1. Tabitha Y. Steager
Major Project Experience for The Firelight Group Research Cooperative
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Socieconomic Impact Assessment, and
Harvest/Traditional Food Studies
Blueberry River First Nation (Northeastern British Columbia)
Lead researcher for Traditional Knowledge, Use, and Occupancy and Socioeconomic
Impact Assessment Studies as part of the consultation process for multiple industrial
development projects. The TEK projects involved work planning, gaps analysis,
methodology development, leading field interviews using direct-to-digital mapping,
analysis and writing of interim and final reports. The Socioeconomic Impact
Assessment Study involved the design and leading focus groups and one-on-one
interviews on rights-based harvesting levels and subsequent data analysis.
Publications
- 2014. Blueberry River First Nations Knowledge and Use Study Final Report for
TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.’s Proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Pipeline
Project, co-authored with Rachel Olson and The Firelight Group Research
Cooperative.
- 2014. Blueberry River First Nations Knowledge and Use Study Final Report for
NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. North Montney Mainline Pipeline Project, co-authored
with Rachel Olson and The Firelight Group Research Cooperative.
- 2014. Blueberry River First Nations Harvest Baseline and Socioeconomic Effects
Study for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Pipeline Project. Author: Diana
Gibson. Primary research collection, research analyst, and contributing writer.
- 2014. Blueberry River First Nations Socioeconomic Scoping and Baseline Profile for
the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project, contributing author and research analyst.
Author: Diana Gibson. Contributing researcher and writer.
- 2014. The Proposed North Montney Mainline Pipeline Project: Initial Consideration
of Impacts on Blueberry River First Nations’ Use of Lands, Resources and Treaty 8
Rights. Authors: Alistair McDonald and Craig Candler. Contributing researcher and
writer.
Gitxaała Nation (Northwest Coast British Columbia)
Lead researcher for a socioeconomic study outlining the Gitxaała Nation’s traditional
economy as part of the consultation process for the TransCanada Pipeline Ltd. Prince
Rupert Gas Transmission Project. Included the development of study methodology,
budget management, leading field focus groups and survey implementation,
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2. quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and the writing of interim red-flags report
and the final report.
Publication
- 2014. Gitxaała Nation Socioeconomic Harvest Baseline Study Report for the Prince
Rupert Gas Transmission Project. Authors: Tabitha Y. Steager, Diana Gibson, and
the Firelight Research Group Cooperative.
Kitselas First Nation (Northwest Coast British Columbia)
Lead researcher for a socioeconomic harvest study developing baseline rights-based
harvest details and gaps between rights and current harvest levels. Included the
development of study methodology, leading field focus groups, quantitative and
qualitative data analysis, and the writing of the final report.
Publication
2015 Kitselas First Nation Socioeconomic Rights-Based Harvest Study. Authors:
Tabitha Y. Steager, Diana Gibson, and the Firelight Research Group Cooperative.
McLeod Lake Indian Band (Northeastern British Columbia)
Lead researcher for Traditional Knowledge, Use, and Occupancy Studies as part of the
consultation process for proposed TransCanada Ltd. LNG pipeline projects, including
Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project and Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project. The
projects involved work planning, gaps analysis, methodology development, leading
field interviews using direct-to-digital mapping, on-the-ground field research, analysis
and writing of interim and final reports, and attending project meetings with the
proponent and McLeod Lake Indian Band representatives.
Publications
- 2014. McLeod Lake Indian Band Knowledge and Use Study Final Report for
TransCanada Ltd. Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project, co-authored with Rachel
Olson and The Firelight Group Research Cooperative.
- 2014. McLeod Lake Indian Band Knowledge and Use Study Final Report for
TransCanada Ltd. Coastal Gas Link Pipeline Project, co-authored with Rachel Olson
and The Firelight Group Research Cooperative.
Saulteau First Nation (Northeastern British Columbia)
Lead researcher for Traditional Knowledge, Use, and Occupancy and Socioeconomic
Impact Assessment Studies as part of the consultation process for the proposed
TransCanada Ltd. Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project and NGTL’s North Montney
Mainline Project. The TEK projects involved work planning, gaps analysis,
methodology development, leading field interviews using direct-to-digital mapping,
analysis and writing of interim and final reports. The Socioeconomic Impact
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3. Assessment Study involved the design and leading focus groups and one-on-one
interviews on rights-based harvesting levels and subsequent data analysis.
Publications
- 2014. Saulteau First Nations Knowledge and Use Study Final Report for
TransCanada Ltd. Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project, co-authored with Rachel
Olson and The Firelight Group Research Cooperative.
- 2014. Saulteau First Nations Knowledge and Use Study Final Report for NOVA Gas
Transmission Ltd. North Montney Mainline Pipeline Project, co-authored with
Rachel Olson, Peter Bates and The Firelight Group Research Cooperative.
T’Sou-ke First Nation (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
Lead researcher for Traditional Marine Resource Knowledge and Use Study as part of
the consultation process for proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion
Project. The project involved work planning, analysis of existing T’Sou-ke Nation
knowledge and use data, gaps analysis, methodology development, leading field
interviews using direct-to-digital mapping, training of a community researcher, and
analysis and writing of interim and final reports. Scope, write, and deliver project
proposal for Traditional Land Use Study at request of community after completion
and community presentation of Marine Resource Knowledge and Use Study.
Publications
- 2014. T’Sou-ke First Nation Marine Resource Knowledge and Use Study Preliminary
Review Report and Recommendations for Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain
Expansion Project, co-authored with Rachel Olson, Steven DeRoy and The Firelight
Group Research Cooperative.
- 2015. T’Sou-ke First Nation Marine Resource Knowledge and Use Study Final
Report for Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project, co-authored with
Rachel Olson and The Firelight Group Research Cooperative.
Wabun Tribal Council (Northern Ontario)
Researcher for Traditional Knowledge, Use, and Occupancy Study as part of the
consultation process for the proposed Energy East Pipeline Project. The TEK project
involved work planning and leading field interviews using direct-to-digital mapping.
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