | Identifying Climate Change Risks and Adaptation Priorities for Water and Health: Using Dene, Inuvialuit and Metis Knowledge to Build Community Resilience | Funding for the Dene Nation to engage with its members, Inuvialuit and Metis communities, as well as partner governments and non-governmental organizations to share knowledge and identify adaptation priorities for climate change risks to water, human health, and food security in Denendeh. | 2022 to 2023 | 2022 to 2023 | $50,500 |
| Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation | Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation | Scotty Creek Research Station Rebuilding Project | Funding to replace monitoring equipment for the Dehcho Land Guardian programming and educational purposes. | 2022 to 2023 | 2022 to 2023 | $42,797 |
| Community Government of Whati | Whati | Impacts of Climate Change and Permafrost Thaw on the Whatì Community Well: A Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment | Funding to assess how the groundwater underlying Whatì will be impacted by climate change and how this will affect the safety and sustainability of the community drinking water supply. A groundwater observation well network be established to serve as an early warning system and build resilience around changing groundwater within the community. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $76,300 |
Inuvialuit
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuktoyaktuk Community Corporation | Tuktoyaktuk | Mobilizing Inuvialuit Knowledge to Document Local Ice Conditions and Inform Climate Change Adaptation in Tuktoyaktuk | Funding to expand community-based ice monitoring and document and share Indigenous knowledge-based ice travel safety products to reduce travel risk and promote awareness of and adaptation action on safe ice travel, in collaboration with SmartICE. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $743,912 |
| Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Aklavik, Inuvik, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk, Ulukhaktok | Youth Engagement in Climate Change and Clean Energy Terminology Workshops | Funding to expand the scope of an ongoing Climate Change and Clean Energy Terminology Workshop series to include youth who are early language learners and terms related to climate monitoring. | 2022 to 2023 | 2023 to 2024 | $68,521 |
| Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee | Aklavik | The Aklavik Mapping Project | Funding to purchase bathymetric monitoring equipment to support a citizen science network in the Aklavik region as well as support for a community workshop. | 2022 to 2023 | 2022 to 2023 | $31,020 |
Nunavut
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality of Igloolik | Igloolik | Igloolik Community Weather Station Network | Funding to create a weather station network in the region of Igloolik to enhance travel safety. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $500,046 |
| Aqqiumavvik Society | Arviat | Ujjiqsuiniq Young Hunters | Funding to monitor the impacts of climate change on the health of caribou, seal populations and fish stocks using both scientific methods and Inuit knowledge. This project will build capacity by providing training opportunities and knowledge exchange for youth as well as brining awareness to the community. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $238,971 |
| Kivalliq Wildlife Board | Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove | Climate and Ecosystem Changes in the Kivalliq – Monitoring, Preparedness & Adaptation | Funding to develop an ecosystem-based vision of country foods in order to better understand climate impacts, to prepare for the future by predicting possible changes in country food species and to develop adaptations measures to address the impact of climate change on country foods. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $465,520 |
| Hamlet of Coral Harbour | Coral Harbour | Nunavummiut Polar Bear Surveys on Southampton Island: Inuit Knowledge Based Polar Bear Monitoring and the Mobilization of New Non-invasive Methodologies for Arctic Climate Change Impact Assessment | Funding to host a Gathering in Coral Harbour, Nunavut. During this Gathering, the project team will report on results and findings from the Nunavummiut Polar Bear Surveys on Southampton Island - Toward Nunavummiut inclusive Polar Bear Monitoring and Arctic Climate Change Impact Assessment project and plan future community-based monitoring studies. | 2022 to 2023 | 2022 to 2023 | $67,450 |
| Foxe Basin Kivalliq North Sapujiyiit / Guardians of the Sea | Chesterfield Inlet, Coral Harbour, Naujaat | Community-Based Climate and Sea Ice Monitoring, and Youth Research Capacity Sharing through the Foxe Basin Kivalliq North Sapujiyiit/Guardians of the Sea Society | Funding to establish a community-based monitoring program to record community observations of changes and scientific measurements related to climate, marine mammals and sea ice conditions. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $280,000 |
| Qaujigiartiit Health | Iqualuit | Nunavut Climate Change Committee on Adaptation April 2023 In-Person Meeting | Funding to support the April 2023 in-person meeting of the Nunavut Climate Change Committee on Adaptation in Iqaluit, Nunavut. | 2022 to 2023 | 2022 to 2023 | $35,000 |
| Hamlet of Coral Harbour | Coral Harbour | Toward Measuring Impacts of Climate Change on Polar Bears of Southampton Island: The compilation of an Inclusive Non-Invasive Baseline of Polar Bear Dynamic for Southampton Island using Inuit Knowledge and Western Science | Funding to support a polar bear monitoring , which will include location and documentation of polar bear dens, collection of tracks, scat, urine and hair samples, and interviews. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $90,500 |
| Spence Bay Hunters & Trappers Association | Taloyoak | Niqihaqut – Country Food Services, Monitoring, and Sustainable Harvest Planning Improving Food Access and Climate Resiliency in Taloyoak, Nunavut | Funding to improve country food access through new country food services, and to achieve sustainable and adaptive harvest through monitoring and a Sustainable Harvest Plan. | 2022 to 2023 | 2023 to 2024 | $379,100 |
