Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program: projects that received funding between April 2024 and March 2026
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British Columbia
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metis Provincial Council of British Columbia | 39 Métis Chartered Communities | MNBC Citizen Climate Monitoring Project | Funding to develop and implement a climate monitoring plan and engage citizens in climate monitoring through a mobile app. The app would be used to collect information related to climate impacts on salmon and water, and would also incorporate Indigenous knowledge. | 2023 to 2024 | 2024 to 2025 | $275,000 |
| Lower Similkameen Indian Band | Lower Similkameen Indian Band | Lower Similkameen River Stabilization Monitoring Initiative | Funding to build long-term capacity in the community to identify riverbanks at high risk of flooding and erosion, monitor the effectiveness of bank stabilization techniques, draft and implement a water quality monitoring plan, monitor the effectiveness of riparian restoration techniques, and draft then implement a groundwater monitoring plan. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $91,614 |
| Fort Nelson First Nation | Fort Nelson First Nation | Fort Nelson First Nation Community-Based Climate Monitoring Project | Funding to build upon the Fort Nelson First Nation Climate Change Risk Assessment completed in early 2023, expand community-based climate monitoring initiatives and inform climate change adaptation and planning efforts. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $223,918 |
| Uchucklesaht Tribe Government | Uchucklesaht | Uchucklesaht Climate Monitoring for Food Security and Climate Resiliency | Funding to provide meaningful data that can be used to map climate change impacts in community's traditional territory that affect food fish security, groundwater, watersheds and sea level rise. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $136,118 |
| Secwepemcul'ecw Restoration and Stewardship Society | Tskwaylaxw First Nation, Skeetchestn | Climate Monitoring for Fire-adapted Ecocultural Restoration | Funding to expand carbon monitoring and continue data collection on stored and sequestered carbon in pre and post wildfire conditions. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $178,667 |
| Doig River First Nation | Doig River First Nation | Doig River First Nation Indigenous Climate Monitoring: Using Cultural Indicators to Measure Climate Change and Impacts | Funding to monitor climate change and for indicator development for 5 key Doig River First Nation values (water, land, wildlife, culture, and prosperity). The project will develop a set of community identified Chuu (water) cultural indicators and indicator tests to assess baseline conditions and health of the landscape across the territory. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $343,146 |
Alberta
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kikino Metis Settlement | Kikino Metis Settlement | The Kikino Metis Settlement Climate Change Community Education Program | Funding to establish baseline monitoring of weather variables, study climate impacts on the land and harvesting, and to educate the community about climate change. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $300,500 |
| Peavine Metis Settlement | Peavine Metis Settlement | Peavine Metis Settlement-Environmental Climate Change Initiative | Funding to build capacity within the Peavine Metis Settlement by providing training and employment opportunities and by establishing scientific baseline climate data that will complement Traditional Knowledge. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $300,500 |
| Gift Lake Métis Settlement | Gift Lake Métis Settlement | Gift Lake Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program | Funding to engage the community and build capacity to monitor in areas of significance including fish bearing lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands, weather, patterns/precipitation and snow fall, ice thickness checks and lake levels, land, wildlife, and vegetation. | 2023 to 2024 | 2024 to 2025 | $200,000 |
| Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc. | Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Cold Lake First Nation, Frog Lake First Nation, Heart Lake First Nation, Whitefish Lake First Nation #128, Kehewin Cree Nation | Harmonizing Tradition and Science: Enhancing Water Quality Monitoring in six-member TCVI's First Nations | Funding to monitor water quality in 6 Nations while integrating First Nations' rich traditional knowledge with western scientific data, providing them with the tools and knowledge they need to make informed decisions about climate change adaptation and environmental management. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $399,229 |
| Fort McKay First Nation | Fort McKay First Nation | Using Two-Eyed Seeing to Evaluate the Effects of Climate Change on Water Quality and Algal Blooms in the Moose Lake Area | Funding to enhance the existing Moose Lakes water monitoring program by addressing data gaps related to climate impacts on lakes. Funding will be utilized for acquiring data to better understand the impacts of climate change on water quality and quantity in the Moose Lake area. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $266,650 |
| Sucker Creek First Nation | Sucker Creek First Nation | Baseline Assessment of Sandhill Cranes, Wetlands and Water Quality for Sucker Creek First Nation | Funding to track declining numbers of Sandhill Cranes, a culturally-significant species. The project will support decision-making around climate change adaptation by providing a baseline to compare future numbers/quantities to and communicating current status of Sandhill Cranes to the entire community. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $221,755 |
| Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation | Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation | Two-eyed Seeing, One Vision: Mobilizing Traditional Knowledge and Science to Inform Climate Change Adaptation and Eutrophication Mitigation in Western Canada | Funding to mobilize state-of-the-art scientific monitoring on one eutrophic and one hyper-eutrophic lake, incorporating Indigenous knowledge to communicate challenges associated with climate change and eutrophication in the Upper Sturgeon River Watershed. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $306,360 |
| Métis Nation of Alberta | 6 Regions across Alberta | Askîy Community-Based Monitoring | Funding to support the continuation of the Askîy community-based monitoring initiative. The initiative has involved engagements to understand Citizen's concerns regarding environment and climate changes. To address these concerns funding is used to develop monitoring projects targeting fish health, water quality, traditional plants and berry health, and wildlife. | 2024 to 2025 | 2027 to 2028 | $1,100,000 |
| Peavine Metis Settlement | Peavine Metis Settlement | Peavine Metis Settlement-Environmental Climate Change initiative | Funding to continue to build the capacity of Peavine Metis Settlement to conduct monitoring of climate change, environment, wildlife, traditional foods, contributing factors to wildfire frequency and severity, health effects and historical data through traditional knowledge and Western Science. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $224,979 |
| Gift Lake Metis Settlement | Gift Lake Metis Settlement | Monitoring the Settlement | Funding to continue monitoring the impacts of climate change on the Gift Lake Settlement area for fish bearing lakes, weather patterns and precipitation and snow fall, ice thickness checks and lake levels, wildlife, plants andvegetation quality and quantity. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $225,000 |
| East Prairie Metis Settlement | East Prairie Metis Settlement | EPMS Climate Based Monitoring Program | Funding for monitoring wildlife movement, land use and water quality and quantity for a resilient community. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $225,000 |
Saskatchewan
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musqua Environmental Ltd. (formerly Wicehtowak Limnos Consulting Services Ltd.) | George Gordon First Nation | George Gordon First Nation Climate Action Planning | Funding to hire a Monitoring Lead and seasonal positions, conduct environmental health assessments (wetland, range land and woodland assessments), and create a community-based Indigenous Monitoring Protocol. | 2021 to 2022 | 2024 to 2025 | $458,001 |
| Prince Albert Grand Council | Black Lake Denesuline First Nation, Cumberland House Cree Nation, Fond Du Lac Denesuline First Nation, Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation, James Smith Cree Nation, Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Montreal Lake Cree Nation, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, Red Earth Cree Nation, Shoal Lake Cree Nation, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Wahpeton Dakota Nation | Prince Albert Grand Council Lands and Resources Secretariat's Community-Based Climate Change Monitoring Program | Funding to build capacity among Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Leadership, Land Technicians and youth in data collection, watershed monitoring (water quality and ecosystem health), and data analysis in order to mitigate the effects of climate change on water systems in northern Saskatchewan. | 2021 to 2022 | 2025 to 2026 | $741,519 |
| University of Saskatchewan | Beardy's & Okemasis' Cree Nation, Cumberland House Cree Nation, Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation, James Smith Cree Nation, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak, Okanese First Nation (4 stations), Onion Lake Cree Nation, Red Earth Cree Nation, and Shoal Lake Cree Nation | Supporting the Maintenance of 12 Weather Stations for Saskatchewan First Nations | Funding to purchase 12 data plans and replacement batteries for HOBO link climate stations for 9 Saskatchewan First Nation communities. | 2023 to 2024 | 2024 to 2025 | $7,625 |
| University of Saskatchewan | Beardy's & Okemasis' Cree Nation, Cumberland House Cree Nation, Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation, James Smith Cree Nation, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak, Okanese First Nation (4 stations), Onion Lake Cree Nation, Red Earth Cree Nation, and Shoal Lake Cree Nation | Saskatchewan weather station maintenance and education fund | Funding to purchase data plans and replacement parts for 12 HOBOlink climate stations as well as in community travel for maintenance and education for 9. Saskatchewan First Nation communities. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $5,072 |
| File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council | Carry the Kettle Nakota First Nation, Little Black Bear's Band of Cree and Assiniboine Nation, Okanese First Nation, Peepeekisis Cree Nation, Star Blanket Cree Nation, Muscowpetung First Nation, Nekaneet Cree Nation, Pasqua First Nation, Piapot First Nation, Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation, Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation | File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council – Protecting the Air and Water of our Shared Territories | Funding to develop a lake and air monitoring program in Treaty Four Ground Reserve to inform Elders and at-risk citizens about harmful levels of toxic algae and air particulates using an emergency notification system. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $415,675 |
| Muskowekwan First Nation | Muskowekwan First Nation | How Healthy Are Our Lands and Water? Understanding the Impacts of Climate and Industry on our Local Watersheds | Funding to develop an understanding of the climate and environmental changes affect landscapes, water and traditional food systems to better adapt those changes, by collecting data and training a youth-led environmental team. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $359,505 |
Manitoba
