Title:
Prince Albert Grand Council Wildfire Resilience Initiative - Phase 1
Agreement Number:
FIRENFC-26
Agreement Value:
$100,000.00
Agreement Date:
Oct 13, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022
Description:
The objective of this Project is to document First Nations wildland fire stewardship knowledge of the Cree, Dene and Dakota cultural groups in Northern Saskatchewan. To enhance community capacity to research, mitigate wildfire incidence and risk on their own terms, and to generate best practices in order to inform provincial wildland fire management policies, operations and science. The Proponent will assemble First Nations wildland fire knowledge in Northern Saskatchewan. This initiative will increase community capacity to prepare for and respond to extreme wildfire events and improve services provided by wildfire management and emergency response. It will protect forest resources and communities by helping First Nations assert authority and jurisdiction on their traditional territories.
Organization:
Natural Resources Canada
Expected Results:
This Project will document Traditional Ecological Knowledge to use for land and emergency response managers. This Project will increase community resilience, support First Nation cultural practices related to fire, foster increased interest in First Nation firefighting, and reduce wildfire risk to communities through traditional fire mitigation methods. This Project is a step towards reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada by means of an Indigenous driven approach to wildland fire research.
Location:
PRINCE ALBERT, Saskatchewan, CA S6V 6Z1
Reference Number:
115-2021-2022-Q3-11297
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Recipient's Operating Name:
Prince Albert Grand Council
Recipient's Legal Name:
PADC MANAGEMENT CO LTD.
Program:
Wildland Fire Resilience
Program Purpose:
The purpose is to increase the resiliency of Canadian communities to the risks and impacts of natural disasters, and to undertake and implement risk reduction analyses and actions. To ensure that wildfire response agencies are integrated with each other in order to implement an effective wildland fire response program, and, to increase the wildfire knowledge of agencies, communities and individuals, in order to create a culture of wildfire safety and to empower the public to understand risk.