Reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples requires an open and honest conversation to understand our diverse histories and experiences. Only through this process of reconciliation will we be able to address the urgent environmental...
Caribou conservation is one of Canada’s most important ecological challenges. For millennia, many Indigenous Peoples lived alongside and relied upon caribou, a species of great cultural and ecological importance. Unfortunately, caribou populations have severely...
While tourists and outdoor enthusiasts were unable to partake in their favorite mountain activities during the COVID-19 shutdown, the pause has also affected the tourism-based economies of mountain destinations. Now that some tourism destinations...
In the past, researchers would take helicopters to Indigenous communities, extract the information they needed and leave, often exploiting the community in the process. In recent years, there has been a strong movement of...
Climate change is expected to significantly disrupt ecological communities. Climate change directly affects species by altering their habitat. However, indirect effects of climate change on species interactions, such as predation and competition, may have...
What happens when human activities conflict with wildlife and vice-versa? How do we share increasingly populated mountain spaces with the natural world? This Canadian Mountain Podcast episode focuses on human-wildlife co-existence and features experienced...
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Canadian Mountain Network has developed a Risk Management Plan to ensure operational continuity and support for our staff, volunteers, researchers, and trainees. Key actions taken last week...
Many mountain communities here in Canada and around the world are located remote and isolated areas. Remote and isolated areas are often not as exposed to public health awareness campaigns compared to urban communities,...
On December 11th, 2019, the world paid special attention to mountain peoples and places for International Mountain Day (IMD). Government officials, researchers, mountaineers, environmentalists, mountain communities and students gathered with the objective of making...
Mountains are called the “water towers of the world” because they supply water to almost two billion around the world, or a quarter of the human population. Much of this water is available in...
Consultez cette nouvelle #stratégie des parcs du #Yukon, laquelle définit les grandes orientations à long terme pour le réseau des parcs territoriaux du Yukon de 2020 à 2030 : https://yukon.ca/sites/yukon.ca/files/env/env-yukon-parks-strategy-fr.pdf #MontagnesCanadiennes #Conservation
Check out this new #strategy for the long-term direction for @yukongov’s system of territorial parks and strategic guidance on how to sustainably deliver the environmental, economic, social and health benefits of #parks and #campgrounds: https://yukon.ca/sites/yukon.ca/files/env/env-yukon-parks-strategy.pdf #CanadianMountains
#OPPORTUNITÉ de #FINANCEMENT : le Programme de surveillance du #climat dans les collectivités #autochtones accepte les déclarations d’intérêt pour les projets des #PremièresNations pour l’exercice financier de 2020 à 2021. DATE LIMITE : 23 oct. 2020 : https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/fra/1509728370447/1594738205979
#FUNDING #OPPORTUNITY: The #Indigenous Community-Based #Climate #Monitoring Program is accepting expressions of interest from #FirstNations for the 2021 to 2022 fiscal year until October 23, 2020. DEADLINE: Oct. 23, 2020. Learn more: https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1509728370447/1594738205979#chp2 #IndigenousResearch
Nous sommes ravis de nous associer au @BanffMtnFest pour vous offrir neuf jours d’aventures épiques cet automne ! Visionnez le film "#Bear-Like" du 31 oct. au 8 nov. pour en apprendre plus sur les #ours #grizzli en #Alaska (en anglais) ! https://www.banffcentre.ca/events/bear-der-bar-mir #nineepicdays
