This non-profit connects Indigenous women to land through outdoor sports We’re on Whistler Blackcomb today with 9 participants from Indigenous Women Outdoors. It’s a non-profit organization that has connected First Nations, Inuit and Métis women to outdoor sport since 202...

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Indigenous-led conservation efforts match or surpass similar initiatives when properly funded, new research shows | News - Concordia University Government support helps communities limit carbon emissions and promote biodiversity while maintaining cultural heritage and traditions

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How the beaver is teaching Indigenous communities about ecological balance and reciprocity CBC Lite

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Researchers investigate contaminants in traditional Indigenous food sources An interdisciplinary research project co-led by the University of Toronto’s Élyse Caron-Beaudoin is working to assess potential contamination in traditional Indigenous food sources in northeastern British Columbia – an effort that could help communities make informed decisions about their health, food security and land stewardship.

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Meet the Paulatuk, N.W.T., woman encouraging other ladies to get out on the land There's a group of women in Paulatuk, N.W.T., who go out on the land together. They fish and harvest berries with no men in sight. The CBC's Liny Lamberink brings us the story.

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Young 'Salmon Warriors' restore Okanagan creeks as sockeye return for the first time in a century | CBC News Young adults are learning through hands-on restoration work in the Okanagan, as they preparing historic spawning grounds for the return of sockeye salmon.

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Canada’s largest Indigenous plant nursery takes root in the Kootenays Nupqu Resource Limited Partnership has launched a project to help repopulate industrialized and developed areas with native plants

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Indigenous land return sparks cultural revival In Central Saanich, a land return to the W̱SÁNEĆ Land Trust two years ago is now sparking a movement toward cultural revival and future planning.

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Going Home: Listening to the Land, Learning from Our Relations – SER Western Canada

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Young hunters get together to learn how to hunt a caribou A group of hunters in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, assembled for an educational hunting trip. The goal was to learn how to harvest caribou for the community's elders. It was all part of a program run by a n...

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Federal funding boosts research and Indigenous knowledge on wildfires - My Prince George Now Ottawa is offering $45.7 million for projects in B.C. and across Canada that advance knowledge about wildfires.

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'If the land isn't healthy, we cannot be healthy:' Indigenous health researcher reflects - Western News Danya Carroll explores Indigenous knowledge, public health and environmental policy

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Inside the project restoring Indigenous plants and a vital estuary – The Discourse. Students from Quw'utsun Secondary School and Le'lum'uy'lh Daycare Centre learned how to care for Indigenous plants at the Hulitun Spulhxun/Tumuhw nursery.

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Caring for future generations through collaborations between Indigenous communities and researchers PrairieDNA is about monitoring environmental DNA in collaboration with First Nations communities in Manitoba and Ontario in order to identify microbes and other species that are present in the environ

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Indigenous women receive targeted support to lead Canadian conservation efforts A new fellowship is giving Indigenous women across Canada the opportunity to lead conservation efforts, finally recognizing the gap between their on-the-ground stewardship and formal leadership.

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Tackling environmental health challenges in Indigenous communities | Waterloo News Amy Nahwegahbow (PhD in progress) PhD student, School of Public Health Sciences > Vanier Scholar Driven by a commitment to empower Indigenous peoples to protect their health, Amy Nahwegahbow’s PhD res...

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This Land is Changing

“This Land is Changing: Inuit in Nunatsiavut are working to understand how climate change is impacting the land, animals and waters while teaching their own” - www.cbc.ca/newsinteract... - #InuitHealth #ClimateChange #HealthyLand