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Wildfires affecting Indigenous communities disproportionately, researcher explains – CTV News

by ahnationtalk on June 27, 2023183 Views

June 27, 2023

While several Indigenous communities in Alberta start to return, rebuild and recover from devastating wildfires, a Métis fire researcher says Indigenous communities feel the effects sooner and longer.

Amy Cardinal Christianson says it’s not an easy process for Indigenous communities to be uprooted from their homes and traditional lands, oftentimes more than once.

“Forty-two per cent of the wildfire evacuation events that we have in Canada are solely impacting Indigenous communities,” the Parks Canada researcher said.

“There’s a lot of cultural reliance on the land that other communities don’t have and so it can become very difficult, even to evacuate, like many are in isolated areas.”

Her findings are reflected in an audit conducted by Indigenous Services Canada, which found that over the last 13 years, First Nations communities experienced more than 1,300 emergencies.

Read More: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/indigenous-services-canada-needs-to-work-with-first-nations-to-better-prepare-for-wildfires-audit-1.6456876

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