Next Generation Impact & Environmental Assessment in Ontario
DATE: October 25th – 26th, 2023
LOCATION: Faculty Club – University Of Toronto, 41 Willcocks St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
OVERVIEW:
At this year’s conference we are exploring where Impact & Environmental Assessments are going next. Our panelists will discuss from a diversity of perspectives, innovative case studies and showcase best management practices focusing on four main themes:
- Innovative Approaches and Quick Wins
- Meaningful Engagement
- Sustainable Development
- Climate Resistant Infrastructure
Topics include:
- Innovative and Changing Approaches: Join us for a roundtable discussion where we investigate new approaches that have been used and work well. Engage with panel and audience discussion on how modernized approaches benefit infrastructure development, using sustainability tools, and developing Integrated EAs. Explore ideas for IA and EA practitioners to avoid delays and move infrastructure planning to more certainty.
- A Focus on New Provincial Approaches: Probe our panelists for insights on delisting, deregulation orders, and enabling works.
- Modern Populism & Getting Things Done – Modern Municipal Budget Constraints: Explore with our expert group of panelists how provincial changes to municipal budgets impact infrastructure building, including planning, development charges, and scope changes for the future.
- Communication & Consultation: Join us for a discussion on consultation protocols, innovative approaches, better practices, north and south commonalities and differences, and effective Indigenous consultation, with case studies.
- Impact of Land & Water: Engage with panelists on Indigenous and contemporary connections.
- Integrating Diverse Voices in IA & EA: Explore with panelists on topics including intergenerational knowledge, integrated GBA+, community groups & advocacy impacts, and opportunities for reconciliation.
- Impact Benefit Agreements Related to Indigenous Communities: Join our panelists for a discussion on the importance of ceremony, Community Benefits Programs, and Indigenous-led IA and EA.
- Need for Secure Infrastructure: Engage with panelists on topics including climate action planning, risk management flood modelling and learn about ENVISION: The blueprint for sustainable infrastructure.
2023 Video Presentations
YouTube Playlist (Sessions 1 – 9)
| Session 1.A: Are Impact & Environmental Assessments Still Harming Indigenous Peoples? |
| Session 1.B: The Changing Landscape of Meaningful Indigenous Engagement |
| Session 2.A: Research & Innovation in IA: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Research Program |
| Session 2.B: Highways & Environmental Assessment – Do Exemptions Meet the Goal of EA/IA? |
| Session 2.C: Safeguarding Biodiversity & Meeting International Obligations through IA |
| Session 2.D: Natural Resources Canada’s Selecting Terrestrial Areas Initiative |
| Session 3.A: Sustainable Infrastructure Planning & Delivery: A Digital Transformation |
| Session 3.B: Planning Application Review & Enforcement System (PARES) |
| Session 4.A: Focusing Impact Assessment on Key Issues |
| Session 4.B: Early Permits, Licences, Approvals & Agreements – Collaboration Within Environmental Impact Assessments |
| Session 4.C: Modernizing Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Program: Presentation for the Ontario Association of Impact Assessment |
| Session 5.A: Opportunities for Maximizing Indigenous Leadership in the Impact Assessment Process |
| Session 5.B: What Does the Blueberry River Decision Mean for Next Generation IBAs? |
| Session 6.A: Indigenous Led Environmental Assessments: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly |
| Session 6.B: Connecting the Arctic: Inuit-lead Submarine Cable Routing & Feasibility Study |
| Session 7.A: Using Virtual Sound Demonstrations to Demonstrate Changes in Noise to Communities |
| Session 7.B: The Role of Earth Observation Data in Decision-Making for Climate Resilient Infrastructure |
| Session 7.C: Reconsidering Environmental-Cultural Flows in Development Decision-Making in Canada through Grounded Theory |
| Session 8.A: Conducting Engagement in Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) |
| Session 9.A: Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Landform: Working with Stakeholders for Innovative Solutions |
| Session 9.B: Employing Qualitative Methods for Assessing Impacts of Major Projects in Canada |
| Session 9.C: A Quantitative Approach to Carbon Life-Cycle Assessment & Decarbonization of Infrastructure Projects |
| Session 9.D: Coastal Zone Mitigation & Adaptation Infrastructure: Can Assessment of Projects on Federal Lands (POFL) Help? |
2023 Conference Presentations
Available for Download in PDF Format
Session 1.A: Are Impact & Environmental Assessments Still Harming Indigenous Peoples?
Session 1.B: The Changing Landscape of Meaningful Indigenous Engagement
Session 2.A: Research & Innovation in IA: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Research Program
Session 2.B: Highways & Environmental Assessment - Do Exemptions Meet the Goal of EA/IA?
Session 2.C: Safeguarding Biodiversity & Meeting International Obligations through IA
Session 2.D: Natural Resources Canada’s Selecting Terrestrial Areas Initiative
Session 3.A: Sustainable Infrastructure Planning & Delivery: A Digital Transformation
Session 3.B: Planning Application Review & Enforcement System (PARES)
Session 4.A: Focusing Impact Assessment on Key Issues
Session 4.B: Early Permits, Licences, Approvals & Agreements - Collaboration Within Environmental Impact Assessments
Session 4.C: Modernizing Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Program: Presentation for the Ontario Association of Impact Assessment
Session 5.A: Opportunities for Maximizing Indigenous Leadership in the Impact Assessment Process
Session 5.B: What Does the Blueberry River Decision Mean for Next Generation IBAs?
Session 6.A: Indigenous Led Environmental Assessments: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Session 6.B: Connecting the Arctic: Inuit-lead Submarine Cable Routing & Feasibility Study
Session 7.A: Using Virtual Sound Demonstrations to Demonstrate Changes in Noise to Communities
Session 7.B: The Role of Earth Observation Data in Decision-Making for Climate Resilient Infrastructure
Session 7.C: Reconsidering Environmental-Cultural Flows in Development Decision-Making in Canada through Grounded Theory
Session 8.A: Conducting Engagement in Health Impact Assessments (HIAs)
Session 9.A: Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Landform: Working with Stakeholders for Innovative Solutions
Session 9.B: Employing Qualitative Methods for Assessing Impacts of Major Projects in Canada
Session 9.C: A Quantitative Approach to Carbon Life-Cycle Assessment & Decarbonization of Infrastructure Projects
Session 9.D: Coastal Zone Mitigation & Adaptation Infrastructure: Can Assessment of Projects on Federal Lands (POFL) Help?
Official Conference Sponsors
Thank You to the Following Sponsors of the 2023 Conference
PLATINUM SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
LUNCH BREAK / NETWORKING SPONSORS
COFFEE BREAK / NETWORKING SPONSORS
