Arctic Grants

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average. Its residents face risky travel across melting ice and tundra, rapid change in important wild food sources, and severe coastal erosion that is forcing whole communities to relocate.

CJRF gives grants to help indigenous communities in Alaska and Northern Canada strengthen their resilience to these climate change issues. The following are examples of our grant results:  

• Inuit people in Canada are combining traditional knowledge with satellite data to keep themselves safe as they travel over melting ice and tundra to hunt and fish.

• Arctic Indigenous peoples are taking their rightful place at the table of the International Maritime Organization to advocate for policies that minimize pollution and sea ice disruption caused by the growth of shipping in the Arctic.

• The Arctic Indigenous Stewardship Network is supporting communities across the Canadian North to build programs that enable Indigenous people to make a good living by caring for their land and gathering information to support adaptation.

Click on the grantee logos below to explore each grant. Grants that have been renewed or expanded include multiple grant amounts. Renewed and expanded grants demonstrate our efforts to build deeper relationships with partners and invest in promising efforts to build voice and power for those hit hardest by climate impacts.