Research Capacity and Knowledge in Impact Assessment

Research capacity and knowledge in Impact Assessment

Samantha Darling, PhD candidate, McGill University Prof. Gordon Hickey, McGill University Dr. Aynslie Ogden, Yukon Government Supported by Yukon Government and NSERC CREATE-EI Capacity as a driver of sustainable development

Sustainable development

Indigenous Industry

Government Academia

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“the evolving combination of attributes, capabilities, and relationships that enables a system to exist, adapt and perform” 2 Interacting capacities in Impact Assessment

8 Painter 2002/Peters 1996 Adaptive Capacity 1, 2 1 Brooks and Adger 2004 2 Wesche and Armitage 2010 9 Howlett and Ramesh 2016 3 Bakvis 2000 10 Trostle 1992

5, 6 4 Rodriquez-Pose 2017 Community Capacity decisions Governance Capacity 3, 4 11 Albert and Mickan 2003 5 Labonte and Laverack 2001 12 Healey 1998 6 Chaskin 2001 13 Phelps and Tewdwr-Jones 2000 7 Riddell 2007 14 Shroff, Javadi, Gilson, 7, 8, 9 10, 11 12, 13, 14 Policy Capacity Research Capacity Institutional Capacity Kang, and Ghaffar 2017

the ability of an actor, organization or network 8 Painter 2002/Peters 1996 Adaptive Capacity 1, 2 1 Brooks and Adger 2004 to engage, produce, maintain and use knowledge 2 Wesche and Armitage 2010 through9 Howlett and individual Ramesh 2016 and collective development 3 Bakvis 2000 10 Trostle 1992

5, 6 4 Rodriquez-Pose 2017 Community Capacity decisions Governance Capacity 3, 4 11 Albert and Mickan 2003 5 Labonte and Laverack 2001 12 Healey 1998 Darling,6 Chaskin S., 2001 A. Ogden, and G. Hickey (2018). Reviewing Northern Capacity for Enhancing Impact 13 Phelps and Tewdwr-Jones 2000 Assessment7 Riddell 2007 in Yukon Territory, Canada. 14 Shroff, Javadi, Gilson, 7, 8, 9 10, 11 12, 13, 14 In Heininen, L., & H. Exner-Pirot (eds.). (2018). Arctic Yearbook 2018. Akureyri, Iceland: Northern Policy Capacity Research Capacity Institutional Capacity Kang, and Ghaffar 2017 Research Forum. Available from https://arcticyearbook.com 3 The Canadian North • Towards regional sustainable

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Government of Canada Umbrella Final Agreement Yukon First Nations (11 of 14 as signatories)

Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Act Total seats Nominated by: TotalChair seats +1 Nominated Government by: of Canada 22 (Chair) Government Yukon Territory of Canada 23 Yukon Council Territory of Yukon First Nations Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic 3 Council of Yukon First Nations Assessment Board

5 Institutional Mapping (preliminary results)

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Decision Body 6 Stakeholder Analysis (preliminary results) Actor Interests Neutrality YESAB Determine significant adverse effects Territorial economic development Yukon Government (participants) Address all adverse effects Ensure inclusion of Traditional and local First Nations governments (various) knowledge Upholding asserted rights and title Federal (Yukon and Ottawa) Fulfill duty to consult Proponents Project implementation Other participants Community-specific interests (e.g. Renewable Resources Councils) Provide local knowledge Provide new knowledge to both Consultants proponents and participants

7 Stakeholder Analysis (preliminary results)

Organization Individual (Cooke 2005) (Maag 2018)

Skill and confidence building Support the production of new knowledge

Close to practice Support implementation

Identify and engage research/policy/practice Linkages and collaborations partners

Appropriate dissemination Tailor and publish products

Facilitate continuous knowledge exchange among Continuity and sustainability research/policy/practice partners Support networking, community building, and Infrastructure capacity building among knowledge brokers

8 the ability of an actor, organization or network Highlights to engage, produce, maintain and use knowledge (preliminary results) through individual and collective development

Interpretation Engagement Use

Distribution Maintenance Accessibility

Existence Production

9 Next steps

• Delve further into the interview data to confirm and elaborate on findings

• Further explore research capacity of YESAB

• Explore the case of the Dawson District • Highest volume of assessments per year (~55%) • Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in government

10 Thank you

Contact: Samantha Darling Sustainable Futuresx Lab Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences [email protected]