Nicole Redvers

Oil sands tailings release can't go ahead without health impact studies | CBC News A group of N.W.T. doctors and water rights experts say Alberta and Canada should shelve its plans to permit the release of partially treated tailings until rigorous research into the cumulative human ...

A group of N.W.T. doctors, lawyers and water rights experts say treated oilsands tailings cannot be released without complete evidence and studies on downstream health impacts of pollutants. @courtghoward.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

YouTube video by Food EDU The Gift of Multiple Perspectives for a Well and Just Planet

A lesson I was happy to support and co-develop with the Food EDU course Foodomics & Society, Module 1: Ways of Knowing Food. I examine how different epistemologies — or ways of knowing — influence how we understand and address human and planetary health challenges. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUln...

Our commentary “Research as reconciliation: oil sands and health” was published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Toxic exposures are cumulative and complex and require better monitoring to ensure the widest health impacts are understood and actioned on.
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An Indigenous group in a boat in the Ucayali River. Image by Juan Carlos Huayllapuma/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Recently contacted Indigenous Nations in Peru want conservationists to stay away. The signatories also stress that Indigenous self-governance is the only way to protect both their communities and their families still living in voluntary isolation, and who face increasing threats from outsiders.

Indigenous alliance unveils Brazil’s first Native-led emissions strategy Brazil’s largest Indigenous organization has launched the country’s first Native-led strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Aug. 9. T...

Brazil’s largest #Indigenous organization has launched the country’s first Native-led strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions,

This comes as the world marks International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Aug. 9, as @aimeegabay.bsky.social reports:

Landmark court ruling a stark rebuke of Canadian position on climate change The ICJ finding is a watershed moment in the fight against climate change that should send shivers down the spine of the fossil fuel industry, while threatening to upend the legality of Prime Minister...

Huge climate win from the ICJ that sharply rebuked Canada which argued it was not bound by international law to seriously fight climate change.

Going forward “Canada's pursuit of mega fossil fuel expansion projects stands in stark defiance of the ICJ." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/23/n...

Indigenous governments/Indigenous organizations/Indigenous Peoples: please note that the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a call for input on the Draft Global Plan of Action for the Health of Indigenous Peoples. Input is really inportant and due Aug 15th.

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“Removing an Ogiek from the Forest is like removing a fish from water”: A qualitative examination on Ogiek community impacts from forced land eviction for conservation Despite evidence that Indigenous Peoples are better guardians of their Forests than international or state protection agencies, they continue to be forcibly evicted from their Lands. Additionally, des...

Mau Forest as our first author on this eye opening Africa-based Indigenous-led paper on the effects from forced land eviction due to conservation policies. #Ogiek @westernuresearch.bsky.social @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @samrawitg.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Planetary health for health systems: A scoping review and content analysis of frameworks Planetary health movements have advanced substantially within the last ten years with new frameworks and models being considered within health systems in varied contexts. Despite advancements, there c...

Key findings: Included frameworks focused mostly on climate change within the banner of sustainability. Biodiversity considerations were almost non-existent and almost completely devoid of concepts or domains related to nature and ecosystems, and the planet itself.
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As Data Centers Proliferate Across Illinois, Communities Grapple with How to Supply the Necessary Water - Inside Climate News Computing facilities require lots of water to operate, putting the burden of allocating resources on municipalities.

A high-volume “hyperscale” data center uses the same amount of water in a year as 12,000 to 60,000 people.

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Our latest with our findings highlighting the persistent equity gaps in appropriately engaging affected communities within the evaluation of public policies for spillover prevention. We call for the platforming of relational community engagement approaches. @who.int @westernuresearch.bsky.social

Carbon markets: a new form of colonialism for Indigenous Peoples? The interconnected and compounding climate change and biodiversity crises have led to increased urgency in moving towards transformational change within how national and international sustainability e...

Happy to share our latest Indigenous Peoples-focused perspective paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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WAVES 2025 Welcome to WAVES 2025, the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages’ first Global Indigenous Languages Summit.<br /> <br /> This event b

Free 'Global Indigenous Language conference' in August 2025 in Ottawa. See link below for information:

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Indigenous Peoples and climate policy clash on land rights - Western News Indigenous Peoples and climate change are deeply connected through the consequences of a warming planet and climate policy that has led to land evictions.

"If we’re serious about tackling threats to planetary health, we need to stop asking, ‘What Indigenous knowledge can we use?’ and start figuring out how we ensure Indigenous Peoples can stay on their lands, practice stewardship and pass on their knowledges to future generations.”

Just want to take a moment to call out the great work of Indigenous post-doc Dr. Danya Carroll, PhD, MPH who just had her hard work published! Was very happy to support her in this important work!

Cultural burning: could traditional practices prevent modern wildfires? When Science Finds a Way · Episode

Was very happy to participate in this podcast discussing Indigenous knowledges, wildfires, and cultural burning through a health lens. Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for hosting these important discussions.

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Happy to be a part of this discussion on relational community engagement.

Happy Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day! 🌿

Today and everyday, we give gratitude, acknowledgement, and respect to the women and femmes for the gifts they provide our communities all across Turtle Island and beyond.

#Matriarchy #WomensHistoryMonth #InternationalWomensDay

Indigenous knowledge can help make health care more sustainable in the North, study says | CBC News A new research paper based on interviews with elders in the N.W.T. says Indigenous traditional knowledge could help make the circumpolar health care system more environmentally sustainable.

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Reviewing a PhD student's dissertation for examination and this is always a statistic that is worth highlighting: "Prior to the confederation of Canada in 1867, over 80% of Indigenous communities were matriarchal."

Happy to share Kelly Menzel and I's open access chapter. We share an interconnected narrative that centers Land and Country, our Ancestors, and story as we consider the path we need to walk going forward for planetary health. #Indigenous #PlanetaryHealth #LandbasedHealing @gchalliance.bsky.social

YouTube video by Stories of Hope & Strength Healing Hearts

So humbled to share the short film of our Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation (AIWF) Land-based healing camp and the work of so many to bring it to where it is today. This includes the work of Elders Rassi Nashalik and Be'sha Blondin as well as our hardworking staff. #IndigenousHealing

Indigenous Elders' voices on health-systems change informed by planetary health: a qualitative and relational systems mapping inquiry Indigenous Peoples and their knowledge systems are increasingly being looked to for solutions regarding climate change, including within clinical health-care settings. Indigenous Elders specifically are noted knowledge keepers within their communities and are often looked to with great respect for their Land-based knowledges as they pertain to planetary health approaches. We sought to explore the views of health-systems change informed by planetary health within the circumpolar north from the perspective of Indigenous Elders.

One of my favorite projects to work on from my home NWT region with amazing northern Indigenous co-authors: Indigenous Elders' voices on health-systems change informed by planetary health.

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Well had a first today. A podcast in the UK reached out to me, and when chatting, I asked how they got my name. They said that ChatGPT recommended me…. Not sure if I should be happy or worried. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤔🙃

Dear LMIC colleagues: Breaking news! If your paper is accepted in the Journal of Climate Change & Health, @elsevierconnect.bsky.social will publish it in our special issue, or any issue, free (for low income countries) or at a greatly reduced cost. (See below for details on middle income countries).

"Each of us is put here in this time and this place to personally decide the future of humankind. Did you think the Creator would create unnecessary people in a time of such terrible danger? Know that you yourself are essential to this World." ~Chief Arvol Looking Horse.