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Podcast

A Radical Act of Hope Podcast

Listen to our new podcast on conscious climate leadership, featuring the story of Inuk climate and human rights advocate Siila (Sheila) Watt-Cloutier.

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Turning down the heat

Up-to-date advice on protecting your community from extreme heat.

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News

PICS funds six efforts to prepare for tomorrow’s challenges

Climate Foresight program to support two Dialogues, four additional projects in its first round of funding.

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From ember to inferno: Wildfires in B.C. explained

How can communities, Nations, governments and others work together to reduce wildfire risk and build resilient communities?

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The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions catalyzes and mobilizes research, partnerships, and knowledge that generate climate action in British Columbia and around the world.

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Reflections

Climate Reflections in B.C.’s Southern Interior

On a recent tour of the Southern Interior, PICS’ Daniel Arbour explores on-the-ground stories of climate action.

Explainers

The power of confluence: A guide for integrated flood management for B.C. communities

What does it take to create a flood plan that actually works for the whole community? This Explainer breaks down integrated flood management planning.

Climate Stories

Why your organization needs a boundary spanner: A Q&A with Dr. Kira Hoffman

With wildfire seasons becoming longer and more impactful, the need for collaboration across different knowledge systems increases. But how do we bridge the gaps between communities, science, and policy?

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Territory Acknowledgments

The PICS main office is located on the territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples, at the University of Victoria.

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lək̓ʷəŋən

Hay’sxw’qa lək̓ʷəŋən elth’telnexw, and W̱SÁNEĆ elth’telnexw
‘I’tsun’ult syaas tu lək̓ʷəŋən tunuxw
Hay’sxw’qa siem si’ye’ye

Thanking all Lekwungen peoples and Saanich peoples.
We work on Lekwungen lands.
Thank you, all respected friends.

SENĆOŦEN

JIEĆEȽ ȽTE OL E TŦE W̱SÁNEĆ I, LEQEṈEN EȽTÁLṈEW̱. ĆȺI ȽTE ȻE ÁȽE TIÁ E TŦE ÁLEṈENEȻs EṮ W̱SÁNEĆ I, LEQEṈEN.

HÍSW̱KE SIÁM

We are thankful to the Saanich and Lekwungen people. We work here in the homelands of the Saanich and Lekwungen peoples. Thank you, honourable ones.

U OȽET ȽTE OL E TŦE MEQ EȽTÁLṈEW̱ ÁȽE I, TŦE MEQ XÁXE TEṈEW̱

We respect all the people here and all the sacred land/s.

At the University of Victoria, where the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) is hosted, we acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

PICS and its university network have campuses across the province known as British Columbia. We respect and acknowledge the many unceded traditional territories and Nations where PICS universities stand including:

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) • Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) • səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) • q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie)• kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) • Qayqayt• Kwantlen• Semiahmoo• Tsawwassen• Stó:lō • Syilx (Okanagan) • Dakelh (Carrier) territory: Lheidli T’enneh, Lhtako, Nazko, Lhoosk’uz • ?Esdilagh, a Tsilhqot’in Nation • Dane-zaa territory: Doig River, Blueberry River, and Halfway River• Tsimshian territory: Kitsumkalum, Kitselas, Lax Kw’alaams, and Metlakatla • and Gitwinksihlkw, a Nisga’a Village.