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Day 1 - Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Workshop A — A Cumulative Effects Assessment Primer: Demystifying CEA For the Rest of Us
Apr 9, 2024 8:00am – 10:00 AM
Speakers
George Hegmann
Vice President, Environmental Services
Stantec
10:00 |
Conference Registration Opens and Coffee Served |
10:30 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs |
10:45 |
The Impact of Recent Disputes and Legislation: Lessons Learned and Implications for Future Resource Development in Canada and Future Collaborations with Indigenous Groups |
11:30 |
Aligning Canadian Impact Assessment Processes with the Principles of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – What Needs to be Considered for Project Approvals |
12:15 |
Networking Luncheon |
1:15 |
PANELRegional/Strategic Environmental Assessment in Western and Northern Canada: Provincial, Federal and International Perspectives |
2:15 |
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES PANELBalancing Project Advancements with Cumulative Effects, Indigenous Rights and Regulatory Processes |
3:00 |
Networking Refreshment Break |
3:15 |
Kahkiyaw Ahkamayomohk (Everything Perseveres): Legacy Energy & Alternative Power Case study |
4:00 |
Conference Adjourns to Day Two |
Day 2 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024
8:00 |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
8:30 |
Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs |
8:45 |
Effective Practices for Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Projects at the Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Process Stages |
9:30 |
Assessing Cumulative Effects in the Athabasca Dene Traditional Territory (Nuhenene) of Northern Saskatchewan |
10:15 |
Networking Refreshment Break |
10:30 |
Mining Ontario’s Ring of Fire – How Cumulative Effects are Being Addressed |
11:15 |
PANELCumulative Effects Assessment – Challenges and Perspectives and What Lies Ahead |
12:00 |
Closing Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs and Conference Concludes |
Post-Conference Workshop
Workshop B — Your Complete and Practical Guide to Environmental Monitoring for Planning and Decision Making in the Context of Cumulative Effects
Apr 10, 2024 1:00pm – 04:30 PM
Speakers
Scott Mackay
Manager Partner and Senior Consultant
Shared Value Solutions
Morgan Edwards
Senior Biologist, Fish and Aquatic Ecosystems
Shared Value Solutions
Day 1 - Tuesday, April 9, 2024
10:00 |
Conference Registration Opens and Coffee Served |
10:30 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-ChairsDiana Audino Sheldon Wuttunee |
10:45 |
The Impact of Recent Disputes and Legislation: Lessons Learned and Implications for Future Resource Development in Canada and Future Collaborations with Indigenous GroupsSander Duncanson Lorenzo Rose
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11:30 |
Aligning Canadian Impact Assessment Processes with the Principles of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – What Needs to be Considered for Project ApprovalsAdam Levine Cheyenna Hunt Janna Switzer
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12:15 |
Networking Luncheon |
1:15 |
PANELRegional/Strategic Environmental Assessment in Western and Northern Canada: Provincial, Federal and International PerspectivesJeff Rempel, MSc, PMP, EP Katie Rosa Miles Scott-Brown Raymond Cardinal
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2:15 |
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES PANELBalancing Project Advancements with Cumulative Effects, Indigenous Rights and Regulatory ProcessesSheila Risbud Michaela Bjorseth Lara Taylor Moderator:Jeremy Barretto
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3:00 |
Networking Refreshment Break |
3:15 |
Kahkiyaw Ahkamayomohk (Everything Perseveres): Legacy Energy & Alternative Power Case studyCliffton Cross Frog Lake First Nations have embarked on an intergenerational plan to transform our nation and lands from reliance on oil and gas extraction to pioneering leadership in clean energy. To do so, we have developed the Legacy Energy and Alternative Power (LEAP) Master Plan which is a strategy for reclaiming our land base from oil and gas wells and turning them into assets which will help to repair the scars on our land, and to pioneer technologies that will enable other First Nations to do the same. Our nation members on and off reserve have made it clear that we need to plan and act to create new collaborative economic and social development opportunities for our region, and to collaboratively build resilience and self-sufficiency against challenges highlighted by the pandemic and recent climate-related disasters.
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4:00 |
Conference Adjourns to Day Two |
Day 2 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024
8:00 |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
8:30 |
Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-ChairsDiana Audino Sheldon Wuttunee |
8:45 |
Effective Practices for Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Projects at the Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Process StagesAdam Levine Cliffton Cross Devin Gambler
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9:30 |
Assessing Cumulative Effects in the Athabasca Dene Traditional Territory (Nuhenene) of Northern SaskatchewanBruce Hanbidge The boreal forest region occupies the northern third of the province of Saskatchewan. It is the home range of the least fragmented population of woodland caribou in Canada, it is the homeland of the Athabasca Denesųłiné people, and it contains the Athabasca Basin, which is the site of intensive and expanding exploration and extraction of uranium and rare earth metals. Due to insufficient control of cumulative effects by government and industry; the Woodland Caribou (WLC), the overall ecological integrity of the area and the Denesųłiné culture are increasingly under threat. This session will detail the issues and the efforts of an Indigenous culture to protect and preserve their land while concurrently supporting mineral exploration and extraction at a level that is ecologically and socially sustainable. Topics to be address include:
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10:15 |
Networking Refreshment Break |
10:30 |
Mining Ontario’s Ring of Fire – How Cumulative Effects are Being AddressedKate Kempton
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11:15 |
PANELCumulative Effects Assessment – Challenges and Perspectives and What Lies AheadGeorge Hegmann Peter Forrester Chris Joseph This panel discussion will provide insight and perspectives on CEA, lessons learned and projections for the future.
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12:00 |
Closing Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs and Conference Concludes |
Workshop A — A Cumulative Effects Assessment Primer: Demystifying CEA For the Rest of Us
George Hegmann
Vice President, Environmental Services
Stantec
What is it about?
Workshop is offered In-Person only.
7:30 Workshop Registration
This session is designed for delegates who want a refresher course on the basics of environmental assessment. Take part in this hands-on interactive session to gain practical and relevant real-world knowledge for in the field and in the office work.
- Fundamentals of doing CEA
- Explanation of terminology – definitions and acronyms
- Data gaps, challenges and limitation
- Your questions answered on how assessments work
Workshop B — Your Complete and Practical Guide to Environmental Monitoring for Planning and Decision Making in the Context of Cumulative Effects
Scott Mackay
Manager Partner and Senior Consultant
Shared Value Solutions
Morgan Edwards
Senior Biologist, Fish and Aquatic Ecosystems
Shared Value Solutions
What is it about?
Workshop is offered In-Person only.
Registration opens at 12:30 PM
Cumulative effects management requires a shift from reactive, project-specific decision-making to an integrated and planning-based approach to setting and achieving long-term objectives that are meaningful in terms of the full range of land-use values. This requires environmental monitoring that is risk-based, focused, and designed to give decision makers timely and specific information. When cumulative effects are significant, environmental monitoring and management require careful planning and establishing a monitoring framework that clearly meets end-user needs.
Part One: Environmental Monitoring as Integrated Knowledge Translation
- What to monitor? Identifying key questions
- Indicator selection: understanding tradeoffs
- Governance
Part Two: Applying Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous Culture into Environmental Monitoring
This session will delve into how Indigenous communities define parameters and participate in operational decision making in the resource industry in Alberta, the Arctic and other areas in Canada.
- Examples of working with Indigenous Knowledge holders in collaborative ways through the impact assessment process