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The Government of the Northwest Territories submits socio-economic analysis supporting the BHP Diamond Mine project, highlighting potential employment, training, and economic benefits while recommending strategies to maximize northern participation in contracting, procurement, and workforce development over the project's 25-year lifespan.
DIAND presents its intervention on the traditional knowledge component of BHP's Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed development project in the Northwest Territories, outlining the department's mandate and experience with traditional knowledge, assessing BHP's TK collection efforts, and recommending that Phase II of the TK study focus on areas where Aboriginal perspectives differ from scientific views, data gaps exist, and proper integration into environmental monitoring occurs.
A comprehensive collection of BHP Diamonds' submission documents to the EARP panel regarding the proposed NWT Diamond Mine project, including closing statements on caribou studies, land claims and impact and benefits agreements, surface leases, monitoring provisions, and correspondence with Aboriginal groups and the Boston Project. The documents address environmental and socio-economic concerns, traditional knowledge integration, Aboriginal employment, and the regulatory approval process.
A map showing Yellowknives Dene traditional lands and community trails in the Yellowknife/Detah area, indicating historical and ongoing use of the region by Indigenous peoples.
This document comprises ten fact sheets and recommendations from Yellowknives Dene First Nation to the federal EARP Panel reviewing the BHP Diamonds Project, submitted in February 1996. The submission details the First Nation's concerns regarding inadequate community consultation, limited economic benefits despite significant social and environmental impacts, insufficient baseline data, and demands for aboriginal control over environmental monitoring, land rights recognition, and negotiated development impact-benefit agreements before project approval.
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing in Dettah on the proposed BHP Diamonds Inc. Northwest Territories Diamonds Project, featuring presentations from BHP outlining the diamond mine development near Lac de Gras, and testimony from Yellowknives Dene Band and community members expressing concerns about environmental impacts, land rights, and historical lessons from previous mining operations like Pine Point.
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing in Ndilo on February 2, 1996, reviewing BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposed diamond mine development near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories. The hearing includes presentations from the Yellowknives Dene Band detailing their historical connection to the land, treaty rights, and concerns about the project's impact on caribou, water quality, and sacred sites, followed by BHP's overview of the proposed open-pit mining operation.
Paul Betsina, a grade 7 student from Yellowknives Dene First Nation, submits testimony at an EARP review hearing expressing concerns about BHP's Ekati project and advocating for caribou and wildlife protection for future generations while referencing his family's Treaty 8 legacy.
Tom Hoefer from the NWT Chamber of Mines submits additional background material and a curriculum vitae for Walter Sampson's presentation at technical hearings, with details on his socio-economic discussion topics.
Letter from the Government of the Northwest Territories Renewable Resources submitting written submissions to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel for multiple technical sessions including General Session, Traditional Knowledge, Environmental Management Plans, Water, Wildlife, and Socioeconomic topics.
The City of Edmonton submits a presentation to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency panel reviewing BHP Minerals Canada Ltd.'s proposed diamond mine project in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories, offering to partner with Yellowknife by providing environmental expertise through the University of Alberta and contributing educational and health resources for the project.
Submission P.H. 020(c) by the NWT Chamber of Mines, February 16 1996, to Letha J. MacLachlan, Chair, Environmental Assessment Panel, BHP Diamond Mine (NWT Communications Center, Yellowknife). Includes "NWT Business Review and Outlook for the Year 1995" by Norecon Limited for the GNWT Economic Development and Tourism Economic Planning Section, and "The Northwest Territories Economy: A Look to the Year 2000" (GNWT Economic Development & Tourism Policy, Planning & Human Resources, July 1995). Discusses Nanisivik and Polaris mines, flow-through-share mineral exploration, NWT employment mismatch with available work and skill levels, and average earnings in NWT communities of 500-999 and <500 population ($15,757 and $12,655 respectively).
David Schnellen critiques BHP's environmental impact assessment for the proposed diamond mine, arguing that the EIS fails to employ a genuine ecosystem approach to aquatic systems, inadequately characterizes biological communities, and cannot fulfill a sustainable development standard or 'no net habitat loss' policy given the permanent destruction of multiple lakes. The document recommends staged project development with lake refilling strategies and recalculated compensation based on realistic recovery timelines extending over centuries.
Submission P-021 — Dene Nation Denendeh National Office (Yellowknife) presentation by Dene Nation to BHP Public Hearing Technical Sessions on Traditional Knowledge, February 13 1996 (5:00 PM, faxed February 1 1996). Includes the federal Government's Aboriginal Self-Government Inherent Right Policy Guide (combination of self-government implementation with comprehensive land-claim negotiations, BC treaty process, Indian Commission of Ontario, Métis tripartite processes), Aboriginal-group representation dispute resolution, role of municipalities and third parties, and 1901 Order in Council ratifying adhesions to Treaty 8 with the territorial map showing the Treaty 8 ceded area (Slave region).
Submission PH-022(a)+(f) — joint Technical Submission to the Federal Environmental Assessment Panel by the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC), Canadian Nature Federation / Fédération Canadienne de la Nature, Ecology North, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and the Northern Environmental Coalition (c/o #3-4807 49th Street, Yellowknife). Includes Section 3.2 "A Critique of BHP's Impact Assessment for Aquatic Ecosystems" by Dr. David Schindler (Killam Memorial Professor of Ecology, University of Alberta) arguing the community-approach diagram is inadequate for an ecosystem approach. Also covers community-based research methodology, employment economic value of land-based activities, and BHP's Community-Based Job Development Strategy programs for contractors/subcontractors.
The Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce presents its position supporting BHP's NWT Diamonds Project, detailing how the mine will benefit the North through employment, training, and business opportunities, while advocating for policies to ensure northern residents and businesses capture these benefits.
Submission by the Status of Women Council of the NWT to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel analyzing socio-economic impacts of the proposed mine on women and communities, identifying significant deficiencies in the EIS regarding baseline data, gender analysis, consultation, and mitigation measures.
This document provides wildlife and fish monitoring recommendations for a mineral development project, focusing on general monitoring protocols, organizational structures, and specific mitigation measures for grizzly bears and caribou, including aircraft altitude restrictions, bear protection programs, and traffic monitoring plans.
Yellowknives Dene First Nation submits comprehensive recommendations to the federal panel reviewing the BHP diamond mine project, addressing land rights, environmental management, Traditional Knowledge integration, water and wildlife protection, reclamation, socio-economic benefits, and negotiation of a Development Impact Benefit Agreement.
The Northwest Territories Construction Association submits its response to the BHP NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Impact Statement, supporting the project development based on positive socioeconomic benefits for northern businesses, workers, and communities. The Association details BHP's commitment to fair contracting practices, safety standards, employment opportunities, and economic contributions estimated at $70 million during construction and $50 million annually during operations.