Obstacles and possibilities of adaptation to climate change among the Mohawk community of Kanesatake in Quebec.
This study focuses on the experience of the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, a First Nations community in Canada, during and after the 2017 and 2019 floods in Quebec. The results reveal the links between all the immediate obstacles and historical and political pressures in Aboriginal communities. The results explain that unhealed wounds in the relations between nations generate political and institutional obstacles, which end up orchestrating the coexistence of several obstacles: the absence of land property rights, insurance and social institutions such as police forces and firefighters, to name but a few. The findings have implications for both theory and practice. In theory, the results reveal the fact that the barriers are not mutually exclusive; in fact, they are often interdependent. In practice, the findings support the fact that policies fail if they do not take into account the underlying interdependencies.
Please note that this webinar will be given in English.
Speaker: Mahmood Fayazi, Researcher at the Center for Research and Innovation in Civil Security of Quebec (Centre RISC)
