Graduate students working on climate change in collaboration with First Nations communities in B.C.—this one’s for you.
The Uplifting Reciprocal Research Scholarship is now open.
✔️ $10K (Master's) / $20K (PhD)
✔️ Open to students at PICS universities
✔️ Supports community-connected climate research
Apply by June 23.
🔗 Link in bio
#ClimateResearch #Scholarships #IndigenousResearch #ResearchFunding
Who leads climate research in B.C. matters.
The World Weaving Climate Research Program supports First Nations-led and co-designed research, along with the relationships and knowledge exchange that sustain it.
Three funding pathways support different stages of the work — from building relationships to advancing long-term research partnerships.
🗓 Applications close June 17, 2026
🎓 Open to research connected to @universityofvictoria , @universityofbc , @simonfraseru , and @unbc .
🔗 Learn more via the link in bio
#ClimateResearch #ResearchFunding #BCResearch #ReciprocalResearch #IndigenousLedResearch #BCFirstNations
This #EarthDay, we’re launching the next round of our Policy Spark Research Grants.
✔️ Up to $20K for policy-focused climate research
✔️ Open to faculty at UBC, SFU, UVic, and UNBC
✔️ Projects designed to support B.C.’s path towards a cleaner and more competitive economy.
Apply by May 31.
🔗 Apply using the link in our bio.
#ClimateResearch #ResearchFunding #ClimatePolicy
Coordinated knowledge = coordinated resilience.
Imagine two operators looking at the same evidence but coming to different conclusions about risks to a town’s electricity or water systems. That’s what’s happening in B.C. today. But with a consistent approach to assessing climate risk, infrastructure planning can become cohesive, helping communities build safety and security.
The Vital Connections report recommends:
➡️ Standardized, transparent climate risk assessments
➡️ Shared data systems accessible to all operators
➡️ Clear guidance and disclosure requirements
Learn more about the pathway to resilient infrastructure in our new report, Vital Connections: Linear Critical Infrastructure and Climate Risk in B.C.
Link in our bio.
#CriticalInfrastructure #BCPolicy #BCInfrastructure #ClimateResilience
What happens when communities own climate solutions themselves?
More than ten years ago, residents of Galiano Island came together to launch a renewable energy co-op with a bulk solar purchase hauled onto the island in the back seat of a Honda Civic.
Their story is part of a growing movement exploring how collective ownership can help communities respond to climate change while meeting immediate needs like affordability, energy security, and local resilience.
PICS hosted researchers and practitioners on Galiano for a Climate Foresight Dialogue to explore:
💡 How can collective ownership accelerate climate action?
💡 What happens when communities share in the benefits of renewable energy?
💡 What policies are needed to support these models in B.C.?
As one Dialogue participant said, this approach represents “a big shift” from seeing communities as passive consumers to recognizing them as critical partners in building the energy transition.
Read the story by climate journalist @zoe.yunker at the link in our bio.
Images: screen shot of the story, photos from the dialogue
#ClimateAction #CommunityEnergy #ClimateJustice #RenewableEnergy #BCClimate
The World Weaving Climate Research Program supports collaborative climate research with First Nations in B.C. through three funding pathways.
✔️ Building relationships → Relationship Building Pathway
✔️ Sharing knowledge → Knowledge Exchange Pathway
✔️ Advancing long-term research → Multi-year Pathway
All pathways support First Nations-led and co-designed climate research.
Apply by June 17.
🔗 Learn more using the Linktree in our bio.
Looking to connect your research to real-world policy decisions?
Policy Spark Research Grants support rapid-turnaround research that supports B.C’s development of a cleaner and more competitive economy.
Deadline: May 31
Start your application today at climatesolutions.ca
#ClimateResearch #ResearchFunding #ClimatePolicy
Land use planning in B.C. is shaped by many moving parts — from policy and research to local decision-making.
Our latest report brings these pieces together to explore how climate risk is currently reflected in planning decisions, and where there are opportunities to strengthen alignment.
📄 Learn more through the Linktree in our bio
#LandUsePlanning #ClimateResilience #BCPolicy
Siila Watt-Cloutier led the way in defining climate change as a human rights issue. For her, climate change is about how we choose to lead, and what we choose to value.
That perspective is at the heart of A Radical Act of Hope with Siila Watt-Cloutier—an award-winning podcast that explores the life, work, and wisdom of one of the world’s leading voices on climate change, human rights, and Indigenous ways of knowing and being.
Now, A Radical Act of Hope is once again nominated, this time for a 2026 Quill Podcast Award.
✅ Vote at the link in our bio.
🎥 Meet the newest Climate Fellows at PICS.
In this short video, Dr. Nancy Olewiler and Dr. Mark Zacharias reflect on joining the institute—and what they see ahead for climate policy and action in B.C.
From strengthening the link between research and decision-making to supporting practical, evidence-based solutions, their work will help shape the next phase of climate action across the province.
#ClimateResearch #ClimateAction #BCpoli
Where we build today shapes the risks we face tomorrow.
Land use planning decisions shapes community safety, affordability, cost of living, and long-term climate risk.
Our new report explores how these decisions are made across B.C., and where there are opportunities to better reflect climate risk.
📄 Read the report and see the full video via the Linktree in our bio
#ClimateResilience #LandUsePlanning #BCPolicy #ClimateSolutions #bcpoli
What does “tough” really mean?
It means standing up for your community. Changing global conversations. And transforming lived experience into lasting impact. Like Siila Watt-Cloutier.
Join Siila—Inuk leader, global advocate, PICS’ inaugural Indigenous Climate Fellow, and one “tough old broad” — for a screening of a documentary that features her compelling story, along with a live conversation. @tougholdbroads
🎬 Tough Old Broads + live Q&A
📍 Roxy Theatre, Victoria BC
📅 May 3 & 4
🎟️ Link in bio