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollow Water First Nation | Hollow Water First Nation | Hollow Water First Nation Climate Monitoring Program | Funding to build capacity in environmental monitoring, provide for intergenerational knowledge exchange and fill knowledge gaps in climate change, traditional knowledge, water quality, peat bog characterization and forest inventory for Hollow Water's traditional territory. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $476,098 |
| Sagkeeng First Nation | Sagkeeng First Nation | Sagkeeng's Climate Change Monitoring Project | Funding to promote intergenerational knowledge transfer between youth and elders while engaging youth to be active environmental stewards. Through a process of collecting Indigenous and western data on weather and flora and fauna species in Sagkeeng, the youth and elders will collaborate to develop an interactive ecosystem map and community climate monitoring plan. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $302,100 |
| Misipawistik Cree Nation | Misipawistik Cree Nation | Misipawistik Cree Nation Environmental Monitoring Project | Funding to continue collecting environmental data that can later quantify changes in our local environment and partner with the Misipawistik Cree Nation kanawenihcikew (Indigenous guardians) program to engage and train youth. The focus is on key parameters relating to local environment changes, identified by Misipawistik Cree Nation citizens. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $523,250 |
| Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve No. 292 | Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve No. 292 | Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve Traditional Knowledge Center for Climate Change Monitoring Project | Funding to expand the Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve Climate Change program to address the environmental baseline gap and support the development of a monitoring plan to understand the short-, medium- and long-term effects of climate change on lands, water, wildlife and vegetation. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $239,804 |
| Manitoba Métis Federation | 7 Regions | Métis Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program (MCBCM) | Funding to provide Red River Métis (RRM) Citizens with the necessary training, equipment, and resources for conducting environmental monitoring in their region, and to become RRM Citizen Scientist. In addition, this program hosts Citizen Science events throughout the year that integrate western science and Red River Métis Traditional Knowledge to increase environmental literacy. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $825,000 |
Ontario
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Métis Nation of Ontario | 6 Regions | Métis Nation of Ontario Community-Based Climate Monitoring Project | Funding to continue supporting a community-based climate monitoring project that trains Métis Nation of Ontario citizen volunteers to conduct water and bait fish sampling in order to better understand climate change and protect the Métis way of life. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $412,000 |
| Wahnapitae First Nation | Wahnapitae First Nation | Developing a Comprehensive Community-Based Climate Change Monitoring Program | Funding to develop of a comprehensive community-based climate change monitoring program for the Wahnapitae First Nation. The project will integrate scientific techniques and traditional methods to support long-term data collection of climate variables, water quality parameters, ice and snow parameters, and extreme weather events. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $242,110 |
| Grand Council Treaty #3 | The 28 First Nation Communities of Treaty #3: Animakee Wa Zhing 37 First Nation, Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows), Buffalo Point First Nation, Couchiching First Nation, Iskatewizaagegan 39 Independent First Nation, Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation, Lac La Croix First Nation, Lac Seul First Nation (Obishikokaang), Migisi Sahgaigan First Nation (Eagle Lake), Mishkosiminiziibiing First Nation (Big Grassy River) | Grand Council Treaty #3 Community-Based Climate Impacts Monitoring Project | Funding to allow Grand Council Treaty #3 and the 28 Treaty #3 communities to build capacity and monitor for climate change impacts across the Treaty #3 territory. This will include monitoring changes to weather, precipitation, ice water quality/quantity, and air quality. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $429,910 |
| Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) | Attawapiskat, Bearskin Lake, Cat Lake, Deer Lake, Fort Albany, Fort Severn, Kasabonika Lake, Kashechewan, Keewaywin, Kingfisher Lake, Koocheching, Moose Factory, Muskrat Dam Lake, North Caribou Lake, North Spirit Lake, Poplar Hill, Sachigo Lake, Sandy Lake, Wapekeka, Wawakapewin, Weenusk, Wunnumin Lake | NAN Winter Roads Climate Monitoring Project | Funding to enhance the weather monitoring network and develop new ice monitoring initiatives in the winter road corridors of the NAN territory in partnership with winter roads communities, the National Research Council, and SmartICE. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $160,000 |
Quebec
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institut de Développement Durable des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador (IDDPNQL) | Ekuanitshit, Nutashkuan, Unamen Shipu, Pakua Shipu | Impacts of Climate Change on Berry-Picking - Phase 2 | Funding to continue implementation of a berry monitoring initiative in 4 Innu communities with a focus on capacity building, community engagement and networking. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $554,450 |
| Conseil des Innus de Pessamit | Pessamit | Impact of Climate Change on the Nitassinan of Pessamit: Monitoring, Understanding and Acting to Preserve the Link with Nutshimit | Funding to continue climate monitoring to understand how climate change will affect the forest ecosystem, and put in place concrete means of minimizing impacts on cultural practices. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $306,062 |
| Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke | Kahnawà:ke | Kahnawà:ke Climate Monitoring Project | Funding to evaluate climate hazards presence and how climate change affects ecosystems in Kahnawà:ke and Tioweró:ton via monitoring shoreline erosion, installing a weather station, and monitoring black ash trees mortality/Emerald Ash Borer spread. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $228,968 |
| Institut de Développement Durable des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador (First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute | Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John | Projet Akua Tutetau Assi | Funding to support a partnership between the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute to develop a community-based climate monitoring plan and to build awareness and capacity to address climate change impacts in the community. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program and Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2027 to 2028 | $138,497 |
| Cree Nation Government | Cree Nation of Mistissini, Cree Nation of Nemaska, Cree Nation of Eastmain, Cree Nation of Wemindji, Cree Nation of Chisasibi, Cree Nation of Washaw-Sibi, Waskaganish First Nation, Whapmagoostui First Nation, Ouje-Bougoumou Cree Nation, and Cree First Nation of Waswanipi | Building Resilient Futures - A 2-Year Climate Resilience Initiative | Funding to enhance climate resilience across Eeyou Istchee communities through monitoring, adaptation, and educational initiatives. The project will deploy weather stations, expand hydrometric monitoring, host workshops, conduct vulnerability mapping, and develop educational resources, among other activities. The project is co-funded with the Engaging Indigenous Peoples in Climate Policy Program and Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $300,000 |
Atlantic
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passamaquoddy Recognition Group Inc. | Peskotomuhkati (Passamaquoddy) Nation at Skutik | Monitoring Traditional Species for the Next Seven Generations in Peskotomuhkati Territory | Funding to monitor musuwok (moose), nemiyik (turkey), and otuhkok (deer) movement and determine high population areas to ensure hunting today is sustainable, so that future generations have access to the same species that are integral to knowledge, learnings and teachings. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $299,871 |
| Fort Folly First Nation | Amlamgog/Fort Folly First Nation | Long-Term Climate Monitoring on Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas/ Traditional Mi'kmaq Territory | Funding to gather Traditional Ecological Knowledge from various communities in Mi'kmaq'ki. This knowledge will be used to develop monitoring plans of seasonal timing, climate resilience in vegetation, weather, animal health and behaviour or migration changes. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $276,334 |
| Innu Nation | Natuashish and Sheshatshiu | Innu Nation, Students on Ice Uinipeku (ocean) Expedition 2024 | Funding to organize an ocean expedition to collect baseline data in the inshore marine zones near the Innu communities of Natuashish and Sheshatshiu in Labrador with an emphasis on monitoring several key climate change indicators, and other marine studies. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $300,000 |
| Epekwitk Assembly of Councils Inc. | Various First Nations communities in Atlantic Canada | First Nations Gathering | Funding for Epekwitk Assembly of Councils Inc. to host a regional climate change gathering for Atlantic First Nations, focused on bringing together communities and organizations in the Atlantic region to share knowledge about climate change adaptation and monitoring, learn from their peers, and foster collaboration in order to advance climate actions. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program and Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2024 to 2025 | $48,770 |
Yukon
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcross/Tagish First Nation | Carcross/Tagish First Nation | Expanded Climate Monitoring in Carcross/Tagish First Nation Territory | Funding to support the expansion of Carcross/Tagish First Nation's community-based climate monitoring program. Funding for additional weather stations to better understand regional fire risk. Support for purchase of water quality monitoring equipment, personal protective equipment, drones, ice augers and sleds for permafrost layer network sampling near a historic mine. | 2021 to 2022 | 2024 to 2025 | $63,137 |
| Taku River Tlingit First Nation | Taku River Tlingit First Nation | Taku River Tlingit Traditional Food Security Program: Addressing Moose Conservation Concerns through Harvester Support Pilot Programming | Funding to support moose monitoring and stewardship efforts to inform a long-term co-management plan, as well as to support moose harvesting in remote regions by facilitating access, harvest, and processing. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $146,078 |
| Carcross/Tagish First Nation | Carcross/Tagish First Nation | Carcross/Tagish First Nation Water Monitoring Expansion Project | Funding to further develop water monitoring program in collaboration with the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council that will protect the waters within their Traditional Territory and work to revitalize the community's relationship with the water through building community capacity. | 2023 to 2024 | 2026 to 2027 | $548,042 |
| Kluane First Nation | Burwash Landing, Destruction Bay, Silver City (Kluane Lake) | Monitoring Impacts of Climate Change on Lhù'ààn Mân (Kluane Lake): Continued Long- Term Monitoring of Lake Temperature | Funding to improve understanding of climate change impacts (using water temperature as a proxy) on Kluane Lake, which is the largest lake entirely within Yukon and holds important ecological, hydrological, cultural and food security significance. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $108,500 |
