The HEG has extensive experience managing traditional and cultural land use studies and Traditional Knowledge (TK) projects with Aboriginal groups in Alberta and B.C.
Our specialists work with communities to document historical and current relationships to lands and natural resources and the connections between traditional use of resources, culture and community health. We use participatory research methodologies to both scope and carry out projects, and to make management recommendations.
Our work with communities allows us to successfully design and implement traditional land use studies, follow-up environmental and social monitoring programs, and to integrate TK into environmental and social impact assessments