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Delta Dialogue Network
Kiri Staples
November 5, 2014
www.usask.ca
About Me
In-land Deltas in Northern Canada
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Saskatchewan River and Delta, Saskatchewan
Peace-Athabasca Delta, Alberta
Slave River Delta, Northwest Territories
http://pademp.ca/delta-ecology/
Chris Brackley/Canadian Geographic
www.ec.gc.ca
Challenges/Opportunties
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Inland deltas face similar challenges
a)
b)
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climate change
regional development upstream
Opportunities to learn from each other and share
experiences
www.wired.com
www.climate-change-guide.com
Problem
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Research and monitoring by scientists
a)
b)
c)
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water
air
wildlife
Information does not always reach the communities in
the ways they want
Isn’t always heard by decision makers/policy makers
www.intlalliance.org
Partners
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Charlebois Community School, Government of the
Northwest Territories, Parks Canada, Peace-Athabasca
Delta Ecological Monitoring Program, Slave River and
Delta Partnership
Collaborators
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Shaun Greer, Ducks Unlimited
Mary Head, Opaskywak Cree Nation
Sarah Rosolen, Aurora Research Institute
Interdisciplinary Co-Investigators
Toxicologist
Ecologist
Engineer
Policy Scientist
Geographer
Community-based
Researcher
Political Scientist
Social psychologist
Systems
Analyst
Environmental Scientist
Chemist
Goals
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To understand and build upon the best ways to share and
create knowledge so it is useful for communities, decisionmakers, and academics
a)
b)
c)
evaluation of existing knowledge mobilization efforts (Slave
River Delta);
knowledge mobilization for managers and policy (PeaceAthabasca Delta); and
knowledge mobilization for youth (Saskatchewan River and
Delta).
http://pademp.ca/
http://pademp.ca/
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Progress
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Received grant March 2014
Site visits Summer 2014 (Sask, Slave and Peace River Deltas)
Saskatchewan River Delta
a)
Evan Andrews, MES student– (in progress)
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Slave River Delta
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b)
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b)
c)
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Veronica Mauel, MES student– (just started)
Apoorva Santhosh, Ph.D. student – (just started)
Peace Athabasca Delta
a)
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Data collection Summer 2014/Fall 2014
Sarah Baines, MES student -- (just started)
Prabin Rokaya, Ph.D student – (starts January 2015)
Hammad Javaid, intern
Program Manager– Kiri Staples!
Hiring Community Coordinators
Hydrology (Peace-Athabasca-Slave catchment)
natural flows
regulated flows
climate change influences
Intern Hammad Javaid and PhD student
Prabin Rokaya
Knowledge
Mobilization
- PADEMP
- SRDP
Hydraulics (Slave River Delta)
flooding extents
ice processes (e.g. ice jamming & air pockets)
PhD student Apoorva Santhos
Changes in flood frequency impacting:
vegetation (Apoorva Santhos)
animal populations
human traditions & culture
2014
Build relationships
and communication
strategies
Inventory of organized
knowledge and
projects
PAD and SLRD project
design phase - present
at spring meetings
PAD and SLRD project
implementation, SKRD
project evaluation
Peer-to-peer learning,
presentations and
feedback on findings
Organize collaborative
workshop
Disseminate results
2015
2016
Thank you!
Contact:
Kiri Staples
(306) 966-7135
kiri.staples@usask.ca
Toddi Steelman
toddi.steelman@usask.ca