Indigenous Climate Action is proud to announce a new, experimental initiative - Sovereignty in Action - where ICA awards grants to small, grassroots Indigenous-led groups and projects. This new initiative arises from the current pandemic, where ICA is prioritizing the health and safety of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and our staff.

Over the summer, the ICA team and a student research partner completed a “Youth Needs Assessment” to identify the motivations and challenges faced by Indigenous youth engaged in climate and Indigenous rights advocacy work. The assessment is directing the future of our Youth Program to make it relevant to the needs, experiences and aspirations of Indigenous youth.

ICA has been working to enact new processes to help support our Indigenous leaders to be able to heal, to work, and to live within the context of our hurting world. We came to a place where finally addressing this was not just the right thing to do, but the necessary thing to do.

In this piece, our Communications Director, Lindsey Bacigal, dives into the history of this racial slur and how it continues to affect Indigenous women.

ICA’s Executive Director, Eriel Deranger, made a courageous decision to take time away from climate justice work to ensure care for the health and wellbeing of her and her loved ones. This post speaks to the need for healing justice and how people can support this important work.

Our Executive Director, Eriel, is going on a sabbatical for a few months. Here is why she is going on this healing journey, in her words.

A blog post with some highlights of an Anti-Canada Day webinar that featured members of ICA’s Steering Committee.

From a panel that occurred on Sunday, May 31, 2020, following an online screening of The Condor and the Eagle documentary. Featuring: Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Kanahus Manuel, Helena Gualinga, Molly Wickham, and Bryan Parras

With deep respect and love, Indigenous Climate Action stands in solidarity with the global Black Lives Matter and Black Liberation movements, along with all of our Black and Indigenous relatives advocating to uplift Black voices, people, and rights.

The team at Indigenous Climate Action wants to thank all of the great artists that submitted to our logo competition! To honor everyone's work, we wanted to provide this showcase of all the submissions. If someone's design intrigues you, we've also included links to get in touch with them.

In March, Indigenous Climate Action put together our first webinar related to COVID19, in collaboration with Idle No More and NDN fellows, Waasekom and Jesse Cardinal. Following this, we then put together a series of four webinars with Indigenous Rising Media (a project of Indigenous Environmental Network).

Today environmental groups, provincial and federal ministers responded to the contents of a leaked memo from Canada’s largest oil and gas lobby group, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP).

Calling all graphic designers and artists: Indigenous Climate Action is looking for a new logo!

Last week, the government of Alberta made a series of alarming and contradicting announcements that demonstrate the continued disregard of long-standing environmental, human and Indigenous rights abuses in the province.

Now more than ever, leadership from our youth is needed to support the transformations that we, as humanity, need for the future.

As we continue to monitor the outbreak and impact of COVID-19, we are bringing together perspectives of science, along with our traditional knowledge. Here are some of the resources we have created this month.

We've compiled a list of frontline organizations serving Indigenous Peoples through COVID19.

Many Indigenous Peoples are at high risk of contracting COVID19 due to a lack of clean running water, overcrowded housing, and a lack of adequate healthcare. This is not the first time we have been faced with a health crisis, and to get through it will take some Indigen-uity.