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Maori and Floods ...
The latest disaster to hit Aoteroa New Zealand - a series of weather events, headlined by Cyclone Gabrielle - that flooded extensive...
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- Jan 18
- 1 min
Human Trafficking in the Prairies
An important and sobering report on the issue of human trafficking in the Canadian Prairies, led by a cherished colleague of mine, Dr....
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slambert360
- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
Emergency Management in First Nations (Canada)
And so another report that can be summarized, indeed is summarized, as "Overall, Indigenous Services Canada did not provide the support...
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slambert360
- Nov 10, 2022
- 1 min
Saskatchewan First Nations Emergency Management Conference 2022
The first face-to-face meeting in three years for this network shows the passion and commitment of First Nations first responders but...
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slambert360
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
How to be a good Treaty partner
Composed by Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna’i for the Values Compass of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship, with input from the Kāhui Māori. 1....
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slambert360
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
APMCDRR Co-Chairs Statement
Six mentions of "Indigenous" but always coupled with other 'stakeholders'. As asserted several times by Indigenous speakers, Indigenous...
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slambert360
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on DRR
Just finished in Brisbane, a talkfest for those at the highest levels but importantly a chance for practitioners and supporters of...
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slambert360
- Jan 16, 2022
- 1 min
Canadian govt must work with Indigenous communities to mitigate climate disasters...
The evidence keeps accumulating; it is no longer (only) a question of Indigenous rights, Treaty relationships, and Indigenous peoples...
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slambert360
- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
The (Indigenous) lake that became a (colonial) development that became a (colonial) disaster ...
So Sumas Prairie was Sumas Lake, an Indigenous waterway that provided sustenance and security and cultural resources for Sumas First...
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slambert360
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
RADIX manifesto...
A call for change in the DRR space come to my attention last week. RADIX - a group dedicated to the "Radical interpretation of disasters"...
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slambert360
- Sep 19, 2021
- 1 min
Latest publication on Indigenous Knowledge
Proud to have just published an article in AlterNative looking at how Maori traditional knowledge holders maintain a practice of...
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slambert360
- May 7, 2021
- 1 min
Data sovereignty advances in US
A new tack from the Biden-Harris Presidency shows Indigenous issues are being given a much stronger platform to voice positions on, among...
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slambert360
- Mar 5, 2021
- 1 min
Indigenous Fire Management: past, present, and future
Recently presented on Indigenous fire management with two Indigenous fire experts. link here
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slambert360
- Dec 18, 2020
- 1 min
Survivance and Indigenous street lifestyles
D. Robert Henry, University of Saskatchewan January 21, 2021 11:00am PT / 12:00pm MT / 1:00pm CT / 2:00pm ET / 3:00pm AT / 3:30pm NT...
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slambert360
- Dec 16, 2020
- 1 min
Canada govt halting steps towards UNDRIP...
Bill C-15 hints at a formal acknowledgement of the inherent and legal rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada but long slow sighs can be...
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slambert360
- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
Biosurveillance and Human Rights
Special rapporteur for the UN, Professor Tendayi Achiume, has called out the use of digital surveillance technologies as potentially...
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slambert360
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Indigenous Community Responses to Covid in Urban and related homelands
I'm moderating this event this Wednesday, October 14, 7-8pm EST (the time zone calculations are a nightmare - go online and find an...
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slambert360
- Oct 8, 2020
- 1 min
Covid-19 and Indigenous mental health
Upcoming webinar on Covid-19 and how it is impacting on Indigenous mental health.
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slambert360
- Oct 7, 2020
- 1 min
Downside to emergency payments
While the payment of emergency funds is vital to support Indigenous communities during Covid, there is evidence of the downside to these...
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slambert360
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
The ILO's policy brief on Covid-19 and Indigenous Peoples...
The stalwart ILO, in the inhouse since since way-back-then, stating the syndemics of the situation... The prevailing social, economic,...
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