| Kivalliq Inuit Association | Arviat | Defining Cumulative Effects on Aquatic Organisms for the Community of Arviat Using Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Western Science Following the One Voice Approach in Support of Inuu'tuti | Funding to support the Inuu'tuti Initiative, a new program intended to characterize the cumulative effects on the aquatic environment within the Arviat watershed. The main objective of this project is to implement Inuu'tuti: the integrated monitoring of key Inuu'tuti sites of particular community interest over a 3 year period measuring environmental contaminants in water and fish tissue and relating those to the health outcomes for organisms in the region. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $159,093 |
| Taloyoak Umaruliririgut Association | Taloyoak | Niqihaqut Phase II - Climate, Caribou, and Sustainable Harvest in Taloyoak, Nunavut | Funding to continue improving country food access through new country food services, and to achieve sustainable and adaptive harvest through monitoring and a Sustainable Harvest Plan, with a closer look at the climate vulnerability of the caribou and its sustainable harvest in a context where the community wants to develop a Food Processing Centre. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $455,516 |
| Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre | Nunavut | A Proposal for the Climate Change Community Research Coordinator at Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre | Funding to establish of a Climate Change Research Community Coordinator to help support communities throughout the region to identify and put forward proposals to respond to impacts of climate change through an adaptation perspective. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2024 to 2025 | $175,000 |
Nunavik
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makivik Corporation in partnership with Kativik Regional Government | Aupaluk, Inukjuak, Kangiqsujuaq, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuaraapik, Quaqtaq, Salluit, Tasiujaq, Umiujaq | Nunavik Trail Marking and Monitoring Project | Funding to support on-the-land safety measures for hunters and land-users including operation and maintenance of a network of real-time monitoring cameras, some complemented by mini weather stations and emergency buttons, which provides data about seasonal ice, snow, vegetation, and weather cycles in strategic locations across the region. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North program. | 2021 to 2022 | 2022 to 2023 | $37,500 |
| Anguvigaq | Akulivik, Aupaluk, Inukjuak, Ivujivik, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Puvirnituq, Quaqtaq, Salluit, Tasiujaq, Umiujaq | LNUK Climate Change Network | Funding to support the Local Nunavimmi Umajulirijiit Katujiqatigiininga (LNUKs) in developing community-based climate projects. The goal of this project is to create a network for information and resource-sharing in relation to climate change and project management. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $174,875 |
| Anguvigaq | Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaq | Marralik Camp 2022 | Funding to support a youth camp in the Marralik estuary which includes research and monitoring related to beluga and other species of interest as well as Inuit knowledge transfer on harvesting, safe food preparation, and storage techniques. Funding will also support monitoring and safety equipment purchases and videography. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2021 to 2022 | 2022 to 2023 | $120,500 |
| Anguvigaq | Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Tasiujaq, Umiujaq | Monitoring Beaver Expansion in Nunavik | Funding to monitor beaver presence in Nunavik due to climate change and impacts on water quality and Arctic char. The project is in collaboration with 5 Nunavik communities, Makivik Corporation, and university partners. It builds on a project that used remote sensing techniques to detect beaver expansion in the region. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $175,000 |
| Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board | Inukjuak, Kuujjuaraapik, Umiujaq | Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Expansion and Dialogue Workshop | Funding for a two-day workshop to bring together the Hudson Bay Arc communities (Inukjuak, Kuujjuarapik and Umiujaq) to co-develop new approaches to gather Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit using ringed seal ("natsiq") as a test case. | 2022 to 2023 | 2022 to 2023 | $44,300 |
| Makivik Corporation | Aupaluk , Kuujjuaq, Tasiujaq | Monitoring and Quantifying the Impact of the Beaver Expansion in Nunavik | Funding to monitor beaver presence in Nunavik due to climate change and characterize its impact on Arctic char and brook trout habitat. Also, to support Indigenous participation in the Arctic Beaver Observation Network meetings. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $594,000 |
| Qiniqtiq Landholding Corporation of Kangiqsualujjuaq | Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq | Avatittini (Our Surrounding Area) | Funding to enhance existing water quality monitoring efforts, establish ice-thickness monitoring, continue lichen studies, and support the continuation of the youth science and culture land camps. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $505,793 |
| Anguvigaq | Akulivik, Aupaluk, Inukjuak, Ivujivik, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Puvirnituq, Quaqtaq, Salluit, Tasiujaq, and Umiujaq (14 Inuit Northern Villages) plus Chisasibi (Inuit living in Eeyou Istchee) | SIKU Phase 2 – Providing Tools and Services by and for Inuit to Facilitate Self-Determination in Climate Change Adaptation in Nunavik | Funding to support a collaboration between Anguvigaq and the Arctic Eider Society to develop a community-led approach to climate change monitoring and environmental stewardship across the Nunavik region supported by SIKU. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $194,200 |
