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Where ALCES is applied

Indigenous-led Cumulative Effects Assessment

We work with communities across Canada to assess impacts of past, current, and future development to opportunities for Indigenous land uses such as the harvest of wildlife, fish, and plants. Assessments typically span very large regions to encompass traditional territories, and impacts are interpreted relative to natural baselines.
Two animated maps of an Alberta watershed running from 1900 to the present. The left map shows accessibility for Indigenous hunting shrinking as development spreads; the right shows opportunity for Indigenous harvest of moose declining alongside it.
Reconstruction of lost accessibility for Indigenous hunting (left) and opportunity for Indigenous harvest of moose (right) over the past century in an Alberta watershed. Prepared using ALCES.

Modeling Software to Support Indigenous Participation in Impact Assessment

A web-based cumulative effects assessment tool that supports community-led evaluations of development proposals within a broader landscape and historical context. Click the brochure to learn more.

The brochure: Modeling Software to Support Indigenous Participation in Impact Assessment

Published work

An assessment completed with the Fort McKay Métis Nation was presented at the 2025 Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment and was published in the journal Environmental Management (access the article). An assessment completed with the Cadotte Lake Métis Nation was presented at the 2026 Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (access the presentation).

A boreal wetland and open water, with spruce forest along the shore.

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