Natural Resources Canada has announced multiple investments into postsecondary projects focused on understanding and addressing climate change. Thompson Rivers University has received $1.7M through the Fighting and Managing Wildfires in a Changing Climate – Training Fund to support the training of local response agencies and wildland firefighters. The University of Guelph has received $466K from the Climate Change Adaptation Program to build climate change adaptation knowledge and capacity through a climate change risk assessment of the Giant Mine Remediation Project in the Northwest Territories. The Université du Québec à Rimouski has received $2.3M through the Climate-Resilient Coastal Communities program to develop tools, resources, and guidance that will bolster coastal climate change adaptation strategies and actions in Nunavut.