Nunatsiavut
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nunatsiavut Government | Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Makkovik, Rigolet, Upper Lake Melville (Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Northwest River) | Adaptive Archaeology – Developing a Framework for Community-Informed Response to Climate Change Impacts | Funding to engage Nunatsiavut community members as archaeological monitors to identify, document, preserve, and salvage archaeological sites at risk of loss due to the effects of climate change, such as permafrost degradation, vegetation changes, and erosion due to increased storminess and sea level rise. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $87,621 |
| Memorial University | Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Rigolet, Makkovik | An Integrated Risk Assessment for Arctic Char in Nunatsiavut | Funding to support a study that will help determine which climate indicators are affecting Arctic Char stock in Nunatsiavut and that will help develop an informed management plan. | 2023 to 2024 | 2024 to 2025 | $56,700 |
| Arctic Eider Society | Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Rigolet, Makkovik | A Community-Led Approach to Monitoring Sea Ice and Marine Habitat Change in Nunatsiavut through SIKU: the Indigenous Knowledge Social Network – Phase 2 | Funding to hire regional coordinators who will help develop capacity in each of the 5 communities of Nunatsiavut, and to support community members to monitor changes in the marine environment, including sea ice extent and species observations using SIKU. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $439,875 |
| Dalhousie University – Department of Oceanography | Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Makkovik, Rigolet | Recording Labrador Inuit Observations and Knowledge of the Coastal Environment in Nunatsiavut | Funding to document local knowledge and observations of sea ice, weather, and climate in coastal Nunatsiavut, including the understanding of how it functions and the ability to predict future changes. These recordings would put the knowledge and observations into a form useful to decision-makers and complement scientific understanding of the same system. This project is co-funded with the Regional Partnerships and Research Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $112,174 |
Multiple Regions North
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArcticNet | Northern and Indigenous Travel Support to ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2022 | Funding to support the travel and participation of Indigenous participants to the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North, the Regional Partnerships and Research and the Northern Contaminants programs. | 2022 to 2023 | 2022 to 2023 | $81,001 | |
| Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada) Inc. | Inuit Nunangat | Updating the Atlas of Community-Based Monitoring and Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Arctic (CBM Atlas) | Funding to update the Atlas of Community-Based Monitoring and Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Arctic. | 2022 to 2023 | 2023 to 2024 | $30,976 |
| Ecology North | Young Leaders Summit on Northern Climate Change | Funding to organize and host the eighth and ninth Young Leaders Summit on Northern Climate Change in August 2023 and 2025. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $64,642 | |
| ArcticNet | Supporting Indigenous and Northern Travel to the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) 2023 | Funding to support travel and participation of Indigenous and northern participants to the 2023 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North, the Regional Partnerships and Research, the Climate Change and Health Adaptation and the Northern Contaminants programs. | 2023 to 2024 | 2023 to 2024 | $62,500 |
Pan-Canada
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Peoples Group | Toolkit for Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring and Standards Council of Canada Guideline | Funding to coordinate and facilitate development of the Indigenous Climate Monitoring Toolkit and best practices guideline. | 2019 to 2020 | 2023 to 2024 | $319,437 | |
| Arctic Eider Society | Chisasibi, Eastmain, Whapmagoostui,Waskaganish, Wemindji | Support for Community Participation in the 2022 Hudson Bay Summit | Funding to support participation of 5 Eeyou Istchee communities in the 2022 Hudson Bay Summit. This project is being co-funded with other CIRNAC programs to bring together a broad range of Indigenous participants in the Hudson Bay and James Bay regions. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North, the First Nation Adapt and the Regional Partnerships and Research programs. | 2022 to 2023 | 2023 to 2024 | $71,804 |
| Four Rivers Environmental Services Group (Matawa First Nations Management) | Dehcho First Nations, NWT Métis Nation, Tłıc̨hǫ Government, and the Sahtu Settlement Area | NWT Indigenous Participation in the Matawa Water Futures Water & Environment Gathering | Funding to support Indigenous travel to the Matawa Water Futures Water and Environment Gathering. Participants will be from Dehcho First Nations, NWT Métis Nation, Tłıc̨hǫ Government and the Sahtu Settlement Area. | 2023 to 2024 | 2023 to 2024 | $20,000 |
| Warshield | First Nation Advisory and Review Committee In- Person Meeting | Funding to support the Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program team to plan, document and facilitate the First Nations Advisory and Review Committee project proposal review meeting, in Saskatoon in December 2023. | 2023 to 2024 | 2023 to 2024 | $75,206 | |
| Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources | Supporting Indigenous Perspective at Adaptation Futures 2023 | Funding to coordinate Indigenous programming for the Adaptation Futures 2023 conference and to support Indigenous Peoples and Northerners to participate at the event. This project is co-funded with other CIRNAC programs. | 2023 to 2024 | 2023 to 2024 | $50,000 |
"Page details"
- Date modified: