November 13, 2015 - Peace River Regional District

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Received DC Office November 13/15
Please add to the November 26th agenda under Correspondence. Decisions the Board is being asked to
consider are:
1. Is the PRRD interested in partnering with the Cumulative Impacts Research Consortium to hold a
public event at the FSJ campus next year in the Spring?.
2. Is the PRRD interested in being a pilot site for the tool they are developing?
Note: December 10th is the deadline for the PRRD to provide a letter of support to indicate our
commitment to support the research project.
Chris
Chris Cvik
Direct: 250-784-3208
Cell: 250-784-4603
chris.cvik@prrd.bc.ca
From: Chris Buse [mailto:Chris.Buse@unbc.ca]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 10:02 AM
To: Chris Cvik <Chris.Cvik@prrd.bc.ca>
Subject: RE: Update on CIRC and a request
Hi Chris,
As requested, here’s the draft application which would situate the PRRD as a knowledge
user/collaborator. To clarify, this would basically mean ~3-4 meetings per year (6-8 total) to set our
research agenda in light of your area’s needs, pilot the tool, and have you provide feedback on the tool’s
development at strategic points during the project. You can review the workplan and let me know if you
have any questions.
-Chris
From: Chris Buse
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 5:07 AM
To: 'Chris.Cvik@prrd.bc.ca'
Subject: Update on CIRC and a request
Hi Chris,
I hope this email finds you well. I’m writing today with a few updates on CIRC and to solicit your interest
(as well as the PRRD) in supporting some of CIRC’s research activities.
First, since our last meeting, we held a highly successful launch event that garnered significant attention
from the media and the public. The event was used to share ideas and concerns about the cumulative
impacts of resource development (both positive and negative) and solicit public input into our future
research and engagement plans.
Second, and directly related to the above, there was significant interest in hosting our next event in the
Peace Region sometime in the Spring of 2016. My hope is that we may be able to partner with the PRRD
to host a public event at the Ft St John Campus over a weekend. I’m in the early processes of pulling
together an event steering committee, but I could envision the PRRD, Treaty 8 First Nations, several
industry players, the BCOGC and a few civil society groups that would be interested in collaborating to
pull an engaging event together. Do you or other members of the PRRD have interest in participating?
Third, we recently received some funding from the federal government to comparatively explore and
assess the community impacts of unconventional natural gas development on upstream gas producing
regions, midstream transportation corridors, and downstream processing and shipping communities.
Stay tuned for more information.
Fourth and finally, we applied for an operating grant with the BC Real Estate Foundation and have made
it through the LOI stage. Our proposal seeks to develop a new tool to assist communities and regions
with sustainable land use planning by developing an assessment architecture capable of integrating
environmental, community and human health concerns into an understanding of how cumulative
impacts result from land use change. We are looking for a few communities to participate as potential
pilot sites for this tool, if funded, and were hoping the PRRD might be interested in participating in this
research. All that’s required at this point is a short 1-pg letter of support from possible collaborators
indicating their commitment to support our research. If you or the PRRD are interested, I can forward
you our latest draft application ASAP. Please note that we require this letter be returned to us by
December 10th so that we can submit it with the rest of our revised application. I am happy to discuss
what your participation in this funding initiative might look like over the phone next week if at all
possible.
