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Establishing a New Indigenous Framework for Fire Safety

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CHASI is proud to maintain a longstanding partnership with the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council (NIFSC). The NIFSC supports Indigenous communities in the development of their internal capacity to enhance community safety and resiliency. As part of this partnership, CHASI is pleased to amplify their articles on our blog. CHASI’s collaboration with the NIFSC, and … Read more

Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap: A Sustainable Framework for Fire Prevention Education and Monitoring in Indigenous Communities

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CHASI is proud to maintain a longstanding partnership with the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council (NIFSC). The NIFSC supports Indigenous communities in the development of their internal capacity to enhance community safety and resiliency. As part of this partnership, CHASI is pleased to amplify their articles on our blog. CHASI’s collaboration with the NIFSC, and … Read more

A New Mandate for Safety: Integrating Public Health into Canadian Fire Services through Indigenous Leadership

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CHASI is proud to maintain a longstanding partnership with the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council (NIFSC). The NIFSC supports Indigenous communities in the development of their internal capacity to enhance community safety and resiliency. As part of this partnership, CHASI is pleased to amplify their articles on our blog. CHASI’s collaboration with the NIFSC, and … Read more

Art: “Welcome to Palestine”

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Thumbnail image of an iIllustration show a hand holding up a photo. In the foreground, the photo shows a vibrant, colourful marketplace full of people; in the background, it shows the same location, grey and reduced to rubble and ruins. The illustration highlights the contrast between the city that once existed, and the devastated state it is currently in.

“Welcome to Palestine” by CHASI artist-in-residence and UFV student Sharon Strauss. Sharon writes: “I hope that someday the Palestinian people can live and thrive in their homeland, free of war and oppression.” This piece was partially inspired in anticipation of the UFV Faculty & Staff Association‘s event on Monday, October 6.  The presentation from Sara … Read more

Building a Sustainable Footprint: A Data-Driven Approach to Fire Safety in Canada’s Indigenous Communities

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CHASI is proud to maintain a longstanding partnership with the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council (NIFSC). The NIFSC supports Indigenous communities in the development of their internal capacity to enhance community safety and resiliency. As part of this partnership, CHASI is pleased to amplify their articles on our blog. CHASI’s collaboration with the NIFSC, and … Read more

Wildland Firefighters and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Exposure: Biomonitoring, Health Risks, and Industrial Disease Implications

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Logo of the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council

CHASI is proud to maintain a longstanding partnership with the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council (NIFSC). The NIFSC supports Indigenous communities in the development of their internal capacity to enhance community safety and resiliency. As part of this partnership, CHASI is pleased to amplify their articles on our blog. CHASI’s collaboration with the NIFSC, and … Read more

B.C. Minister of Post-Secondary Education visits CHASI

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Photo of Minister Sunner speaking to those at the table, smiling and holding out her hands to emphasize a point.

CHASI had the privilege of sitting down with the Honourable Jessie Sunner , B.C.’s Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills during her recent visit to UFV. It was a pleasure to introduce CHASI’s work and the many projects our students and recent grads have been working on to the Minister. She kindly shared how … Read more

Rekindling the Flames: Empowering Indigenous Fire Stewardship for a Resilient Canada

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Logo of the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council

CHASI is proud to maintain a longstanding partnership with the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council (NIFSC). The NIFSC supports Indigenous communities in the development of their internal capacity to enhance community safety and resiliency. As part of this partnership, CHASI is pleased to amplify their articles on our blog. CHASI’s collaboration with the NIFSC, and … Read more

UFV shows support for women in Afghanistan

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Photo of the gathered crowd of approximately 50 people standing in a line outdoors on UFV's Abbotsford campus. They are holding signs in support of women in Afghanistan.

It’s been four years since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan and began imposing a regime of gender apartheid. These institutionalized and widespread gender-based discriminatory systems are having dire consequences for all Afghans, particularly for women and girls who are deprived of their fundamental rights, from education to free movement. For the third year, students, … Read more

Fire Safety in First Nations Communities: Valuing Lives Through Prevention and Suppression

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Logo of the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council

CHASI is proud to maintain a longstanding partnership with the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council (NIFSC). The NIFSC supports Indigenous communities in the development of their internal capacity to enhance community safety and resiliency. As part of this partnership, CHASI is pleased to amplify their articles on our blog. CHASI’s collaboration with the NIFSC, and … Read more