A Video Series Introducing Environmental Planning with Indigenous Communities

Part 1: Pre-planning

What is a Land Use Plan and how do communities decide how they will create one? Many communities tackle these questions and more through a Pre-planning Workshop. This video discusses how to set up a pre-planning workshop to start your land use planning process.

Part 2: Creating a Land Use Plan

From establishing a vision for your community to gathering a planning team, this video covers the seven common steps to creating a new Land Use Plan.

Part 3: Bringing Your Plan to Life

Once we create the plan, how do we ensure that it doesn’t sit on a shelf? We bring the plan to life by making sure key decision makers have copies of the plan and use them to guide decisions about what gets built in the community. This video covers this and other strategies for making sure your community gets the most of out its new land use plan.

Part 4: Federal Impact Assessments

What happens when government or private sector projects have impacts on First Nations lands and community members’ health? An Impact Assessment helps the First Nation identify those health impacts to ensure that they are reduced or that fair compensation is provided for them.