| Taku River Tlingit First Nation | Taku River Tlingit First Nation | Advancing Salmon Resiliency in the Taku Watershed | Funding to identify water temperature and streamflow conditions that allow sockeye salmon to successfully migrate upstream from the (Gaat Héeni) Silver Salmon River to their (Gaat áayi) Kuthai Lake spawning grounds. As well as funding to improve scientific understanding of the environmental characteristics of lakes that support sockeye salmon growth and survival. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $153,355 |
| Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation | Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation | Climate Change, Dewatering in Ni'iinlii Njik, and Porcupine River Chum Salmon | Funding to understand if and how climate change is contributing to dewatering of the Fishing Branch River (Ni'iinlii Njik), and how this habitat change is impacting spawning chum salmon. The project will identify how water flow into Ni'iinlii Njik is changing on seasonal and inter-annual bases and what climatic or environmental factors could be driving this change. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $347,940 |
| Kwanlin Dun First Nation | Kwanlin Dun First Nation | The Łu Zil Män (Fish Lake) Aquatic Resilience and Adaptive Monitoring Program | Funding to support a responsive, Indigenous-led monitoring program at Łu Zil Män (Fish Lake) to track climate change impacts, aquatic species health, and cultural–ecosystem shifts. | 2025 to 2026 | 2025 to 2026 | $137,087 |
| Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation | Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation | Claire Lake Climate Change and Food Security Project | Funding to conduct community-based monitoring of the health of Claire Lake and its tributaries to assess the cumulative impact of climate change to the land, waters and fish. | 2025 to 2026 | 2025 to 2026 | $100,000 |
Northwest Territories
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Slave Métis Alliance | North Slave Métis Alliance | North Slave Métis Alliance Planning for the Future | Funding to continue climate and wildlife monitoring and to document traditional and local climate knowledge and lived experiences on the land to support land use planning and Guardianship. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $186,000 |
| Community Government of Whati | Whati | Impacts of Climate Change and Permafrost Thaw on the Whatì Community Well: A Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment | Funding to assess how the groundwater underlying Whatì will be impacted by climate change and how this will affect the safety and sustainability of the community drinking water supply. A groundwater observation well network be established to serve as an early warning system and build resilience around changing groundwater within the community. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $76,300 |
| Gwich'in Tribal Council | Inuvik, Tsiigehtchic, Fort McPherson and Aklavik | Gwich'in Ice Monitoring for Community Travel Safety and Adaptation Planning | Funding to support the establishment of a SmartICE community-based ice monitoring program in the communities of Inuvik, Tsiigehtchic, Fort McPherson, and Aklavik. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $325,947 |
| North Slave Metis Alliance | Yellowknife | NSMA Guardianship Program | Funding to enhance the capacity of North Slave Métis Alliance Guardians to collect vital data on species presence and distribution, climate change impacts, and environmental conditions across their Traditional Territory. Key resources such as caribou, fish, and water will be tracked. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $151,225 |
| K'ahsho Got'ine Foundation | Fort Good Hope | K'asho Got'ine Water and Fish Monitoring | Funding to monitor water quality and fish health in the Mackenzie River to assess the impacts of upstream industrial activities and climate change, providing critical data to support community decision-making regarding water use and environmental management. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $350,000 |
| Northwest Territory Métis Nation | Fort Smith | Echoes of the Land: Métis Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Monitoring | Funding to integrate advanced monitoring technologies with Métis traditional ecological knowledge to enhance biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation within the Northwest Territory Métis Nation Traditional Territory. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $224,999 |
| Deninu Kue First Nation | Deninu Kue First Nation | Understanding and Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change on Deninu Kue First Nation Traditional Boat Routes | Funding to support the deployment of a water monitoring pilot study in which local boat users will install water gauges and record travel routes and observations that will help make safe and informed decisions about which boat routes to take. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $95,709 |
| Smith’s Landing First Nation (Tthebatthie Denesuliné) | Tthebatthie Denesuliné | Longnose Sucker Monitoring Program | Funding to support water monitoring in the Salt River to better understand the impacts of climate change on the population dynamics, habitat usage, and ecological challenges faced by the longnose sucker population. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $394,432 |
| Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation | Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation | Ice Condition Monitoring in the East Arm of Great Slave Lake | Funding to support LKDFN's Ni hat'ni Dene Guardian Program in expanding their ice monitoring program to document climate change impacts on ice thickness and help ensure ice traveler safety. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $198,190 |
| Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation | Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation | Learning on the Land (Jr. Climate Change Guardians Program) | Funding to support LKDFN's Ni hat'ni Dene Guardian Program in expanding their ice monitoring program to document climate change impacts on ice thickness and help ensure ice traveler safety. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $100,950 |
Inuvialuit
