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The Delta Dialogue Network Kiri Staples, Project Manager February 26 th , 2015 www.usask.ca www.usask.ca/research-groups/ddn Inland deltas face similar challenges Problem Research and monitoring programs (scientists, government, community


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The Delta Dialogue Network

Kiri Staples, Project Manager February 26th, 2015

www.usask.ca/research-groups/ddn

www.usask.ca

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Inland deltas face similar challenges

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Problem

  • Research and monitoring programs (scientists,

government, community groups)  water, air, wildlife

  • But - information doesn’t always reach the people who

want and need

  • Knowledge mobilization: making sure that knowledge

serves society well

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Goals

1) Synthesize, bridge, translate and mobilize existing knowledge from existing monitoring programs; 2) Identify potential knowledge gaps; 3) Engage youth in collaborative and culturally sensitive ways; 4) Support local, regional and national decision-making; 5) Create an inland delta network that can share good practices and lessons learned about knowledge mobilization.

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Partners and Collaborators

Charlebois Community School

Shaun Greer, Ducks Unlimited

Sarah Rosolen, Aurora Research Institute

Mary Head, Opaskwayak Cree Nation

Government of the Northwest Territories

Parks Canada

Slave River and Delta Partnership

Peace-Athabasca Delta Ecological Monitoring Program

Slave River and Delta Partnership Peace-Athabasca Delta Ecological Monitoring Program (2014) – www.pademp.ca

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Interdisciplinary Co-Investigators

Policy Scientist Ecologist Geographer Social psychologist Chemist Political Scientist Toxicologist Engineer Environmental Scientist Systems Analyst Social scientist

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Three main projects:

  • 1. Evaluation of existing knowledge

mobilization tools in the Slave River Delta

  • Student: Veronica Mauel, MES Candidate
  • Advisors: Toddi Steelman, Maureen Reed
  • Partner organization: Slave River and Delta

Partnership

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  • 2. Knowledge mobilization for policy and

decision-making in the Peace-Athabasca Delta

  • Student: Sarah Baines, MES Candidate
  • Advisors: Toddi Steelman, Lalita Bharadwaj
  • Partner organization: Peace-Athabasca Delta

Ecological Monitoring Program

Photo credit: Jason Straka

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  • 3. Knowledge mobilization with youth in the

Saskatchewan River Delta

  • Student: Evan Andrews, MES Candidate
  • Advisor: Toddi Steelman
  • Partner organization: Charlebois Community

School

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  • Understanding the role of

youth in dealing with environmental change and preserving their community’s way of life

  • Using the “Circle of Courage”

to discuss culturally important practices

  • Sharing experiences with

peers in other delta communities

The Next Generation of Delta Stewards

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Next steps

  • Hiring community coordinators – Fort Chipewyan, Fort

Resolution, Fort Smith (April 2015)

  • Further develop research questions with partners in the

Slave River and Peace-Athabasca deltas

  • Data collection summer 2015
  • Youth engagement project in

the Saskatchewan River Delta

  • Collaborative workshop –

Delta Day 2016?

  • Continue web development
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Thank you!

Contact: Kiri Staples (306) 966-7135 kiri.staples@usask.ca Toddi Steelman (306) 966-1499 toddi.steelman@usask.ca

http://www.usask.ca/research-groups/ddn