By Alessia Passafiume First Nations are stuck in a “spiralling cycle” during wildfire seasons due to a lack of co-ordinated emergency management supports and a severe housing gap, the federal housing advocate is warning in a report on the 2025 wildfire season. Last year saw the second-worst wildfire season on record, with 165 emergency events impacting 134 First Nations. More than 40,000 people were evacuated by mid-August from at least 83 communities. “The risk of wildfires is not new to First Nations, but the authority and the resourcing First Nations need to manage emergencies and steward their territories with traditional knowledge have been undermined,” Marie-Josee Houle says in her new report, to be released Monday alongside the Assembly of First Nations. “Traditional knowledge should not only be respected but actively…
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