About Us
The development of the Toolkit was inspired by discussions between Indigenous communities and organizations and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada’s Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program. Over the last few years, Indigenous communities expressed a strong interest in having a web-based platform where they could access and share tools and resources related to Indigenous-led climate monitoring and learn from each other’s experiences.
To this end, in 2020, the Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program assembled a team of Indigenous co-authors and other subject matter experts to help bring the Toolkit to life:
Toolkit Team | Role |
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Indigenous Co-Authors | Contributed stories and resources, reviewed content, and provided technical and cultural guidance |
First Peoples Group | Serves as website host and facilitated meetings with the Indigenous co-authors |
Spruce Creative | Website design, development, and maintenance |
Brenda Parlee | Content contributor and support to Indigenous co-authors during first phase of project |
Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program | Developed content and provided overall coordination and funding for the project |
The Toolkit Team worked together and developed the website in an “ethical space”. More information on the concept of ethical space is provided here.
We hope that you will find this Toolkit helpful with your climate change, environmental monitoring, and stewardship initiatives.
Sincerely,
The Toolkit Team
Acknowledgements
The Toolkit Team wishes to thank the various peer reviewers that reviewed the content at various stages of the Toolkit’s development. Your guidance and feedback were much appreciated.