OBJECTIVE 2.3 – Building the capacity of Aboriginal,
rural and northern communities to generate sustainable economic activity
based on natural resources.
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Date target reported
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Target
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Date target reported
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How this target advances sustainable development
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Future directions
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2.3.1
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By 1998, organize workshops on northern energy, sustainable forest
management, sustainability of minerals and mining as part of the
Circumpolar Conference and Workshops, Sustainable Development in
the Arctic: Lessons Learned and the Way Ahead, in co-operation with
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, DFAIT and Environment Canada.
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Mar 31/99
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Helps guide the Arctic Council in the development of its Sustainable
Development Program for the Circumpolar Region.
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For SDS- Now and for the Future,
NRCan will continue to work interdepartmentally to promote sustainable
development in the North, through the development of a common federal
vision and action plan.
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2.3.2
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Compiling integrated information on the geology, hazards and permafrost
conditions of the Yellowknife area, by 1999.
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Mar 31/99
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Addresses the impact of humans on the environment in Canada's largest
northern community. The report Living with Frozen Ground provides
guidance for infrastructure and industrial development of the area
in an environmentally responsible manner.
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In SDS- Now and for the Future,
NRCan committed to monitor and address natural hazards and disasters,
by providing new seismic hazard information, by publishing a national
landslide database, hazard map and synthesis of landslide hazard,
and by providing complete topographic mapping at scales suitable
for resource exploration and development in the north.
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Completing a federal-territorial-Inuit supported compilation of
northern Baffin Island Geoscience, by 1999.
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Mar 31/99
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Provides maps, reports and a digital knowledge base of the bedrock
and surficial geology and mineral potential of defined areas of
north Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula. This will aid in mineral
exploration for possible economic deposits that could sustain economic
and social benefits.
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2.3.3
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Deliver the First Nation Forestry Program (FNFP) in partnership
with Aboriginal people, to enhance self-reliance in forest management,
develop forest-based businesses, and provide economic and traditional
land-use opportunities on and off-reserve, between 1997 and 2001.
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Mar 31/01
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Improves social, environmental and economic conditions in First
Nation communities by providing training and strengthening independent
forestry management.
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Program evaluations have demonstrated that the FNFP has been highly
successful in building capacity within Aboriginal communities to
manage forest-based resources specific to regional/local circumstances
and values. NRCan, in partnership with INAC, is aiming to launch
a renewed First Nation Forestry Program by 2002 to continue to build
Aboriginal and community capacity.
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2.3.4
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By 1998, develop a study to identify the non-technical barriers
to the development of renewable energy technologies in Canadian
remote communities.
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Mar 31/99
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Increases knowledge to help address barriers restricting the use
of renewable energy in
Aboriginal and remote communities through information transfer,
technical training and other support.
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SDS- Now and for the Future commits
NRCan to enabling communities to determine their energy future,
through the development of a comprehensive, energy systems approach
that encompasses renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies
and management practices/systems.
The comprehensive approach will build upon the success of RETScreen
to facilitate broader option identification and assessment.
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By 1999, improve renewable energy project analysis software (RETScreen)
for preparing project pre- feasibility studies.
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Mar 31/00
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2.3.5
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By 1998, implement a training program on the Canada Lands Survey
System in collaboration with Nunavut Arctic College.
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Mar 31/99
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Provides training and skills development opportunities for Aboriginal
people in land management and surveying.
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NRCan has committed to build Aboriginal and community capacity
to practice sustainable natural resources management. Building on
the program's success, NRCan is working to establish an effective
and efficient property rights infrastructure for First Nations and
Aboriginal groups under the Canada Lands Survey System.
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Over the period from 1997 to 2000, manage the delivery of the land
claims survey program.
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Mar 31/01
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Provides communities with skills and information necessary to strengthen
land resource management and planning.
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2.3.6
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By 1998, develop basic agreement with Industry Canada's Community
Access Program and NRCan's Sustainable Communities Initiative (co-led
with Industry Canada and involving six other federal departments)
to demonstrate the value of geospatial information, and initiate
selection of communities for first round of pilots.
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Mar 31/99
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Strengthens the capacity of Canadian communities to use government
information (in particular geospatial information), services and
tools to plan and manage sustainable development using the Information
Highway. This can increase community self-reliance and empowerment
and strengthen leadership in terms of decision-making about sustainable
development and community economic diversification in the context
of the transition to a knowledge-based economy.
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The success of the pilot Sustainable Communities Initiative has
enabled Aboriginal, rural, northern and coastal communities to improve
their ability to plan, make decisions and create partnerships. Over
the period of SDS- Now and for the Future,
the Sustainable Communities Initiative will be expanded to reach
60 more communities.
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By 1998, initiate with the Nicola Tribal Association, the Nicola
Valley Institute of Technology and five local bands, the development
of computer technologies for the analysis and storage of codes and
environmental ethics, traditional Aboriginal information and forest
management information.
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Mar 31/99
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