Warm regards and I look forward to hearing from you,
Chris
Chris Buse, PhD
Project Lead
Cumulative Impacts Research Consortium
University of Northern British Columbia
P: 1.778.349.4242
E: chris.buse@unbc.ca
W: www.unbc.ca/cumulative-impacts
Cumulative Impacts Research Consortium at UNBC
A - APPLICANT INFORMATION
1. Legal name of applying organization: University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), for the
Cumulative Impacts Research Consortium (CIRC)
2. Full mailing address: Cumulative Impacts Research Consortium, University of Northern British
Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George BC, V2N 4Z9
3. Website: www.unbc.ca/cumulative-impacts
4. Project Contacts
Name & Title: Chris Buse, CIRC Project Lead
Phone: 778-349-4242
Email: chris.buse@unbc.ca
Name & Title: Greg Halseth, Professor of
Geography, CIRC Steering Committee Member
Phone: (250) 960-5826
Email: greg.halseth@unbc.ca
5. Organization type
Your organization is a:
Society
Charity
Other
Provide registered provincial society number:
Provide registered charitable tax number (BN#): UNBC = 12162 7350 RR0001
Indicate organizational type:
6. Board of Directors
Chris Buse, Greg Halseth, Margot Parkes, Art Fredeen, Leanne Elliott, Rachael Wells (CIRC Steering
Committee Members who will oversee the implementation of this grant) – For more information see
www.unbc.ca/cumulative-impacts/about-circ. This group is further supported by a pan-northern
Advisory Committee that provides advice and guidance on our proposed research activities and
community engagement activities. Members include: Charl Badenhorst (Northern Health), Nicole Cross
(First Nations Health Authority), Jennifer Pighin (Lheidli T’enneh First Nation), Alan Madrigga (formerly
with the City of Williams Lake), John Disney (town of Masset), Viva Wolf (BC Oil and Gas Commission),
Sandra Harris (Gitxsan First Nation), Wayne Salewski (BC Wildlife Federation), Richard Kabzems (Ministry
of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations), Lana Lowe (Fort Nelson First Nation), Joan Chess
(Fraser Basin Council), and Andy Ackerman (Myriad Consulting).
7. Organizational mandate
The CIRC is a research and community engagement initiative at UNBC providing a platform for research
and engagement on the cumulative and community impacts of resource development across northern
BC. We represent a collaborative effort between UNBC’s three research institutes—the Community
Development Institute (CDI), the Health Research Institute (HRI), and the Natural Resources and
Environmental Studies Institute (NRESi). Our mission is to integrate environmental, community
development, and human health perspectives into original research and a variety of community
outreach activities. In doing so, we seek to broaden the collective understanding of the impacts of
resource development and contribute to the development of robust policies and tools that promote the
social, economic, and environmental sustainability of communities across northern BC.
8. Brief history of organization
CIRC is a new initiative at UNBC that was established in April of 2015 in the wake of a 2014 symposium
that addressed the challenge of integrating environmental, community and health perspectives into
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conventional impact assessments of resource development activities (see
http://www.unbc.ca/events/36954/cumulative-environmental-community-and-health-effects-multiplenatural-resource-developments-northern-bc for more information). We received a modest three year
operational grant from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions to begin fostering a community of
practice around the cumulative impacts of resource development in northern BC, and to support us in
seeking additional research funding. We are currently in a period of strategic planning to address
community engagement opportunities, the first of which will include our formal launch event on
October 2-3, 2015 (see http://www.unbc.ca/events/37319/save-date-circ-launch-event).
B - PROJECT INFORMATION
1. Project title: Developing new tools for assessing the cumulative impacts of resource development
across northern British Columbia: Integrating environmental, socioeconomic, and human health
assessment methods
2. Amount applied for: $133,492.00
Total project budget: $358,492.00
3. Start date:
End date: June 15, 2018
January 1, 2016
4. Identify which of the Foundation’s mandate areas applies to your project. You may put an X beside
more than one.
_X___ Public Education
____ Professional Education
__X__ Research
____ Law and Policy Analysis/Law Reform
5. What is the specific project for which funding is requested?
We propose to develop a new monitoring and assessment tool capable of measuring the cumulative
environmental, community, and health impacts of resource development in northern BC’s rural and
remote communities. This research involves a combination of literature reviews, case studies, and
community engagement activities (e.g. training workshops and policy dialogues) to understand how the
impacts of resource development are experienced across communities with diverse land-uses.
6. If this project is a component of a larger project, please provide a brief overview of the larger
project.
This foundation grant will supplement existing funding for CIRC, and will support a variety of
contributions to original research, the development of a new cumulative impacts assessment
methodology and tool, and to CIRC’s community engagement mandate. The CIRC is already committed
to convening meetings throughout the north, and to host community engagement workshops that will
share promising research and practices addressing the cumulative impacts of resource development,
and provide a forum for regional stakeholders to contribute to and build an understanding of how to
ensure BC’s natural resources are developed sustainably (note our first event will be hosted on October
2-3, 2015 in Prince George). The CIRC is actively pursuing additional research projects including a
knowledge synthesis on the community impacts of unconventional natural gas development gas
development across upstream gas producing regions, midstream transportation corridors, and
downstream exporting communities. The CIRC is also committed to developing a white paper on the
state of cumulative impacts assessment across BC, to identify existing knowledge gaps and contribute to
policy formulation at the provincial level.
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7. The Foundation supports land use and real estate practices that contribute to resilient, healthy
communities and natural environments. How will the project directly influence land use or real estate
practices and/or decision-making?
This project is well-aligned with promoting resilient, healthy communities and natural environments.
The goal of this project is to develop a new assessment methodology and associated tools that can assist
local decision-makers in monitoring and understanding changes in their community resulting from
various forms of resource development that take place across northern BC (e.g. mining, oil and gas
exploration, agriculture, pipeline development, renewable energy projects, forestry, etc.). It is notable
that existing approaches to environmental assessment focus on the project approval phase of resource
development initiatives (e.g. drilling a well pad), with little consideration of other projects located within
the immediate vicinity, other historical land uses, or environmental, community and human health
values that may be located ‘upstream’ or ‘downstream’ from the proposed project. Thus, to date, no
tools exist to document the cumulative impacts of multiple land uses and the legacies those impacts
leave for the environment and communities affected by those developments. In developing new
approaches to monitoring and assessing cumulative impacts, our research builds on a growing scholarly
and provincial interest in cumulative impacts assessment. We seek to develop a new generation of
assessment tool that will allow local decision-makers to simultaneously account for changes in their
local environments, communities, and human health over time by consolidating data sources and
utilizing best practice indicators identified through a review of the scholarly and grey literature. Our
project therefore responds to identified shortcomings in environmental, social, and human health
impact assessment methodologies which may not capture key spatial and temporal dimensions of the
impacts of a given project. A key component of our research strategy is to ensure strong community
participation in the design of this tool. This will ensure that it is adaptable to local contexts and able to
capture local concerns related to land-use values and planning, real estate and community
development, and economic development for resource-dependent rural and remote towns. Accordingly,
this tool will contribute to land-use planning at both local and regional scales.
8. Geographic Impact
There has been a tremendous increase in resource development across British Columbia in recent years.
Mountain pine-beetle recovery, restructuring and reinvestment in the forest industry, new mines and
mining proposals, new transmission lines, the Site C hydroelectric project proposal, a massive uptick in
hydraulic fracturing exploration for natural gas in the north-east, a number of oil and gas pipeline
proposals, and a large number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant proposals are all impacting or
will impact BC communities and regions differentially. The bulk of this activity is concentrated in the
northern half of the province within the service area of UNBC. The opportunities and challenges for local
communities are significant. To date, no one has been studying the interactions between historical land
use legacies and contemporary industrial development. Our project seeks to engage with the cumulative
impacts of resource development across the northern half of the province, and to understand how
those impacts will influence the development of land and the demand for both housing and commercial
property. This work will hold lessons for other jurisdictions across the province, and Canada at large.
