Building Atlantic Canada’s Adaptation Workforce
As communities are feeling the brunt of climate change impacts, there is an increasing need to adapt and build resilience. Strong climate adaptation requires communities to be empowered with the skills and knowledge to lead and coordinate adaptation action. CLIMAtlantic is supporting community empowerment by delivering the Climate Adaptation and Resilience Training program (CART). This comprehensive and foundational program is helping to fill growing employment needs in climate adaptation across the Atlantic region.
Are you interested in CART? Participants will gain knowledge and skills to work with communities, organizations, and governments to undertake responsive, effective and equitable adaptation work across Atlantic Canada. You will understand climate adaptation from different perspectives, access a helpful collection of adaptation resources, gain practical experience, and learn to think more holistically while taking part in a safe space to share and experiment. Build your confidence and sense of belonging in the climate adaptation field as you network and create community with other participants and experts across the Atlantic region.
Program audience
The CART program is intended for people in Atlantic Canada who want to address climate change impacts as part of their job (e.g. municipal and provincial government staff, consultants, those in non-profit or Indigenous organizations, watershed groups, and recent grads looking to enter the adaptation field, etc.).
CART helps learners understand and build skills across a range of topics to build a solid foundation in climate adaptation competencies
- Manage adaptation processes and projects
- Understand and use climate information
- Assess risk and vulnerability
- Engage, facilitate, and collaborate across sectors
- Centre equity and Indigenous leadership
- Navigate different governance levels
- Enhance community resiliency
WINTER PROGRAM OVERVIEW : January – March 2026
- 12-week part-time program
- Winter program is virtual
- Total Time Commitment: At least 60-70 hrs (5+ hours per week).
- Six online learning modules, including short homework activities, that participants will complete independently.
- All-cohort kick-off
- Three 1 hour check-ins, and two training sessions to provide an opportunity to practice skills and connect with others in each provincial cohort.
- One all-cohort training day will bring participants from across Atlantic Canada together.
- Final all-cohort half-day gathering with participants from across Atlantic Canada for further peer learning and networking.
- Optional training sessions to choose from
- A certificate of completion will be awarded to participants who complete program components.
- See full program schedule below
Winter 2026 Program Schedule (All Virtual)
Be part of your Atlantic province cohort
Join a cohort of peers in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, or Newfoundland and Labrador to network with and learn together.
Cost
Free to apply, but you (or your employer) must cover transportation costs to attend in-person training sessions (Fall program only) in your province. A limited number of travel bursaries is available for eligible participants most in need. Get in touch with us to learn more.
Winter 2026 Application
English Provincial Cohorts: Application period opens October 27, 2025 to November 28, 2025.
Atlantic-region Franchophone cohort applications are ongoing until November 28, 2025. For more information, click here.
Future intakes: (English and French cohorts)
- September 2026
- January 2027 (Nova Scotia only cohort)
PROVINCIAL COHORT LEADS AND SUPPORT
Amanda Marlin
CLIMAtlantic
Amanda is the training and learning manager.
Zaheera Denath
New Brunswick Environmental Network
Zaheera is the provincial cohort lead for New Brunswick.
Muntaka Siddique
CLIMAtlantic
Muntaka is the CART Program Assistant.
Anna Garf
CLIMAtlantic
Anna is a provincial cohort lead for Nova Scotia.
Timilehin Oguntuyaki
econext
Timilehin is the provincial cohort lead for Newfoundland and Labrador.
Liz Carr
Clean Foundation
Liz is supporting the cohort in Nova Scotia.
Krystal Pyke
ClimateSense, University of Prince Edward Island
Krystal is the provincial cohort lead for PEI.
Charles Thibodeau
New Brunswick Environmental Network
Charles is the cohort lead for the region-wide French cohorts.
Emily Cummings
Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador
Emily is supporting the cohort in Newfoundland and Labrador.
TESTIMONIALS
The CART program was so well run and all the information was clear and super informative. I loved the in-person sessions and it was so great to be involved in it all! Thank you so much for organizing.
—NL Participant
My competencies around communication, stakeholder collaboration, climate data and policy… use have all been significantly bolstered via the CART program. I also have so many more resources and connections that support this work. I’m very excited to stay in touch with folks… and begin connecting with nearby municipal and provincial staff. I truly to feel enabled to act!
—NS Participant
I thoroughly enjoyed the face-to-face event, I spent my time meeting people and sharing ideas. I did some brainstorming with people with similar concerns as my own and with ideas I had not perceived. I am expanding my knowledge and abilities in the climate change field and feel like I’m making progress with my climate adaptation goals.
—NB Participant
I feel like I am moving the needle forward on my progress. [CART] made me feel like what I do is valuable and has real-life applications. It was really validating to hear procedural equity mentioned and to see how my research area was relevant to other areas of climate change. It made me feel like I belonged and that my hope for a career in climate change was not so far fetched after all.
—PEI Participant
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