Canadian Indigenous engagement and capacity building in health impact assessment

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-67

  Kwiatkowski, Roy E ^a   Tikhonov, Constantine ^b   Peace, Diane McClymont ^c   Bourassa, Carrie ^d  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Research and Monitoring Section   (Canada)

^c EHRD   (Canada)

^d FIRST NATIONS UNIVERSITY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community engagement; HIA capacity building; Indigenous communities; Research; Training

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH IMPACT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER; TRAINING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 69749126726     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155109X413046     Document Type: Article

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