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuktoyaktuk Community Corporation | Tuktoyaktuk | Mobilizing Inuvialuit Knowledge to Document Local Ice Conditions and Inform Climate Change Adaptation in Tuktoyaktuk | Funding to expand community-based ice monitoring and document and share Indigenous knowledge-based ice travel safety products to reduce travel risk and promote awareness of and adaptation action on safe ice travel, in collaboration with SmartICE. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $743,912 |
| Olokhaktomiut Hunters and Trappers Committee | Ulukhaktok | Ulukhaktok Aquatic Monitoring and Observation (UAMO) | Funding to support the Ulukhaktok Aquatic Monitoring and Observation (UAMO) initiative by hiring a Program Coordinator to assist in program administration and capacity building. | 2024 to 2025 | 2024 to 2025 | $35,075 |
| Sachs Harbour Hunters and Trappers Committee | Sachs Harbour | Ikahuk Aquatic Monitoring and Observation (IAMO) Program: Traditional and Local Knowledge Directed Program That Supports Food Security and Resilience to Rapid Climate Change in the Western Canadian Arctic | Funding to support the Ikahuk Aquatic Monitoring and Observation (IAMO) by hiring a Program Coordinator to assist in program administration and capacity building. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2024 to 2025 | $8,032 |
| Olokhaktomiut Hunters and Trappers Committee | Ulukhaktok | The Ulukhaktok Community-Owned Aquatic Monitoring and Observation (UAMO) Program | Funding to support the community-owned Ulukhaktok Aquatic Monitoring and Observation (UAMO) by building capacity through new water monitoring equipment and the installation of a weather station to help inform safe travel decisions. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $279,402 |
| Sachs Harbour Hunters and Trappers Committee | Sachs Harbour | Sachs Harbour Ikahuk Aquatic Monitoring and Observation (IAMO) Program for Banks Island | Funding to support the community-owned Ikahuk Aquatic Monitoring and Observation (IAMO) team in conducting water monitoring expeditions and the installation of a remote weather station on Banks Island to help inform safe travel decisions. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $271,658 |
| Aklavik Hunters and Trapper Committee | Aklavik | Aklavik Sonar Mapping Project | Funding to support community-led sonar mapping of the riverbed and seabed around Aklavik to better understand the impacts of increased sedimentation to help ensure the safety of travelers, understand ecosystemic changes, and inform adaptation decisions | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $394,432 |
Nunavut
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality of Igloolik | Igloolik | Igloolik Community Weather Station Network | Funding to create a weather station network in the region of Igloolik to enhance travel safety. | 2021 to 2022 | 2023 to 2024 | $500,046 |
| Kivalliq Wildlife Board | Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove | Climate and Ecosystem Changes in the Kivalliq – Monitoring, Preparedness & Adaptation | Funding to develop an ecosystem-based vision of country foods in order to better understand climate impacts, to prepare for the future by predicting possible changes in country food species and to develop adaptations measures to address the impact of climate change on country foods. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $465,520 |
| Foxe Basin Kivalliq North Sapujiyiit / Guardians of the Sea | Chesterfield Inlet, Coral Harbour, Naujaat | Community-Based Climate and Sea Ice Monitoring, and Youth Research Capacity Sharing through the Foxe Basin Kivalliq North Sapujiyiit/Guardians of the Sea Society | Funding to establish a community-based monitoring program to record community observations of changes and scientific measurements related to climate, marine mammals and sea ice conditions. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $280,000 |
| Hamlet of Coral Harbour | Coral Harbour | Toward Measuring Impacts of Climate Change on Polar Bears of Southampton Island: The compilation of an Inclusive Non-Invasive Baseline of Polar Bear Dynamic for Southampton Island using Inuit Knowledge and Western Science | Funding to support a polar bear monitoring , which will include location and documentation of polar bear dens, collection of tracks, scat, urine and hair samples, and interviews. | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 to 2025 | $90,500 |
| Kivalliq Inuit Association | Arviat | Defining Cumulative Effects on Aquatic Organisms for the Community of Arviat Using Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Western Science Following the One Voice Approach in Support of Inuu'tuti | Funding to support the Inuu'tuti Initiative, a new program intended to characterize the cumulative effects on the aquatic environment within the Arviat watershed. The main objective of this project is to implement Inuu'tuti: the integrated monitoring of key Inuu'tuti sites of particular community interest over a 3 year period measuring environmental contaminants in water and fish tissue and relating those to the health outcomes for organisms in the region. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $159,093 |
| Taloyoak Umaruliririgut Association | Taloyoak | Niqihaqut Phase II - Climate, Caribou, and Sustainable Harvest in Taloyoak, Nunavut | Funding to continue improving country food access through new country food services, and to achieve sustainable and adaptive harvest through monitoring and a Sustainable Harvest Plan, with a closer look at the climate vulnerability of the caribou and its sustainable harvest in a context where the community wants to develop a Food Processing Centre. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $455,516 |
| Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre | Nunavut | A Proposal for the Climate Change Community Research Coordinator at Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre | Funding to establish of a Climate Change Research Community Coordinator to help support communities throughout the region to identify and put forward proposals to respond to impacts of climate change through an adaptation perspective. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2024 to 2025 | $175,000 |
| Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association | Kugluktuk | Kitikmeot Biting Insect Monitoring Program - Kugluktuk | Funding to understand diversity and population of biting insects in the Kitikmeot region by combining Western scientific methods and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit. The project will include an assessment of impacts to wildlife and humans. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $299,726 |
| Hall Beach Hunters and Trappers Association | Sanirajak (Igloolik offering peer support | Enhancing Travel Safety Near Sanirajak with Real-Time Weather Monitoring | Funding to deploy and maintain weather stations for the benefit of travellers in the vicinity of Sanirajak and train local technicians so they have the skills to maintain the stations in perpetuity. Funding will also support the visualization and communication of weather data in a culturally appropriate way. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $245,832 |
| Ekaluktutiak Hunter-Trapper Organization | Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq) | Kitikmeot Biting Insect Monitoring Program - Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq) | Funding to monitor climate change impacts to biting flies including the timing of hatching of adult flies, abundance, species richness increasing, and species of biting flies carrying parasites and diseases of concern to wildlife. These changes are of concern for human health as well as for conservation and health of birds, caribou, moose, and muskox populations. | 2024 to 2025 | 2027 to 2028 | $321,000 |
| McMaster University | Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, Igloolik, Sanirajak, Clyde River | Connecting Community-Based monitoring Networks in the Qikiqtani Region of Nunavut | Funding to support knowledge exchange workshops among communities in North Baffin to improve coordination and expand community-based monitoring within and between regions related to weather and climate monitoring. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $88,000 |
| Ilisaqsivik Society – Division: Ittaq Heritage and Research Centre | Clyde River | Angunasuktiit: Full-time land programming and environmental monitoring at Clyde River, Nunavut | Funding to support a full-time hunting-instruction land-based program to teach and learn on-the-land, which increases food security, food sovereignty, mental health, safety, and enables collection and sharing of environmental monitoring information through both digital technology and Inuit knowledge. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $300,000 |
| Kivalliq Wildlife Board | Tikiraqjuaq (Whale Cove) and Naujaat | Climate and Foods: Marine Ecosystem Monitoring, Preparedness and Adaptation in Tikiraqjuaq & Naujaat | Funding to support a community-based monitoring program which will merge Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) and scientific monitoring to develop an ecosystem-based vision of country foods and to develop new tools to prepare and adapt subsistence practices and lifestyle to modern challenges. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $517,680 |
| Kivalliq Inuit Association | Arviat | Mapping Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) to improve data access for the community of Arviat in the Kivalliq Region | Funding to support a five -day workshop in Arviat, engaging Elders, youth, and other community members. Participants will share Traditional Knowledge related to culturally significant land and water features, such as water systems, wildlife habitats, and seasonal patterns. This knowledge will be documented during the workshop, digitized, and prepared for integration into the Kivalliq Inuit Association’s Web Mapping Application. The goal is to make IQ data more accessible and meaningful for a wide range of users, including community members, land use planners, researchers, and mineral exploration companies. | 2025 to 2026 | 2025 to 2026 | $54,439 |
| Kivalliq Wildlife Board | Arviat, Baker Lake (Qamani'tuaq), Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk), Coral Harbour (Salliq), Naujaat, Rankin Inlet (Kangiqtiniq), and Whale Cove (Tikirarjuaq) | Regional Nanuq IQ Workshop in the Kivalliq | Funding to hold a Nanuq (polar bear) Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) workshop with Elders and knowledge holders from across the Kivalliq region. The project will document polar bear Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in the region so that it can be used to collaborate with researchers and to inform decision making on polar bear management. | 2025 to 2026 | 2026 to 2027 | $83,012 |
Nunavik
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anguvigaq | Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Tasiujaq, Umiujaq | Monitoring Beaver Expansion in Nunavik | Funding to monitor beaver presence in Nunavik due to climate change and impacts on water quality and Arctic char. The project is in collaboration with 5 Nunavik communities, Makivik Corporation (Makivvik), and university partners. It builds on a project that used remote sensing techniques to detect beaver expansion in the region. | 2021 to 2022 | 2025 to 2026 | $175,001 |
| Makivik Corporation (Makivvik) | Aupaluk , Kuujjuaq, Tasiujaq | Monitoring and Quantifying the Impact of the Beaver Expansion in Nunavik | Funding to monitor beaver presence in Nunavik due to climate change and characterize its impact on Arctic char and brook trout habitat. Also, to support Indigenous participation in the Arctic Beaver Observation Network meetings. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2022 to 2023 | 2025 to 2026 | $594,000 |
| Qiniqtiq Landholding Corporation of Kangiqsualujjuaq | Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq | Avatittini (Our Surrounding Area) | Funding to enhance existing water quality monitoring efforts, establish ice-thickness monitoring, continue lichen studies, and support the continuation of the youth science and culture land camps. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $505,793 |
