Southwestern Newfoundland’s climate is changing, and communities across the region are already feeling the effects. Through the Roots for Resilience program, The Resilience Institute and the Canadian Red Cross are working with communities to better understand these changes and efforts to build resilience.
As part of this work, we are creating the Signs of Change in a Warming World report that will offer insights into how the impacts of climate change are being felt and observed in the region today and what future impacts could mean for life in southwestern Newfoundland in the decades ahead.
The report will draw from the latest in scientific climate projections for the region, which range from extreme heat to shifting seasons to rising seas, mirroring many of the changes residents in the region are already experiencing. It will also be informed by local community knowledge, highlighting on-the-ground changes community members are experiencing and how these shifts are impacting their everyday lives.
In partnership with People of the Dawn Indigenous Friendship Centre (PDIFC), the project team will also be facilitating a Stories of Resilience journey with a focus on land-based learning.
Stories of Resilience, a signature program of The Resilience Institute, brings people together through personal narratives and creative exploration, deepening our understanding of what resilience means in the context of climate change.
You can visit our website to read and explore stories from residents of British Columbia, Canada; Jasper in the Canadian Rockies; the Piikani Nation of southern Alberta, and more: Stories of Resilience
