Kativik Environmental Advisory Committee

ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᖀᒋᐊᕐᑏᑦ
ᑲᑎᒪᕕᖓ ᓱᓇᐅᓂᖓ

ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᖀᒋᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᖓ (KEAC) ᑎᓕᔭᐅᒪᒍᑎᓕᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔨᐅᓂᐊᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓘᓐᓈᒍᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥ ᓱᕐᕋᑕᐅᒍᑎᒋᒍᓐᓇᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᒻᒥᔨᐅᓂᐊᕐᓱᓂ ᐊᓪᓚᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ 23-ᒥ ᔦᒥᓯ ᐯᒥ ᑯᐯᒃᓗ ᑕᕐᕋᖓᓂ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᒥ (JBNQA). KEACᑯᑦ ᐃᓱᐊᕆᔭᐅᓲᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓱᕐᕕᐅᓲᖑᑦᓱᓂ ᑲᕙᒪᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑯᐯᒃ, ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᑲᕙᒪᖓᓄᑦ (KRG), ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᒋᐊᖃᑐᐊᕋᒥ ᓇᔅᑲᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᐅᒐᐅᒑᑦᓯᑲᒫᒥ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᒋᑦᓱᒋᑦ ᐱᖁᔦᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓕᒐᖁᑎᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᓖᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓴᐳᒻᒥᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᖓᓂ JBNQA 55 ᑎᑎᕐᑕᐅᒪᔫᑉ ᖁᓛᖓᓂ. KEAC-ᑯᑦ ᑲᒪᔭᑦᓴᔭᖃᕐᓚᕆᓲᑦ ᓵᖕᖓᔭᖃᕐᓂᒥᒃᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥ ᓱᕐᕋᑕᐅᒍᑎᐅᒍᓐᓇᑐᐃᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔨᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓘᕈᓯᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᒋᐊᖃᓕᑐᐊᕋᒥᒃ, ᐅᓐᓂᑑᑎᓕᐅᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐋᕐᕿᒋᐊᕈᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ. ᑌᒪᓕ, KEAC-ᑯᒃ ᒪᓕᑦᑕᐅᑎᑦᓯᓯᐊᕐᑎᓯᓲᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᕐᓂᒃ,ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓕᒐᖃᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᔭᐅᒋᐊᖃᓲᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᐊᓪᓚᑕᐅᒪᒍᑎᓕᓐᓂ 23-ᒥ JBNQA-ᒥ.

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᕐᓯᐅᑏᑦ 2022-2023

ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᖀᒋᐊᕐᑏᑦ
ᑲᑎᒪᕕᖓᑕ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᖓ 2020-2025-ᒥ

ᑐᓴᕋᑦᓭᑦ

Impact Assessment in Nunavik Seminar

In 2020, representatives from the KEAC, Makivvik, and the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach formed a working group to analyze the 2019 federal Impact Assessment Act and its implications for the Nunavik region. After comparing the treaty processes as well as conducting interviews with review boards to identify potential implications of the federal legislation, the working group examined the different options available to adapt this process to the region. In their April 2022 report, the working group identified three preferred implementation options for Nunavik. Cooperation and coordination agreements are recommended as a short to medium-term strategy due to their flexible nature and ability to establish collaborative mechanisms before the next development project is undertaken in the region. Non-application of the Act is recommended as a more long-term approach.

This legislative analysis was also an opportunity to address the issue of multiplication of environmental and social impact assessment (IA) processes applicable within Nunavik. Therefore, to learn from past attempts to streamline IA processes to benefit Inuit and First Nations and continue to build on the path to harmonization, the working group recently developed a two-year Action Plan (2023-2025) and hosting an IA harmonization seminar was one of the defined activities. As such, a seminar was held on November 8-9, 2024 and gathered IA review boards, administrators, permitting agencies and regional representatives with the objective to:

• raise awareness of the IA framework in Nunavik and its overlap areas;
• establish a line of communication for relationship building; and
• discuss and brainstorm ideas as to why and how to better harmonize IA processes.

A report outlining the outcome of the seminar and potential next steps coming soon!

ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᓕᒫᑦ ᓱᕐᕋᑕᐅᒪᓂᖏᑦ, ᒫᑦᔨ 2023

2017-ᒥ, KEAC-ᑯᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᑎᓯᓚᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑕᐅᑎᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᓚᖓᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᓂᐊᒐᓱᐊᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᓗᐊᖕᖑᐊᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᐅᒋᐊᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ. ᖃᓄᑎᒋᒃ ᐊᑦᔨᒌᖕᖏᓂᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᑕᑯᒍᓐᓇᓯᒐᓱᐊᒧᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓐᓂᑑᑎᓕᐅᕐᕕᒋᖃᑦᑕᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᑎᒋᔭᐅᓚᖓᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᔭᐅᖁᔨᒐᔭᑐᐊᕐᐸᑕ. KEAC-ᑯᑦ ᑎᓕᔨᒐᔭᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ Secrétariat international francophone pour l’évaluation environnementale (international francophone secretariat for environmental assessment, SIFÉE-ᑯᓐᓂᒃ)
ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕋᔭᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓱᕐᕋᑕᐅᓂᖃᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᑕᒣᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᐅᒋᐊᓖᑦ ᑐᑭᐊᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ. ᑕᑦᓱᒪ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᐱᖓᓱᐃᓂᒃ ᐊᓪᓚᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᐃᑦᓯᒍᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ:  ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐊᑐᐊᕆᐊᑭᑦᑐᖅ ᓀᓪᓕᑎᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑦᓯᒍᑎᐅᑦᓯᐊᕈᓐᓇᑐᖅ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑎᑦᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᔪᕕᓃᑦ, ᐅᓐᓂᑑᑎᐅᔪᕕᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᓀᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᑐᕐᑕᐅᓂᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᓪᓚᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᕕᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ KEAC-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓚᕆᐅᓚᖓᖕᖏᑲᓗᐊᕐᐸᑕ ᐅᓐᓂᑑᑦᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᒣᒋᐊᖁᔨᒍᑎᓂᒃ.

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