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CONFERENCE DAY 1
from 11th National Symposium on Cumulative Effects Assessment and Environmental Management - WEB
by C5Group
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
9:30 Conference Registration Opens and Coffee Served
10:00
• Fundamentals of doing CEA
• Explanation of terminology - definitions and acronyms
• Your questions answered on how assessments work
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs microphone-alt Diana Audino, Senior Legal Counsel, Indigenous Law, Enbridge
Sheldon Wuttunee, President/CEO, Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence
10:15
The Impact of the Blueberry River Court Decision: Lessons Learned and Implications for Future Resource Development in microphone-alt Judy Desjarlais, Chief, Blueberry River First Nations
Selina Lee-Anderson, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault
Canada
• Navigating the path forward – determining what’s needed to negotiate new mechanisms to assess and manage the cumulative impacts of industrial developments on Blueberry River First Nation’s treaty rights and to ensure these rights are respected
• Navigating future development of the duty to consult and accommodate and other practices
• Discussion of Alberta’s Duncan First Nation’s lawsuit claiming cumulative effects from industry, agriculture and settlement has violated their treaty rights
• BC government’s framework related to Blueberry River First Nation and Treaty 8
11:15
How Federal Regulatory Changes Will Impact Requirements, Timelines and Approvals for Energy Projects and How Industry Proponents Can Prepare
The government of Canada has proposed to provide funding to improve regulatory processes for major projects, with up to $1.28 billion over six years (starting in 2022 – 2023).
This session will discuss how the agencies plan to increase their capacity and improve efficiency of assessments to respond to the growing number of major projects being proposed
• How will federal departments interact and how are they working together? (Climate Change Canada, Transport, Natural Resources) twitter: @CI_Conferences linkedin: Energy and Oil & Gas Network
• What are the key steps to managing a project’s environmental, socio-economic, cultural and health impacts?
• How is industry preparing for requirements for an early planning phase?
12:00 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES PANEL Balancing Project Advancements with Cumulative Effects, Indigenous Rights and Climate Change
microphone-alt Sheila Risbud, Head of Sustainable Development, Teck Resources
• Understanding current requirements and timelines
• Application of new regulations; how is industry addressing Indigenous treaty rights and early engagement?
• Insights on integrated approaches to natural resource management
12:45 Networking Lunch Break
2:00 CASE STUDY
Implementing a Cumulative Effects Framework for Coastal Projects in British Columbia: Deep Dive into the Recommendations for Resource Management Improvements
microphone-alt Marian Ngo, Executive Director, Salish Sea Indigenous Guardians Association
The BC coast has become a hub of industrial activity in the past decade and has brought a wave of regulatory review processes and an increasing need for tools to improve resource management decisions, particularly related to cumulative effects. Traditional approaches have focused on consultation or engagement with First Nations within silos that may not bring out the full range of perspectives from potentially impacted First Nations.
2:45
Effective Practices for Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Major Projects at the Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Process Stages
microphone-alt Steven Lonsdale, Conservation and Stewardship Program Advisor, Qikiqtani Inuit Association
Mark Sinclair, CEO Industry Consultation, Peavine Metis Settlement
• Understanding how Indigenous Knowledge can be meaningfully incorporated into both environmental assessments and regulatory processes for major projects
• How to bring together western science effectively and respectfully with Indigenous Knowledge as part of the regulatory approvals process and throughout the life cycle of a project
• How the assessment of cumulative impacts on Indigenous and treaty rights has been considered, how it compares to the assessment of cumulative environmental effects, and how it could be improved
• How Indigenous Knowledge was used in a SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment) for oil and gas
• Comparative analysis of science and Indigenous Knowledge
3:45 Networking Refreshment Break
4:00
Emerging Challenges and Opportunities Under the New Impact Assessment Act: Navigating Cumulative Effects at the Community and Individual Level
microphone-alt Jeff Rempel, Manager, Infrastructure and Environmental Management, Hatfield Group
In 2019, the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) came into force along with a wealth of guidance material from the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. However, the IAA guidance currently points to CEAA 2012 guidance for Cumulative Effects Assessment (CEA). Impact Assessment (IA) themes, such as sustainability, Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+), and the Ecosystem Approach are now, more than ever, deeply woven into the federal requirements but implications for CEA under the IAAC are lacking.
Given this complexity, are existing EIA and CEA approaches and methodologies sufficient? Incorporating these themes through consensus seeking, integration of Indigenous knowledge, and coordination to encourage and align with Indigenous led IA processes is also crucially important.
This presentation will provide an overview of these IA themes, how they can be used as a lens when assessing project effects and explore opportunities to support effective communication of the IA and CEA story.
4:45