9. Implementation Plan
Objectives
Initiate Strategic
Planning and
Implementation
Systematic Review of
cumulative impacts
Activities
Meeting with research
team and collaborators
Timeframes
January 2016
Deliverables
-Project Workplan 2016
Sourcing of academic
and grey literature,
January –
September
Publishable systematic
review of best practices in
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Objectives
assessment
methodologies as
applied to
environmental,
community, and health
impacts of resource
development
Confirm Case study
sites (N=3)
Activities
literature review,
review of data sources
for northern BC, review
of quantitative and
qualitative indicators
Timeframes
2016
Leverage CIRC
network to identify and
select three case study
sites experiencing
unique historical and
contemporary land uses
Convene preliminary
meetings with local
stakeholders and key
decision-makers
Convene Phase 1
Host community
community consultation town halls and
(N=3)
workshops in each case
study site
May-October
2016
Meeting with
research team,
collaborators, and
community partners
Use findings from
systematic review and
feedback from
community consultation
to develop initial draft
of assessment
methodology
Pilot the
methodology in each of
the three case study
sites
Convene Phase 2 of
Share findings from
community consultation pilot process for the
(N=3)
tool with community
stakeholders in each of
the three case study
sites
January 2017
Annual Strategic
Planning and
Implementation
Meeting
Develop cumulative
impacts assessment
methodology with
feedback received from
Phase 1 of community
consultation
October
2016-January
2017
Deliverables
cumulative impacts assessment
approaches
Identification of relevant
data sources for northern BC
communities
Indicator development for
assessment tool
Develop Terms of Reference
for working with case study
participants
Receive feedback on findings
from systematic review
Co-develop and plan initial
community meetings to solicit
input on indicator development
and data sources
Present findings and receive
feedback on systematic review
Integrate community
concerns related to cumulative
impacts into the assessment
protocols
Strategic Review of 2016
workplan
Project Workplan 2017
January-May
2017
Development of initial
assessment methodology and
protocols
Apply tool to three case
study sites
May-August
2017
Receive feedback on
assessment protocols and
findings from assessment
process from community
stakeholders
Publishable paper on
approaches to community
engagement in assessing
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Objectives
Activities
Timeframes
Finalization of the tool
and knowledge
dissemination
Incorporate
community feedback on
assessment
methodology and
findings into a revised
and finalized
assessment
methodology and tool
Deliver two training
workshops and
associated training
materials on how to use
the assessment tool
Share findings from
previous pilots
AugustNovember
2017
Disseminate research
tool to northern
stakeholders
Develop peerreviewed publication on
assessment
methodology and
reception by
stakeholders
FebruaryJune 2018
Cumulative Impacts
Assessment Training
Workshop Pilots (N=2)
Revise training tool
based on feedback from
workshop pilot
November
2017February
2018
Deliverables
cumulative impacts
Finalized assessment tool
and methodology
We will develop and host
two training workshops outside
of the three case study sites to
explore the application of the
tool in other contexts and pilot
our re-designed training tools
-Receive feedback on
assessment tool from
community stakeholders
Finalized Training Tool
Peer-reviewed paper on
assessment methodology
(a) Describe the organization’s specific capacity to carry out the project activities and deliverables.
CIRC has significant resources and expertise to bring to bear on completing this project. Our research
team includes three faculty members from each of UNBC’s three research institutes (CDI, HRI, NRESi)
who have significant experience utilizing environmental, community, and health impact assessment
approaches. We also have an Advisory Committee that provides strategic advice on our project. This
group represents First Nations, local and provincial government authorities, community organizations,
and industry groups. Collectively, our team brings decades of experience conducting original research
and community outreach on multiple facets of the impacts of resource development on rural and
remote northern communities. We will draw on our extensive research networks and community
partnerships to select our case study sites and disseminate our research results.
(b) How has the need for this project been established?
CIRC was established in response to a 2014 symposium on cumulative impacts of resource development
hosted at UNBC that brought together diverse perspectives to identify existing tools, research and
knowledge gaps on this topic. A common theme that emerged from this symposium was the need for
new tools and methods to adequately assess and integrate the environmental, community
development, and human health concerns related to resource development, particularly in areas with
multiple land uses (e.g. forestry, mining, ecotourism, oil and gas). To be responsive to the First Nations,
provincial and local government, and civil society concerns about the current state of environmental
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assessment protocols in the province, we identified the need to develop a suite of tools capable of
integrating those community concerns into a broader and more holistic impact assessment architecture.
