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Knowledge Highlights

Bridging Science & Land: Climate vulnerability and resilience assessment for northern forest service roads

This Knowledge Highlight explores how climate change is affecting forest service roads in Takla Nation territory, examining impacts on access, infrastructure, and watershed health through research conducted in partnership with Takla Nation.

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Indigenous-Led Climate Resilience: Learning from the conservation economy in the Great Bear Rainforest

This Knowledge Highlight explores how investments in the conservation economy are supporting governance, cultural well-being, and stewardship outcomes in coastal First Nations, with a focus on the Great Bear Rainforest.

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Post-Wildfire Increases in Creek Flow Are Short-Lived in Syilx Okanagan First Nation

This Knowledge Highlight examines how wildfires affect summer water availability in Syilx Okanagan First Nation territory, exploring changes in creek flow and water quality through research conducted in partnership with Okanagan Nation Alliance, Westbank First Nation and Okanagan Indian Band.

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Caring for the ƛ̓əq̓ƛ̓aqtn Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area

This Knowledge Highlight explores research supporting Kanaka Bar Band in healing relationships with tmíxʷ and advancing Nłeʔkepmx Title and Rights through the development of an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area.

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Intertidal Restoration as Anti-Colonial Climate Resilience

This Knowledge Highlight explores Indigenous-led coastal resilience work by Pauquachin First Nation, specifically how stewardship practices such as shoreline restoration and sea garden construction support food sovereignty, ecosystem health, and climate adaptation.

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First Nation Engagement with Flood Mapping: Advocating for Semá:th First Nation flood rights through mapping

This Knowledge Highlight examines how flood risk mapping can be conducted in partnership with First Nations communities, drawing on work with Semá:th First Nation to develop practical approaches for collaborative flood mapping and community-informed decision-making.

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Supporting Indigenous Sovereignty Through Kelp Forest Restoration and Monitoring

This Knowledge Highlight explores efforts to restore kelp forests in the northern Salish Sea, examining how climate-smart restoration of bull kelp can support marine ecosystems while strengthening collaboration with First Nations partners.

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Supporting Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation’s Cultural and Spiritual Approach to Climate Action

This Knowledge Highlight highlights the importance of reintegrating Indigenous stewardship practices, grounded in cultural and spiritual knowledge systems, into climate decision-making through research conducted in collaboration with the Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation.

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Beyond Integration: Indigenous Knowledge as a driver of paleoenvironmental research

This Knowledge Highlight explores how the T’aaku Kwáan adapted to early Holocene sea level rise and glacial change, drawing on both archaeological evidence and living memory to inform climate adaptation today.

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(Re)storying Relationships Between Humans, k̓ʷak̓aƛ (Sea Otters) & Shellfish to Support Nuu-chah-nulth Food Sovereignty

This Knowledge Highlight explores how archaeological and ecological data, alongside the voices of Hereditary leaders and Knowledge Holders, illuminate First Nations’ visions of food sovereignty in the context of sea otter recovery and climate change.

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