NEW INITIATIVES  •   ISSUE 07 •   FEB-MAR 2022

Environment team: Two national symposiums and three engagement sessions

The Environment Team has had a great start to the New Year! In addition to working on several multi-year environmental policy projects, the team is hard at work on a number of exciting new projects and partnerships. These projects grew out of two national symposiums the team held with experts and Knowledge Keepers before the winter break.

The first symposium focused on developing an Indigenous Knowledge Framework in relation to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act; the second on understanding Indigenous women and gender-diverse people’s knowledge, perspectives, and concerns about the more technical aspects of the Act. With the knowledge shared during this second symposium, our team is now working on producing two high-level position papers, which will contain policy recommendations.

In January, the team held three engagement sessions with Indigenous women, gender-diverse, and Two-Spirit people to understand their knowledge, perspectives, and views on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHP). As a part of the FFHP project, NWAC will also be making significant enhancements to our FFHP platform. Once completed, we will be able to share knowledge about the FFHP program with Indigenous women and gender-diverse people, as well as engage with them through surveys on all matters related to fish and fish habitats.

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