(c) How do you ensure this type of project or program does not already exist in your community and
will not duplicate existing efforts and resources?
Our core research question has subsequently been revised, revisited, shared, and been commented on
by a diverse array of stakeholders in northern communities through CIRC-related meetings and activities
geared towards creating a ‘community of practice’ around understanding and addressing the cumulative
impacts of resource development across northern BC. These groups include local and provincial
government agencies and decision-makers, First Nations, environmental and community not for profit
organizations, and concerned citizens. Through these preliminary meetings, we have identified that
existing assessment approaches to monitoring the environmental, community, and health impacts are
inadequate in addressing spatial and temporal impacts that extend beyond the immediate location of an
industrial project. We anticipate sharing this project proposal at our launch event on October 2-3, 2015
for further feedback. Moreover, given our strong orientation towards community engagement and
community-engaged partnerships, we will hold a variety of town halls and workshops to solicit feedback
on our research throughout its development.
C - EFFECTIVENESS CRITERIA
1. Leadership & Innovation
The CIRC was established in light of a significant innovation gap that exists in contemporary
environmental, socioeconomic, and health impact assessment processes. In the section above, we
describe the limitations of existing assessment approaches, in that they miss key spatial and temporal
elements regarding the cumulative nature of industrial resource development on northern
communities. Our team is committed to rectifying this situation by innovating existing assessment
protocols and developing a holistic assessment architecture capable of integrating environmental,
community, and human health issues, thereby contributing to an enhanced understanding of
community stressors and associated best practices capable of mitigating subsequent impacts.
2. Partnership & Collaboration
*please note not all partnerships are listed due to space constraints, but know that CIRC’s network
reaches across the province*
Organization:
First Nations Health Authority
Individual: Nicole Cross
Phone:
604-393-6565
Email:
Nicole.cross@fnha.ca
Description of
Advisory Committee Member
involvement:
Organization:
Northern Health
Individual: Charl Badenhorst
Phone:
250-263-6080
Email:
Charl.badenhorst@northernhealth.ca
Description of
involvement:
Organization:
EcDev, Massett
Individual: John Disney
Phone:
250-626-3337
Email:
ecdev@mhtv.ca
Description of
involvement:
Organization:
BC Oil and Gas Commission
Individual: Viva Wolf
Phone:
250-262-9858
Email:
Viva.wolf@bcogc.ca
Description of
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involvement:
Organization:
Phone:
Description of
involvement:
Organization:
Phone:
Description of
involvement:
Organization:
Phone:
Description of
involvement:
Organization:
Phone:
Description of
involvement:
MFLNRO
250-784-1256
Individual:
Email:
Richard Kabzems
Richard.kabzems@gov.bc.ca
Fraser Basin Council
250-612-0282
Individual:
Email:
Joan Chess
jchess@fraserbasin.bc.ca
BC Wildlife Federation
250-567-9542
Individual:
Email:
Wayne Salewski
Salewski@telus.net
Gitxsan First Nation
250-842-2248 ext. 30
Individual:
Email:
Sandra Harris
Sandra.harris@ggc.gitxsan.com
3. Sustainability and Longevity
Our project seeks to build a community of practice around the cumulative impacts of resource
development; to develop a network of northern stakeholders and provide a forum for them to voice
their concerns, share their expertise, and pilot new tools capable of more adequately assessing the
cumulative impacts of resource development operations that are the primary economic drivers of
northern communities. Our assessment tool and training materials will be highly tailored to local
contexts, and publicly available on our website for anyone who may wish to use it. The tools will also
have the ability to be continually updated by our case study sites, providing them with ample
longitudinal data on relevant changes in their communities associated with the boom and bust cycle of
resource dependent towns.
