Focus Areas: Water, Renewable Energy and Climate Change, Indigenous Knowledge

Partners: NextGen Environmental Research, St. Theresa Point First Nation, Wasagamack First Nation, Garden Hill First Nation

About the Project: CIER is working in partnership with NextGen Environmental Research to focus on increasing knowledge and understanding on winter lake ice conditions and ice hazards in the Island Lakes and how climate change will exacerbate these issues. CIER and NextGen are working with three Island Lake communities through community workshops and knowledge-sharing. One of the ways we’ve ensure long-term sustainability of this project is by hiring a community project coordinator for each First Nation.