Findings from the CEMA Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Framework

Incorporating the Findings from the CEMA Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Framework into the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evalation & Reporting Agency: Findings and Recommendations

The objectives of this report are twofold. First, it will contextualize the CEMA ITK Framework within the larger history of Indigenous participation in oil sands monitoring and by so doing, show that there has been a distinct and real disconnection between previous program learnings and the commitment to implement the use of ITK into Governmental monitoring programs. Second, the report will make a series of recommendations regarding how the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) might implement the CEMA ITK Framework key findings, in alignment to it’s mandate, into effective processes that will integrate ITK in a manner that is culturally appropriate and strengthen the role of Indigenous communities in environmental monitoring in Northeastern Alberta.