4. Scalability and Potential to Replicate
Given the emphasis on the place-based deployment of our assessment tool, our approach is designed to
provide a holistic assessment architecture that can be tailored to the local concerns of specific
communities depending on available data. Beyond developing sets of gold-standard indicators for
environmental, community and health impacts, our tool will also seek to incorporate as much relevant
local data as possible on these topics to develop robust, place-based assessments of the impacts
associated with resource developments, while enabling historical monitoring to track changes in rural
and remote communities over time. Based on feedback received by community partners in piloting this
tool, we will develop comprehensive directions that provide a framework and step-by-step instructions
to utilize the tool in any context across northern BC.
D – PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS & FOUNDATION RECOGNITION
1. How will the project findings be shared with key audiences and stakeholders? Do you have a
communications strategy or plan?
Our project will reach key audiences (government officials, local and regional decision-makers, First
Nations, chambers of commerce, industry, community members) through UNBC press releases, social
media campaigns, leveraging the CIRC network, and hosting knowledge translation and mobilization
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workshops throughout the north. For more information on our knowledge mobilization strategy, please
see section E3, below.
2. List ways in which the Foundation will be recognized for its support of the project.
The BC Real Estate foundation will be formally recognized in writing on all research reports and
publications, and listed as one of our funders on our website. The foundation will also be recognized
both verbally and in writing for supporting all aspects of our community engagement and outreach.
E - OUTCOMES
1. If your project is successful, what do you think the impact will be?
Our project seeks to develop a new integrative cumulative impacts assessment tool spanning health,
community and environmental understandings of resource development in the context of northern BC’s
resource-dependent small towns and regions. The impact of this project will be realized in our key
project deliverables (see E2, below), and the fostering of a community of practice around the cumulative
impacts of resource development. We will be evaluating our tool and community engagement activities
according to perceived impact by affected communities, and in doing so, measuring the degree to which
our engagement events were helpful in furthering community understandings of cumulative impacts,
and promoting new ways of addressing them through continued monitoring and surveillance. Given the
localized adaptability of our proposed tool, it will have the ability to be continuously updated and
produce longitudinal data on changes in northern communities associated with the boom and bust
cycles of resource dependent towns. This includes contributing to an understanding of how commercial
and residential real estate values are impacted by resource booms and busts, and how community
health and well-being are affected in that process. Our original research will be successful in so far as it
creates a tool that is usable for a variety of diverse stakeholders—including local and regional decisionmakers—and adopted in land-use decision-making dialogues and processes. Fortunately, the CIRC
network is diverse, pan-northern, and continues to grow. Given the expressions of interest by
communities (including First Nations, the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, the Peace Region
District Board, and communities on the north coast) in wanting to better understand the cumulative and
community impacts of resource development, this project is timely, responsive to the needs of northern
communities, and will contribute to policy development across the province.
2. What are the key project deliverables?
 Publishable papers (N=3): [1] Systematic review on best practices in cumulative impacts assessment
(special focus on integrating environmental, community, and health impact assessment); [2]
Commentary on Community engagement in assessing the cumulative impacts of resource
development; [3] Description of new assessment tool methodology and findings from our case
studies.
 The piloting of a new assessment methodology in three case study sites across northern BC,
evaluated by local decision-makers and stakeholders, which will be community vetted and integrate
environmental, community/economic development, and human health indicators to assess
cumulative and community impacts on rural and remote towns and regions
 Engaging communities on the cumulative impacts of resource development in their communities, to
enter into dialogues on economic, environmental and social sustainability in community and
resource development
 Workshop guide and training materials on how to tailor the assessment tool to other contexts