| Anguvigaq | Akulivik, Aupaluk, Inukjuak, Ivujivik, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Puvirnituq, Quaqtaq, Salluit, Tasiujaq, and Umiujaq (14 Inuit Northern Villages) plus Chisasibi (Inuit living in Eeyou Istchee) | SIKU Phase 2 – Providing Tools and Services by and for Inuit to Facilitate Self-Determination in Climate Change Adaptation in Nunavik | Funding to support a collaboration between Anguvigaq and the Arctic Eider Society to develop a community-led approach to climate change monitoring and environmental stewardship across the Nunavik region supported by SIKU. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2026 to 2027 | $194,200 |
| Makivik Corporation (Makivvik) | Kuujjuaq | Community Monitoring of Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus) Migration in the Kuujjuarusiq Watershed | Funding to model anadromous Arctic charr migration through the Kuujjuarusiq watershed to better understand climate change impacts. The model will be validated with past and future field data from the annual monitoring program as well as with interviews with knowledge keepers. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North program. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $89,564 |
| Makivik Corporation (Makivvik) | Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaq, Tasiujaq, Aupaluk, Kangirsuk, Quaqtaq, Ivujivik, Inukjuak and Umiujaq | Nunavik Rivers Watch | Funding to build community capacity through the development of a Jr. Guardian program that will provide youth with the opportunity to learn how to monitor and prepare for the effects of climate change, build confidence while on the land, and become future climate leaders. | 2024 to 2025 | 2026 to 2027 | $277,184 |
Nunatsiavut
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial University | Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Rigolet, Makkovik | An Integrated Risk Assessment for Arctic Char in Nunatsiavut | Funding to support a study that will help determine which climate indicators are affecting Arctic Char stock in Nunatsiavut and that will help develop an informed management plan. | 2023 to 2024 | 2024 to 2025 | $57,200 |
| Arctic Eider Society | Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Rigolet, Makkovik | A Community-Led Approach to Monitoring Sea Ice and Marine Habitat Change in Nunatsiavut through SIKU: the Indigenous Knowledge Social Network – Phase 2 | Funding to hire regional coordinators who will help develop capacity in each of the 5 communities of Nunatsiavut, and to support community members to monitor changes in the marine environment, including sea ice extent and species observations using SIKU. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $439,875 |
| Dalhousie University – Department of Oceanography | Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Makkovik, Rigolet | Recording Labrador Inuit Observations and Knowledge of the Coastal Environment in Nunatsiavut | Funding to document local knowledge and observations of sea ice, weather, and climate in coastal Nunatsiavut, including the understanding of how it functions and the ability to predict future changes. These recordings would put the knowledge and observations into a form useful to decision-makers and complement scientific understanding of the same system. This project is co-funded with the Regional Partnerships and Research Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $112,174 |
Multiple Regions North
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology North | Young Leaders Summit on Northern Climate Change | Funding to organize and host the eighth and ninth Young Leaders Summit on Northern Climate Change in August 2023 and 2025. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program. | 2023 to 2024 | 2025 to 2026 | $64,642 | |
| ArcticNet | Supporting Indigenous and Northern Travel to the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) 2024 | Funding to support travel and participation of Indigenous and Northern participants to the 2024 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting. This project is co-funded with the Climate Change Preparedness in the North, the Regional Partnerships and Research, the Climate Change and Health Adaptation and the Northern Contaminants programs. | 2024 to 2025 | 2024 to 2025 | $40,000 | |
| ArcticNet | Supporting Indigenous and Northern travel to the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) 2025 | Funding to support travel and participation of Indigenous and northern participants to the 2025 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting. | 2025 to 2026 | 2025 to 2026 | $50,000 |
Pan-Canada
| Partner | Community | Project title | Project description | Start date | End date | Total program contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Eider Society | Many Indigenous communities from across the Hudson Bay and James Bay | Hudson Bay Consortium Community Support | Funding Funding to support Indigenous participation from Hudson Bay and James Bay communities in the 2025 Regional Roundtable and the 2026 Summit. | 2024 to 2025 | 2025 to 2026 | $80,000 |
| McMaster University | Identifying Costs and Benefits of Community-Led Northern and Remote Weather Stations | Funding to identify key sustainability considerations for Indigenous community-based environmental monitoring networks across northern and remote regions. | 2025 to 2026 | 2026 to 2027 | $79,120 | |
| Bridge Building Group Inc. | Support for Indigenous Climate Monitoring Toolkit | Funding to support the development and maintenance of the Indigenous Climate Monitoring Toolkit for the benefit of Indigenous practitioners. | 2025 to 2026 | 2027 to 2028 | $160,310 | |
| Bridge Building Group Inc. | Support for First Nations Governance Committee | Funding to support Bridge Building Group with helping the First Nation Adapt Program and the Indigenous Community Based Climate Monitoring Program plan and facilitate the first meeting of their joint First Nations governance committee. The purpose of the initiative is to provide strategic advice to the programs on their investments over the short to medium term. This project is co-funded with the First Nation Adapt Program. | 2025 to 2026 | 2025 to 2026 | $21,477 |