While the payment of emergency funds is vital to support Indigenous communities during Covid, there is evidence of the downside to these payments. The North West Territories in Canada is seeing an increase in alcohol and drug related issues, with the Federal CERB (Canada Emergency Response benefit, $500/week) enabling some individuals to purchase more than the basic household necessities...
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Māori impacted by the recent Cyclone Gabrielle are facing difficult decisions over relocating community structures and marae. Although some funding is available, insurance is a luxury few can afford,
Scary stories from Halifax where wildfires ('unprecedented') have taken up to 10 homes and threaten many more. Evacuations continue and meanwhile on the Prairies Albertans go to the polls today with
Settler colonial resilience is built on Indigenous vulnerabilities. In Aotearoa New Zealand we see Pakeha farmers divided over responses to global heating but the anti-climate change crowd are the mos