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New initiatives in the oil sands region will include exploring how First Nations can co-manage provincial wildland parks, directing the province’s chief scientist to work with Indigenous communities to assist with monitoring the environmental impact of the oil sands, and adding cultural and social values to a new biodiversity program. Read more...Reposted from The Globe [...]

Alberta Innovates-Tech Futures was the site of an Aboriginal Day ceremony on June 20, organized by the Aboriginal Environmental Services Network (AESN). Alberta Innovates-Tech Futures staff and members of various Alberta communities enjoyed the great weather while gathered round for stories and entertainment—and got in the action themselves with some crowd-participation activities. National Aboriginal Day [...]