Environmental Support Services for Indigenous Communities
At Intrinsik, we understand that many Indigenous Communities are encountering a complex array of environmental issues. In this changing regulatory climate, resource development applications are now often multifaceted and typically examine health through a holistic lens. Our experience in engagement, technical review, risk communication, human health and ecological risk assessment and health impact assessment will enable us to appropriately support your Indigenous Community.
Services:
- Technical and Peer Review of Impact Assessment Applications
- Stakeholder Consultation and Engagement
- Risk Communication
- Review of Environmental Monitoring and Management Plans
- Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
- Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment
- Provision of training to community members to facilitate community-led environmental sampling
- Traditional Food Studies
Example Experience:
- Assessment of potential impacts to human health and the environment following an accidental crude oil release into surface water
- Detailed quantitative human health risk assessment for a treated municipal wastewater discharge in proximity to an Indigenous community
- Health Impact Assessment for a supply road in Northern Ontario
- Risk communications and stakeholder engagement for mine remediation
- Fish tissue quality advisory communication plans
- Traditional food studies with Nations across Canada
- Support for radon detection and mitigation program
- Development of a radon communication and information strategy
