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Assessing the Intersections of Sex, Gender, and Other Identity Factors in the New Canadian Impact Assessment Act
From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment
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This chapter draws from feminist and resource management scholarship to identify key trends important to the understanding and realization of good-practice gender and diversity analysis and identify several key considerations for its application in the context of the IAA requirements.
Contributors
Heidi Walker
Heidi Walker is a PhD candidate in the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on the gendered, intersectional, and social dimensions of climate hazards and resource development. She has previously published in the area of public participation in environmental assessment. Heidi is also the program manager for community-engaged research at The King’s University.
Maureen G. Reed
Maureen G Reed is a distinguished professor in, and assistant director, academic, of the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan. She also holds a UNESCO chair in biocultural diversity, sustainability, reconciliation, and renewal with Dr Jim Robson. Her research focuses on models of governance that can help communities become resilient and environmentally and socially sustainable. She has conducted research and supported government agencies to address gender (in)equity in forestry, intersectional analyses of the impacts of climate change, and the structural and procedural inequalities embedded within planning and assessment processes.
