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SUMMARY:Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation RETOS Workshop: Advancing Indigenous L
 eadership in Oil Spill Planning and Preparedness
DESCRIPTION:Paper\n\nDaniel Reid (Transport Canada, Government of Canada);
  Diana Chan (Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department); and Elli
 ott Taylor PhD (Polaris Applied Sciences Inc)\n\nCanada’s system of marine
  safety operates with Transport Canada as the maritime administration resp
 onsible for legislation, regulations and policy while the Canadian Coast G
 uard provides operational services such as marine pollution response.  Ext
 ensive work currently is being undertaken in Canada to establish a formal 
 role for Indigenous governments and increase community resiliency to marin
 e pollution incidents in alignment with the United Nations Declaration on 
 the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In this context, Canada and the Haíɫzaq
 v (Heiltsuk) First Nation are undertaking collaborative work to increase s
 pill preparedness and response capabilities on the central coast of Britis
 h Columbia.  The Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOSTM) was us
 ed to assess the Heiltsuk Nation Marine Pollution Preparedness and Respons
 e Plan with a focus on incorporating Heiltsuk perspectives. The assessment
  process involved the development of alternative assessment criteria that 
 recognized the importance of Indigenous knowledge and values in responding
  to oil spills, in addition to the standard evaluation criteria used by RE
 TOSTM.\n\nThe assessment was conducted in a workshop format that included 
 participation from both hereditary and elected leadership from the Heiltsu
 k First Nation as well as technical staff from Heiltsuk, Transport Canada,
  and the Canadian Coast Guard. The workshop provided an opportunity in whi
 ch the Heiltsuk leadership shared their perspectives and knowledge of the 
 territory. This process allowed the integration of Heiltsuk values, perspe
 ctives, traditional knowledge, and lived experience into the response plan
 's structure and content, which were not captured by the standard RETOSTM 
 criteria.\n\nThe RETOSTM evaluation identified opportunities for improveme
 nt, including the need for mutual aid agreements with external agencies an
 d improvement of communication strategies. Incorporation of Heiltsuk-infor
 med evaluation criteria augmented the RETOS tool and ensured that plan ele
 ments informed by Heiltsuk values and priorities were evaluated as part of
  the process.  The workshop demonstrates the flexibility of the RETOSTM to
 ol and how it can be used to integrate Indigenous knowledge and values int
 o oil spill response planning and ensure that response plans are co-develo
 ped to be culturally sensitive and responsive to the needs of the communit
 ies involved.\n\nTag: Preparedness\n\nSession Chair: Haliehana Stepetin (T
 ed Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies)
URL:https://iosc2024.conference-program.com/presentation/?id=PAPER342&sess
 =sess129
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