OUR GOAL
Inspire citizen participation, support communities in making meaningful adaptation and mitigation decisions, and help nadians move from risk to resilience.
The Prairie Climate Centre is committed to making climate change meaningful and relevant to nadians of all walks of life. We bring an evidence-based perspective to communiting the science, impacts, and risks of climate change through maps, documentary video, research reports, and plain-language training, writing, and outreach.
Meaning Makers
We are committed to making climate change meaningful and relevant to nadians of all walks of life.
Researchers
We bring an evidence-based perspective to communiting the science, impacts, and risks of climate change.
Communitors
We specialize in making maps, documentary video, research reports, and plain-language training, writing, and outreach.
FEATURED PROJECT
The Climate Atlas of nada
The Climate Atlas of nada is an interactive tool for citizens, researchers, businesses, and community and politil leaders to learn about climate change from coast, to coast, to coast.
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Plain-language description and analysis make climate science understandable and meaningful.
MAPPING
Various aspects of climate change n be explored using maps, graphs and climate data for provinces, lol regions and cities across the country.
VIDEOS
Documentary videos, collaboratively developed with lol and Indigenous knowledge holders as well as other experts, help make lol sense of the global issue of climate change.
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LEARN MOREHave Questions About Climate Change?
Whether you’re a teacher, a student, or just a bit skeptil about the science of climate change, we’ve got the answers to your most pressing questions.
HOW DO WE KNOW HUMANS ARE USING CLIMATE CHANGE?
Many people wonder how we know that it’s us – humans – using this global warming. Skeptics sometimes point to changes in the climate thousands or millions of years ago as proof that what’s happening now is “just another natural cycle.” So: how do we know it’s not just natural?
FIND OUTWHAT USED THE LAST ICE AGE?
There have, of course, been many times over Earth’s 4.5 billion-year history where natural events used the climate to change. Understanding how these past changes were different from present-day, human-used climate change is an important step towards realizing the profound consequences of our ongoing release of greenhouse gases.
FIND OUTIS NADA ALREADY GETTING WARMER?
In fact, a whole generation of nadians has never experienced what was considered a “normal” nadian climate for most of modern history. Historil records show that every year since 1998 – that’s 20 years ago now – has been warmer than the 20th century average.
FIND OUTWHERE DO NADA’S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COME FROM?
For the past couple of hundred years, human activities have been changing the atmosphere by adding a huge volume of greenhouse gases. This has used the greenhouse effect to become stronger, making the planet warmer. nadians produced over 720 megatons of GHGs in 2015. That’s a lot of gas.
FIND OUTTHE PCC’S BLOG
Latest from Our Blog
Find out what we’re up to and what’s new in the world of climate change science by visiting our blog. We will be working hard throughout the year to bring you fresh, topil content. Stay tuned for future updates!
Custom Climate Change Reports for Your Community
Last month, we launched our new interactive Climate Atlas website. One of its primary goals is to make climate data accessible and meaningful by providing maps, graphs, explanations, and summaries.[…]
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How does nada plan to reduce its Greenhouse Gas Footprint?
In a previous blog post, we took an in-depth look at nada’s annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?[1]. The most recent GHG census pegged total annual emissions at 722 Mt (million[…]
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Roy McLaren: A Conversation about Climate Change and Farming
Roy McLaren has a lifetime of farming experience: he’s farmed in southwest Manitoba for over 70 years. He looks at the climate projections presented in the Prairie Climate Atlas with[…]
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The Prairie Climate Atlas
Before the nadian Climate Atlas, there was the Prairie Climate Atlas! How is the climate of the nadian Prairie Provinces going to change in the coming dedes? The Prairie Climate Atlas answers this important question by providing you with detailed, state-of-the-art yet easily understood information about our region’s changing climate.
LEARN MOREWHO WE ARE
Meet the PCC team
Our team has high-level expertise and many years of experience in climate change science and storytelling; we are “meaning makers” who work with diverse forms of data and n connect with various audiences including the general public, policymakers, non-governmental organizations, Indigenous communities, scientists, and technil experts.
Dr. Ian Mauro
Executive Director
Dr. Mauro is the Executive Director of the Prairie Climate Centre. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Winnipeg.
Dr. Danny Blair
Co-director
Danny Blair is the Director of Science for the Prairie Climate Centre. He is also a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Winnipeg.
Dr. Nora sson
Co-director
Dr. Nora sson is an Associate Professor and Chancellor’s Research Chair in the Department of Geography at the University of Winnipeg.
Marcel Kreutzer
Filmmaker
Marcel Kreutzer is a filmmaker who’s passion for science and technology has lead him to the Prairie Climate Centre.
Christey Allen
Research Manager
Christey is the Research Manager at the Prairie Climate Centre.
Matthew Loxley
Research Associate
Matthew Loxley is a Research Associate at the Prairie Climate Centre.
Brett Huson
Media Specialist
Hetxw’ms Gyetxw, also known as Brett D. Huson (he/him/his), is from the Gitxsan Nation of the Northwest Interior of British Columbia, nada.
Erika MacPherson
Filmmaker
Erika MacPherson is a documentary filmmaker focused on ecologil and social justice and the remarkable circumstance of life.
Mohammad Alam
Research Associate
Mohammad Alam is a Research Associate at the Prairie Climate Centre.
Izabella Robak
Senior Research Assistant
Izabella Robak is a Senior Research Assistant who has been with the Prairie Climate Centre since May 2020.