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Fostering skills, spreading expertise

The Climate Internship Program awards 25 grants for Summer 2024.

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Dr. Anne-Marie Nicol presenting at a community conference in Gibsons, British Columbia on June 20, 2024.​
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DIY resilience to air quality challenges 

The BREATHE Project helps vulnerable people adapt to air quality challenges.

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PICS launches new climate events funding streams 

Looking for funding for a climate action event? PICS may be able to help.

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Deepen your understanding of climate change... and what you can do about it

Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions launches free Climate Insights Course for professionals.

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Siila (Sheila) Watt-Cloutier named PICS Indigenous Climate Fellow

Inuit climate leader, PICS will work together to increase Indigenous leadership in climate change research, education, and policy

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Video: Siila Watt-Cloutier: Indigenous wisdom as climate medicine

PICS’ inaugural Indigenous Climate Fellow on Indigenous leadership for climate solutions.

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Additional funding for successful applicants to NRCan wildland fire program

Is your team applying to the NRCan Build and Mobilize Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge Program? You could secure a portion of your required match funding from PICS.

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Learn about justice, equity, decolonizing practices, and intersectionality

PICS is proud to support this FREE primer on Justice, Equity, Decolonizing Practices, and Intersectionality offered by SFU Continuing Studies.

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PICS presents Jonathan Foley on The Drawdown Roadmap

The global community, from governments to organizations to businesses, has declared commitments to combating climate change and creating climate solutions. But how to get there?

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Better management of risk in a riskier world

B.C. awards PICS $495,000 to improve tools communities use to assess climate risk.

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Earthquake risk minimal when storing carbon under the deep ocean, study finds

Advanced computer modelling by the Solid Carbon team shows injecting CO2 under the Cascadia Basin has less than one per cent chance of causing fault slip.

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B.C. climate solutions research gets $900K lift from PICS

Five research teams receive $180,000 each from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions’ Opportunity Project Program.

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