“Canada’s climate commitments rest in Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas — often called IPCAs. While the concept isn’t new, it’s gaining better recognition and funding from, at least, some governments.
Indigenous
“Forestry companies constructed the first road into the Tofino area in the 1950s, allowing logs to be hauled out by truck instead of only by water.
Over the next 40 years,
Below is an excerpt from an article written by the Canadian Consulting Engineer. Read the full article and watch the webinar. “On Sept. 30, RJC Engineers hosted its second annual
The IISAAK OLAM Foundation and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) are inviting First Nations community members who have experience with––or an interest
You’re invited to a Coast-to-Coast New Year’s Eve virtual drop-in celebration. Reflections on the past 10 years (try to forget 2020?!?!) with special guest speakers, a celebration of what’s
Bare shelves at the grocery store. A nationwide rush on toilet paper. Businesses shuttered, millions of Canadians laid off work, and a massive and unprecedented public relief program announced
After a long hibernation, grizzlies are stirring in the Purcell Mountains as wildflowers begin to peek out of melting snow. If spring is a symbol of rebirth, it is
Just as we are all adapting to staying home and limiting our social interactions, the IISAAK OLAM Foundation’s Indigenous Climate Action Preschool (ICAP) program is also adapting to the
Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) – areas protected by Indigenous nations as part of inherent responsibilities to care for their territories – provide places of refuge and healing.
COVID-19 isn’t the first foreign disease that Indigenous people have had to seek refuge from. Five generations ago, on the west coast of what is today known as the
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