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Impact Assessment for Projects on Federal Lands and Outside Canada

The “Federal Projects” Process

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

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This chapter explores the process set out in the Assessment Act (IAA) for the assessment of projects on federal lands and projects outside Canada; how this process differs from the rest of the … 24 $2.40 Add
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The Enbridge Pipeline Disaster and Accidental Activism along the Kalamazoo River

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 18 Sonia Grant focuses on the oil spill into the Kalamazoo River and the controversies that surrounded cleanup efforts. It discusses topics such the health impacts and gaps in … 12 $1.20 Add
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Transparency and Accountability in Decision Making

Does the Impact Assessment Act Support Credible Decision Making?

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

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This chapter considers the central decision points the Assessment Act (IAA) determines the extent to which the Act codifies mechanisms to provide for transparency and accountability in decisions. … 31 $3.10 Add
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Getting Europe Out of the Tar Sands: The Rise of the UK Tar Sands Network

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 19 Jess Worth explores The UK Tar Sands Network (UKTSN), discussing solidarity with First Nations in Canada, exposing Canadian lobbying of the British and European Union (EU) … 10 $1.00 Add
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Human Rights and the Impact Assessment Act

Proponents and Consultants as Duty Bearers

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

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This chapter argues for a human rights centred approach to the interpretation and operationalization of the provisions of the Impact Assessment Act (IAA), emphasizing the role of IA proponents … ; 23 $2.30 Add
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Labour Faces Keystone XL and Climate Change

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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Chapter 20 focuses on the underlying structural problems in organized labour that make it difficult to confront broad social issues like global warming. 9 $0.90 Add
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Science and Indigenous Knowledge as the Evidentiary Basis for Impact Assessment

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

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This chapter considers the Impact Assessment Act’s (IAA) approach to science and Indigenous knowledge by setting out the roles that science and Indigenous knowledge play in establishing the … 25 $2.50 Add
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A Learning-Focused Analysis of Canada’s Impact Assessment Act

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This chapter analyzes the learning potential presented by the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) by examining opportunities for learning at multiple levels of social organization; that is, by employ … 20 $2.00 Add
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Ending the Age of Fossil Fuels and Building an Economics for the Seventh Generation

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 21 Winona LaDuke explores the Ojibwe prophecy for the seventh fire and how it relates to collective or individual actions, discussing the Natural Resources Defense Council, disasters … 11 $1.10 Add
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Entering the Next Generation of Impact Assessment in Canada

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This chapter considers each component in relation to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) evaluations and developed an assessment of what the IAA achieves and where further reform is needed. 14 $1.40 Add
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The Rise of the Native Rights–Based Strategic Framework: Our Last Best Hope to Save Our Water, Air, and Earth

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 22 Clayton Thomas-Muller examines how the present environmental framework is being developed from native rights, discussing the cost of loss of ecosystems, the global climate crisis, … 13 $1.30 Add
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Pipelines and Resistance across Turtle Island

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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Chapter 23 examines resistance to pipelines across Turtle island (Canada), discussing Indigenous resistance and the anti-pipeline movement, decolonization, the resurgence of Indigenous … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Path Forward

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

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The final chapter focuses on law reform and key changes in the implementation of the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) that are needed to complete the transition of the federal assessment process to an … 21 $2.10 Add