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Resetting the National Sail: A Considerations Paper on Indigenous Governance and The Canada Water Agency
September 28, 2020Water is critical to life, yet our water resources are at great risk due to climate change, pollution, overuse and other management challenges. On December 19, 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mandated ECCC Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to “create a new Canada Water Agency to work together with the provinces, territories, Indigenous communities, local authorities, scientists […]
Read More>This story was part of the CIER Summer 2020 Newsletter. Sign-up here for more stories like this.Martin McLean from Lake Manitoba First Nation’s eventual goal is to encourage his community to start a recycling program. Right now, like in many First Nations across Canada, recyclables are thrown away and end up in a landfill. CIER’s Waste Warriors program […]
Read More>This story was part of the CIER Summer 2020 Newsletter. Sign-up here for more stories like this.CIER’s Shining Lights program recently got Ria Letcher and other Northerners thinking about the role energy plays in our daily lives and how it affects our lives and the world around us. “Energy Literacy is so important especially in the North […]
Read More>READ NOW: Dakota Field Guide and & Storybook – Learn to Identify Over 80 Grassland Birds
July 21, 2020This story was part of the CIER Summer 2020 Newsletter. Sign-up here for more stories like this. We need to re-learn how to listen to birds, they have so many things to tell us. Using the Dakota Field Guide & Storybook you can learn how to identify over 80 different birds, discover their Dakota names, and explore unique pieces […]
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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