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Youth climate action fellowship initiates programming for newly-appointed youth fellows

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 15:57

The initiative aims to decolonize climate policy in the North by empowering youth to lead the charge.

The Yukon First Nations Climate Action Fellowship announced that programming is underway for 14 First Nations youth that were selected to participate in a 20-month fellowship. Building on the Yukon First Nations Climate Change Emergency Declaration and the Youth Vision and Principles developed during the 2020 Yukon First Nations Climate Action Gathering, the initiative aims to decolonize climate policy in the North by empowering youth to lead the charge.

 

The Fellowship consists of four distinct phases, culminating with the co-creation of a Yukon First Nations Climate Vision and Action Plan. Fellows are currently engaged in the first phase of the project focused on building emotional and spiritual competency and expanding their knowledge to aid them in approaching climate change in a wholistic way and from their Yukon First Nations worldviews. This phase also involves the undertaking of two projects including participation in an online international symposium and leading a local place-based project.

 

The fellows were selected in December and began attending virtual sessions in late-January. They represent a diverse cohort of Yukon First Nations and transboundary First Nation youth from all linguistic groups across Yukon and range in age from 23 - 30 years old.

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