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1. Introduction
2. Context: The Importance of Environmental Assessment and Determining the Significance of Environmental Effects to Aboriginal Peoples
3. Methodology
4. Interpretation and Analysis
5. Aboriginal-Based Criteria for Determining the Significance of Environmental Effects
6. Better Practices for Determining Significance
7. Concluding Remarks
Appendix 1: Interview Documents
Appendix 2: Contact List of Potential Interviewees
Appendix 3: Aboriginal Values and Significant Impact Indicators
Appendix 4: Case Study Review Notes
Appendix 5: Aboriginal Issues and Concerns Related to Significance
Bibliography
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Bibliography

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Assembly of First Nations. 14 December 1999. First Nations Issues Paper.

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British Columbia First Nation Environmental Assessment Working Group. 28 March 2000. Workshop Report. Submitted to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency as Part of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Five Year Review.

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Canadian Standards Association, Technical Committee on Environmental Impact Assessment. August 1999. Draft Standards. Canadian Standards Association.

Cumulative Effects Assessment Working Group and AXYS Environmental Consulting, Ltd. December 1997 Cumulative Effects Assessment Practitioners Guide. (Draft for Discussion). Prepared for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

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CASE STUDIES

BHP Diamonds Project

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. June 1996. NWT Diamonds Project: Report of the Environmental Assessment Panel. Minister of Supply and Services Canada.

Dogrib Treaty 11 Council. 12 February 1996. Presentation to General Session: EARP Panel Hearings. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Kitikmeot Inuit Association. 13 January 1996. Notes for the Presentation to the BHP Diamonds Project Environmental Assessment Panel.

Lusel k’’e First Nation. February 1996. Submission to the Wildlife Technical Session of the NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Assessment Review Hearings.

Lusel k’’e First Nation. 20 February 1996. Submission to the Socio-Economic Technical Session of the NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Assessment Review Hearings.

Lusel k’’e First Nation. 20 February 1996. Submission to the Environmental Management Plans Technical Session of the NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Assessment Review Hearings.

Lusel k’’e First Nation. 20 February 1996. Submission to the Water Technical Session of the NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Assessment Review Hearings.

Metis Nation − Northwest Territories. 23 February 1996. Closing Statement presented by William Carpenter for Gary Bohnet to the BHP Diamond Environmental Assessment Review Panel.

North Metis Alliance. Can’t Live Without Work North Slave Metis Environmental, Social, Economic and Cultural Concern: A Companion to the Comprehensive Review Study on the Diavik Diamonds Project.

Diavik Diamonds Project

Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Natural Resources Canada and Department of Fisheries and Oceans. June 1999. Comprehensive Study Report: Diavik Diamonds Project.

Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Natural Resources Canada and Department of Fisheries and Oceans. September 1999. Responsible Authorities’ Response to Public Comments on the Diavik Diamonds Project Comprehensive Study Report.

Kitikmeot Inuit Association. 20 July 1999. Letter to Minister of Environment.

North Slave Metis Alliance. Can’t Live Without Work North Slave Metis Alliance Environmental, Social, Economic, and Cultural Concern: A Companion to the Comprehensive Study Review on the Diavik Diamonds Project.

Pearse, T. D. June 1999. Diavik Diamonds Project An Environmental Assessment. Dogrib Diavik Working Group. Dogrib Treaty 11 Council.

Voisey’s Bay Mine and Mill Project

Chambers, M., J. Kuipers and P. Robinson. 20 March 1998. Comments relating to Tailings and Waste Rock Management and Air Quality Impacts on the Voisey’s Bay Mine/Mill Project Environmental Impact Statement. Center for Science in Public Participation.

Heathcote, I. 16 February 1998. Report on Deficiencies in the Environmental Impact Statement for the Voisey’s Bay Mine and Mill Undertaking. Wyndham Research Inc. in collaboration with students of 96-401 Environmental Colloquium University of Guelph. Guelph, Ontario.

Innu Nation. October 1998. If We Wait and See It Will Be Too Late: Innu Nation Critique of Approach to Environmental Management by Voisey’s Bay Nickel Company.

Innu Nation. March 1998. Compendium of Critiques of the Voisey’s Bay Nickel Company Limited Environmental Impact Statement, Voisey’s Bay Mine Mill Project.

Makowecki, R. February 1998. Aquatic Ecosystem Assessment of the Environmental Impact Statement for Voisey’s Bay Mine/Mill Project. Westworth Associates Environmental Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta.

Makowecki, R. 15 September 1998. Freshwater Fish and Fish Habitat. Westworth Associates Environmental Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta.

Symbion Consultants. February 1998. Review of the Adequacy of the Voisey’s Bay Mine/Mill Project Environmental Impact Statement Relative to the Socio-Economic Directives Contained in the Voisey’s Bay Mine/Mill Environmental Assessment Panel Final Guidelines.

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