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PICS interns drive climate action across B.C.

27 PICS interns contribute to climate action projects across the province in summer 2025 cohort.

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Bridging knowledges for climate action

New PICS report captures insights from a series of workshops held in collaboration with the First Nation Leadership Council.

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Fifteen scholars awarded Uplifting Reciprocal Research Scholarships 

Fifteen scholars from across the four PICS partner universities have been selected for the inaugural cohort.

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PICS podcast named 2025 Signal Award finalist

Vote now for A Radical Act of Hope with Siila Watt-Cloutier.

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Values root effective community climate solutions 

A new set of reports offer a practical framework, for both communities and policy-makers, to help embed local priorities, values, and experiences into climate adaptation planning.

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PICS funds six efforts to prepare for tomorrow’s challenges 

PICS will fund six efforts to prepare for tomorrow’s climate challenges, in its first round of funding through the Climate Foresight program.  

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Siila Watt-Cloutier offers radical hope in new podcast

The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions is proud to present A Radical Act of Hope, a new podcast featuring the story of Inuk climate and human rights advocate Siila (Sheila) Watt-Cloutier, PICS’ inaugural Indigenous Climate Fellow. 

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Chief Frank Brown joins PICS as next Indigenous Climate Fellow

Heiltsuk Hereditary Chief and Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions to work together to uplift inclusion of Indigenous knowledges in climate research and action in British Columbia.

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Living With Water wraps up with final workshop

The closing workshop brought participants together to reflect on the project’s core question: How do communities on B.C.’s South Coast learn to live with water? 

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A made-in-B.C. solution for heat pump adoption

A new report offers options to accelerate heat pump adoption in low-rise multi-unit buildings.

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Relationship Protocol advances First Nations climate solutions 

The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) have entered into a Relationship Protocol.

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Backgrounder: Indigenous collaboration at PICS

PICS funds multiple projects and initiatives co-led and co-created by Indigenous communities, organizations, and Nations.

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