Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change

Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change is a series separate workshops featuring speakers who share their insights on Indigenous environmental leadership, community action, and land-based learning. 

Join this workshop to learn how community knowledge has been helping to shape climate change mitigation. The Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office (KEPO), which has been studying and protecting the environment since the 1980s, will be sharing details on Kahnawà:ke's climate change projects including the Climate Change Toolkit, Lessons from the Land camp, Seed Saving and more.

This event has been generously funded by the Chamandy Foundation. 

A light lunch will be served.

Format: Hybrid (online via Zoom and in-person at SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation)

Audience: Concordia community and external

Speakers:

Julie Teio’keráthe Delisle is Turtle Clan from Kahnawà:ke. She graduated from Concordia University’s First Peoples Studies Program in 2019 and has worked in community development and youth engagement. As the Environmental Projects Coordinator – Education & Outreach, Julie is responsible for promoting environmental education and awareness in Kahnawà:ke. She is honored to work with and uplift indigenous future leaders through environmental education, climate action and land-based learning for the protection of our Mother Earth.

Cole Teionieh’táthe Delisle has been working for the Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office since 2019 as the Environmental Projects Coordinator for Terrestrial Habitats. Holding a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Concordia University, he incorporates a perspective on the community’s history into his environmental work. Cole works on species at risk projects, most notably on the conservation of Black Ash through seed collections.