Open Session: Barriers and Opportunities to Support Indigenous-Owned Businesses and Sustainable Trade from Coast to Coast to Coast
Join the McGill Bieler School of Environment (BSE) and the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) for an online Open Session, organized in collaboration with the CEC’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge Expert Group (TEKEG), on supporting Indigenous-owned businesses and sustainable trade across North America. As part of the private Roundtable […]
Roundtable on North American TEK Principles
This one-day in-person roundtable held at the CEC headquarters in Montreal, brings together the CEC’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge Experts Group members, as well as select external Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous rights experts, to discuss essential considerations that should be taken into account and employed when working with Indigenous Peoples, including (but not limited […]
Join CEC’s Public Forums in Oaxaca, Mexico: Trinational Indigenous Forum & JPAC Public Forum, 27-29 November 2023
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Expert Group and Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) are pleased to invite all interested groups and individuals to participate in two public forums in Oaxaca, Mexico from 27 to 29 November 2023. The environmental challenges we face today, as a result of climate change, biodiversity […]
Online Knowledge Dialogue: “Applying Indigenous Knowledge in Water Management: Models of Best Practices”
Water is an essential resource for life, health, the eradication of poverty and hunger, combating desertification and biodiversity loss, and to promote a socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable, resilient, equitable, peaceful, and inclusive future for all. Water conservation and management is not an easy task. Daily, our freshwater sources face contamination, over-exploitation, and mismanagement, among […]
Workshops on methods for assessing the costs of floods
As part of the CEC’s 2019-2020 project, Costing Floods and Other Extreme Events, this workshop is to convene experts from Indigenous, research and academic organizations, to discuss the incorporation of Indigenous perspectives in a proposed standardized North American methodology for costing floods and to evaluate its potential application to the assessment of the costs of cascading […]
Community-based Approaches to Disaster Resilience
Faced with the reality of climate variability and the rise in extreme weather events across the continent, building local resilience has become a shared priority for communities and all levels of government in Canada, Mexico and the United States. This is especially important for remote and coastal communities that are uniquely vulnerable to such natural disasters […]
JPAC Regular Session 14-01: Building Healthy and Sustainable Homes in Remote Communities: A Focus on Indigenous Communities in North America
Barriers to building healthy, sustainable homes remains a major concern for a number of remote communities in North America, as well as many indigenous communities. To discuss the opportunities and challenges faced by Canada, Mexico and the United States, the CEC invites you to join a public forum featuring researchers, community leaders, government officials, and […]