3. How will the outcomes and learning be shared with the broader community?
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Our knowledge mobilization strategy leverages the already strong and growing connections offered by
the CIRC and UNBC networks. While the consortium has only existed nominally for the past several
months, our public launch is scheduled for October 2-3, 2015 (see
http://www.unbc.ca/events/37319/save-date-circ-launch-event), and based on the preliminary interest
we have received in this project and given the relationships we have been able to foster between
industry, government, civil society organizations, and First Nations, we expect our community to grow
exponentially in the coming months. It is notable that our preliminary dialogues surfaced a strong
interest across northern communities to develop new assessment methodologies capable of identifying
and measuring cumulative impacts of resource development, particularly given the increased provincial
focus on the continued expansion of BC’s natural resource-based industries. A core part of the CIRC’s
mission is to provide a platform for research and community engagement on the cumulative impacts of
resource development. Not only does our proposed literature review meet the research component of
our mission, but our strategic plan to host regional engagement events throughout northern
communities will provide incredible opportunities to share and receive feedback on this research. To
ensure that the findings from our research are distributed to the scholarly, practice-based, and
community audiences which comprise the CIRC, we have developed a knowledge mobilization strategy
that utilizes a combination of (a) scholarly publications and reports, (b) scholarly presentations, and (c)
community-engaged workshops and events.
Production of Scholarly Publications and Reports: We anticipate that our literature review, community
engagement, and tool development will result in the production of at minimum, three peer-reviewed
journal articles and a short training report written for lay audiences which describes our methodology,
key findings, and information on how to employ the tool. Beyond disseminating our findings in the
scholarly press, we will share our reports and publications on the CIRC webpage, through the CIRC
listserv (which currently has 300+ members and continues to grow), and to social media accounts to
improve its reach. We will also utilize any published materials and the research report to help guide
discussions during community outreach and engagement events (see below).
Delivery of Scholarly Presentations: We anticipate having numerous opportunities to present our
findings to scholarly audiences at academic conferences, and have included the travel costs to present
our findings at one national conference in our budget. It is also notable that UNBC’s three research
institutes (which founded the CIRC) host regularly scheduled research presentations, brown bag lunch
discussions, and more formal symposiums. Given the focus of our research, there is a strong likelihood
that this work will be shared at these venues, and by way of other invited presentations leveraged
through the CIRC Advisory and Steering Committee members who are connected to various
communities of practice engaged in work related to our organization’s mission.
Delivery of Community-engaged Workshops and Events: The CIRC Advisory and Steering Committees are
currently in the process of identifying future regions to hold workshops and events. These events will
seek to foster dialogue and solicit input from concerned stakeholders about the environmental,
community, and human health impacts of various forms of resource development, with a particular
focus on the cumulative impacts of multiple land uses across northern BC. We will be using our October
launch event as an opportunity to solicit broad public input into the design and delivery of future events.
We are further committed to holding a minimum of five regional engagement activities between
January 2016 and December 2017 in a variety of communities across the north, and have already
received significant interest to partner with local agencies and organizations in their delivery. These
workshops will be used to share findings and recommendations for practice from our research, highlight
contributions to addressing the cumulative effects as evidenced by our growing list of community
partners, and solicit public input on our research and tool development. These sessions will be designed
to explore key findings with community members and regional stakeholders, serving to share knowledge
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from our systematic review of the cumulative impacts assessment literature, relevant local/regional
data sources, and resulting indicators, to validate information from our review, identify further research
gaps not included in the review, and to foster dialogues to pursue or enhance risk mitigation activities
suitable for those communities. The value of these workshops will therefore be to solicit feedback that is
rooted in and responsive to community needs. This strategy also holds the potential to generate
significant partnerships engaged in solutions-oriented research and practice.
F - PROJECT BUDGET
Submit the Grant Application Budget Form, available on our website.
Please note that our budget estimates are based on the costs associated with hosting our October 2-3,
2015 launch event in Prince George, BC.
G - SIGNING AUTHORITY & PRIVACY DISCLOSURE
This grant application must be signed by persons with the authority to act on behalf of the applicant
organization.
