Kwusen at the IAIA

On May 12, 2016 Towagh presented at the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) in Nagoya, Japan. In “Avoiding the Assessment of Indigenous Rights” Towagh presented the preliminary results of a Kwusen-sponsored Mitacs project which saw MA candidate Josh Hazelbower comprehensively review all publicly available British Columbia Environmental Assessments (EAs), Alberta Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), and Joint Federal-Provincial (BC and Alberta) EAs from 2000 to present. This research demonstrated how poorly and infrequently impacts to aboriginal title, aboriginal rights, and treaty rights are assessed within environmental assessments in western Canada.