AICBR, in collaboration with partners across Canada, have compiled food systems and climate change assets into two online, mapping inventories.

As part of the Yukon Indigenous Community Climate Change Champions (YIC4) project, a youth toolkit was developed to outline steps for conducting a community-based assessment of climate change opportunities and priorities in First Nations communities.

AICBR is gearing up to host the next iteration of our youth training as part of the Yukon Indigenous Community Climate Change Champions (YIC4) Project. This training will welcome 24 First Nations youth (aged 16-30yrs) from communities across the territory to Whitehorse, January 21st-24th, 2019. Elders, scientists and experts from across Canada will guide youth in exploring the climate change crisis from both Indigenous and scientific ways of knowing and how we, as northern communities can adapt.

The Montreal Science Centre has recently wrapped up their exhibit on Indigenous Ingenuity, which featured two Yukon First Nations initiatives. The Centre received over 100,000 visitors over the course of the exhibit and was such a success that it has been renewed for another feature between October 2018-March 2019. Earlier last year, AICBR teamed up with McGill University

November 2017, 29 Indigenous youth from Yukon, Northern BC, Northwest Territories, and Nunatsiavut and some Yukon Renewable Resources Council members came together in Whitehorse for a four-day training on climate change. This training is part of a two-year initiative training community climate change champions.

First Nations’ youth from across the Yukon are gathering in Whitehorse next week to learn about climate change and how they can assist their communities to adapt to the impacts.

In partnership with Kluane First Nation (KFN) we are pleased to announce the recent release of KFN's Remembering Our Past Nourishing Our Future DVD which was produced in collaboration with AICBR as part the Nourishing Our Future project. We have been working with KFN over the past 3 years and this documentary is the culmination of a tremendous amount of great work that the community has done to reclaim their culture, traditions, food security, and future wellbeing.

Members of the Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research (AICBR) team just returned home from attending Food Secure Canada's 9th National Assembly in Toronto, with many outcomes to share.

Whitehorse, YT – Food Secure Canada (FSC) recently announced the recipients of the 3rd Cathleen Kneen award: Norma Kassi, Co-Founder of and Director of Indigenous Collaboration at the Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research (AICBR) and Abra Brynne, Agriculture and Food Systems Consultant.

May 18th-19th, 2016, the Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research (AICBR) brought together delegates from across the territory and beyond to discuss the issue of food security and develop some actionable outcomes and priorities for moving forward together towards a food secure Yukon. 

The Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research (AICBR) is hosting three events related to food security at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, May 18th - 19th, to bring people together from across the territory, Canada and neighbouring Alaska.

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