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The Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program (CCHAP) is a program within the First Nations Inuit Health Branch of Indigenous Services Canada (which was previously under the responsibility of Health Canada). The CCHAP supports Inuit and First Nation communities in mitigating and adapting to the health impacts of climate change. The impacts of climate change on Indigenous health can be observed in multiple areas including, but not limited to, food security, cultural medicines, mental health and landbased practices. This program seeks to address the needs of climate change and health in First Nation and Inuit communities to support resiliency and adaptation to a changing climate both now and in the future through its emphasis on youth and capacity building. The commentary is based on the Program's eleven years of experience working with and for Indigenous communities and provides an overview of the CCHAP model and the work it has and continues to support. This paper demonstrates three examples of community-based projects to mitigate and adapt to the health impacts of climate change to demonstrate climate change resiliency within Indigenous communities.
The Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program (CCHAP) for First Nations South of 60N directly supports First Nations communities to develop and undertake adaptation and mitigation projects to build upon their needs within a changing climate. This commentary outlines the CCHAP's work and history, and highlights three cases, in Selkirk First Nation, Arviat and The Mi'kmaw Climate Action, which demonstrate the work these communities have undertaken with support from the Program.
Le Programme sur le changement climatique et l'adaptation du secteur de la santé (PCCASS) pour les Premières Nations au nord du 60e parallèle apporte un soutien direct aux communautés des Premières Nations dans l'élaboration et la mise en oeuvre de projets d'adaptation et d'atténuation pour subvenir à leurs besoins dans le cadre d'un climat en mutation. Ce commentaire fournit un aperçu du travail et de l'historique du PCCASS et présente trois projets, sur le territoire de la Première Nation de Selkirk, à Arviat et sur le territoire Mi'kmaq, qui illustrent le travail entrepris par ces communautés avec le soutien du Programme.