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CIER Partners with LEAP to Improve Energy Efficiency in Indigenous Communities

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This year, CIER and The LEAP Group have partnered to launch the Deep Retrofit Accelerator for Indigenous Communities Program (DRAI for short—rhymes with “grey”). The program aims to secure necessary […]

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The Ongoing Effort To Net-Zero with Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation

CIER staff and Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation community members meet together

As part of the Net-Zero Communities Accelerator (NCA) program, in partnership with QUEST Canada, CIER staff visited Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation (SBOFN, or Sandy Bay for short) to run […]

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2024 Indigenous Food Sovereignty Summit: Nation to Nation Dialogue

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On June 18 to 20, 2024, members of the CIER team took part in the 2024 Indigenous Food Sovereignty Summit in Winnipeg, MB, hosted by Four Arrows Regional Health Authority […]

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Ice Roads Risk Reduction Project: Conclusion and Future

an ice road in St Theresa Point First Nation, Manitoba

This year, the final steps of the ‘Integrating Contemporary Technology and Traditional Knowledge to Reduce the Risks of Lake Ice Travel: Climate Adaptation’ project were completed. The project primarily took […]

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Podcasting

Youth adding their voices to the conversation about reconciliation and our environment can be very powerful and that’s exactly what youth who attended our Podcasting 101 workshop did

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