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Title:

The Métis Nation Ignite Project

Agreement Number:

WFR2324-MNC

Agreement Value:

$368,000.00

Agreement Date:

Jul 27, 2023 - Oct 31, 2025

Description:

The Project seeks to bring together Métis wildfire experts and community members to participate in cultural practice of returning fire to the land for community health. Activities will focus on developing and planning a Métis specific approach to a holistic prescribed burn plan to help mitigates wildfires.

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

The Proponent aims to build upon and actualize knowledge relating to the Métis climate adaptation and resiliency.

Location:

OTTAWA, Ontario, CA K2P 2K6

Reference Number:

115-2024-2025-Q4-16534

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Indigenous recipients

Additional Information:

Amendment: Duration of agreement / Award previously disclosed for the 2nd Quarter of 2023-2024. Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.

Amendment Date

Feb 26, 2025

Recipient's Legal Name:

METIS NATIONAL COUCIL SECRETARIAT INC

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.

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