By signing this grant application, by hand or with an electronic copy of my signature, I acknowledge that
my organization is committed to account for the receipt and expenditure of funds as well as the conduct
of the proposed project. I understand that the Real Estate Foundation of BC reserves the right to impose
an audit on the use of Foundation funds. I also acknowledge that the Real Estate Foundation of BC may
disclose any and all information that my organization submits to the Foundation, as required under
Freedom of Information legislation. I understand that the Real Estate Foundation may contact
individuals outside the applicant organization for additional information related to this proposal.
Chris Buse, PhD, CIRC Project Lead
____September 15, 2015___________
Date
Signature
Greg Halseth, PhD, Professor of Geography
____September 15, 2015___________
Date
Signature
10
Grant Application Budget Form
Name of Organization: Cumulative Impacts Research Consortium, UNBC
Project Name:
REVENUES:
Funders
BCREF
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (3 years of
funding)
Total Amounts
Cash Amount
$133,492.00
In-kind
Amount
$225,000.00
$358,492.00
Confirmed (C)
/Pending (P)
Pending
Contact Name & Number
N/A
Confirmed
Tom Pedersen, 250-853-3595
$0.00
TOTAL REVENUE
EXPENSES:
Expense Items
PERSONNEL COSTS
Project Coordinator (post doc) Salary
6 x Undergraduate Research Assistantships
5 x Masters Student Research Stipend
WORKSHOP COSTS
Travel budget to bring invited speakers to events
Team travel expenses for workshops
Facility rentals
Workshop supplies (flipboards, sticky notes, pens,
nametags)
Honorarium for Traditional Welcome from Local
First Nations
Gifts for presenters at workshops
Catering costs
OTHER COSTS
Binding and printing of workshop training tools
Computer hardware for CIRC-related projects
Publishing costs for distributing findings in
scholarly literature
Travel for knowledge dissemination - 2016
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Canadian Geography Association
Total Expenses
$358,492.00
Details (if applicable)
Cash
In-kind
Total Budget
REFBC share
of cash
3 Years Salary ($40k per year)
$120,000.00
$120,000.00
$0.00
$15/hr + 4% benefits x 160 hrs/semester x 5
semesters
2 Stipends @ $10,000 per year x 2 years
$5,000.00
$15,000.00
$13,680.00
$40,000.00
$8,680.00
$25,000.00
Estimating budget for travel support for invited
speakers traveling outside of workshop area (8
workshops x $10000 travel budget per
workshop)
$36,000.00
$80,000.00
$44,000.00
$21,000.00
$42,000.00
$21,000.00
$8,000.00
$16,000.00
$8,000.00
$800.00
$1,200.00
$400.00
$1,200.00
$1,600.00
$400.00
$1,000.00
$12,000.00
$2,400.00
$24,000.00
$1,400.00
$12,000.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$4,000.00
$3,000.00
$2,000.00
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
$9,000.00
$6,000.00
$0.00
$1,612.00
$1,612.00
$358,492.00
$133,492.00
Travel, accommodation and food for three
research team members to host workshops and
community engagement events (8 workshops x
$6000 budget per workshop)
Estimated budget of $2000 per workshop x 8
workshops
Estimated budget of $150 per workshop x 8
workshops
$200 per$40
honorarium
x 8 events
Estimated
gift per speaker,
with
approximately 10 invited speakers per event x 6
events
Estimated Coffee, Lunch and Refreshements
Binding and copying for distribution materials
2 laptops at estimated cost of $1500 each
Estimated 3 open-access publications with a cost
of $3000 per publication
• Return flight from Prince George to Calgary =
$700.00
• Hotel: [$200/night for 3 nights] x 1 researcher =
$600.00
• Per Diem: [Daily UNBC rate= $54] x 3 days =
$162
• Ground transportation= $150.00
$225,000.00
$0.00

November 13, 2015 - Peace River Regional District

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