The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions catalyzes and mobilizes research, partnerships, and knowledge that generate climate action in British Columbia and around the world.

Welcome

The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) was established in 2008 to lead climate solutions in British Columbia through transdisciplinary research, partnerships, and action.

In the face of accelerating climate challenge, PICS is seeding evidence-based action through collaboration. Our work focuses on solutions to the most pressing climate issues facing people, communities, and the land. PICS is here to support B.C.’s collective capacity to act. 

Partnering to generate climate solutions is central to our work. PICS’ impact is made possible through our university network (University of Victoria, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Northern British Columbia), as well as our collaborative partners in communities and Nations throughout the province.

Territory Acknowledgments

lək̓ʷəŋən

Hay’sxw’qa lək̓ʷəŋən elth’telnexw, and W̱SÁNEĆ elth’telnexw
‘I’tsun’ult syaas tu lək̓ʷəŋən tunuxw
Hay’sxw’qa siem si’ye’ye

Thanking all Lekwungen peoples and Saanich peoples.
We work on Lekwungen lands.
Thank you, all respected friends.

SENĆOŦEN

JIEĆEȽ ȽTE OL E TŦE W̱SÁNEĆ I, LEQEṈEN EȽTÁLṈEW̱. ĆȺI ȽTE ȻE ÁȽE TIÁ E TŦE ÁLEṈENEȻs EṮ W̱SÁNEĆ I, LEQEṈEN.

HÍSW̱KE SIÁM

We are thankful to the Saanich and Lekwungen people. We work here in the homelands of the Saanich and Lekwungen peoples. Thank you, honourable ones.

U OȽET ȽTE OL E TŦE MEQ EȽTÁLṈEW̱ ÁȽE I, TŦE MEQ XÁXE TEṈEW̱

We respect all the people here and all the sacred land/s.

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At the University of Victoria, where the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) is hosted, we acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

PICS and its university network have campuses across the province known as British Columbia. We respect and acknowledge the many unceded traditional territories and Nations where PICS universities stand including:

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) • Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) • səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) • q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie)• kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) • Qayqayt• Kwantlen• Semiahmoo• Tsawwassen• Stó:lō • Syilx (Okanagan) • Dakelh (Carrier) territory: Lheidli T’enneh, Lhtako, Nazko, Lhoosk’uz • ?Esdilagh, a Tsilhqot’in Nation • Dane-zaa territory: Doig River, Blueberry River, and Halfway River• Tsimshian territory: Kitsumkalum, Kitselas, Lax Kw’alaams, and Metlakatla • and Gitwinksihlkw, a Nisga’a Village.

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