Indigenous Community

Northern Shelf Bioregion First Nations Notification Pilot Project and Tabletop Exercise

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In 2021-2022, Nuka Research led a process to design, plan, implement, evaluate, and report on a virtual Tabletop Exercise (TTX) to support the development of an enhanced Notification technology, aiming to improve the timeliness and accuracy of marine incident notifications to BC First Nations communities. This project, funded by the British Columbia Ministry of Environment … Read more

Modernizing Marine Liability Regimes to Address the Concerns and Priorities of Indigenous Communities

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Photo taken by Kyle Artelle, showing attempts to flush a contaminated beach during Nathan E. Stewart oil spill (Heiltsuk Nation). WWF- Canada contracted Nuka Research to consider how Canada’s ship-source oil spill liability regime addresses claims for the types of losses that Indigenous communities may experience. Nuka Research conducted an extensive literature review and also … Read more

Phasing Out the Use of Heavy Fuel Oil in the Canadian Arctic: Impacts to Northern Communities

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Nuka Research was contracted by WWF-Canada to assess the economic and social implications to a ban on the use and carriage for use of Heavy Fuel oil (HFO) by vessels operating in the Canadian Arctic. This analysis included an economic assessment, conducted by Northern Economics. The project included multiple analyses to identify the many impacts … Read more