DPRA completed a socio-economic impact analysis for input into an environmental assessment for De Beers' Snap Lake Diamond Project in the Northwest Territories. The work included primary and secondary data gathering and analysis, extensive consultation meetings with seven Aboriginal communities, non-Aboriginal stakeholders and federal and territorial regulators and reviewers. The scope of the work also included a review of the recent experiences of Aboriginal communities with the diamond mine industry in the NWT and potential cumulative socio-economic effects of the proposed mine.

Based upon the data collection, DPRA carried out an analysis and identified the changes that would likely result from the proposed project and analyzed the effects of those changes and their effects on individuals, families and communities. DPRA also identified impact management measures to maximize the positive and minimize the negative predicted impacts as a result of the development of the project.

Other Projects:

• Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) - Peer Review of Socio-Economic Effects Assessment for the Proposed Diavik Diamond Mine
• Greater Toronto Airport Authority - Pickering Socio-Economic Baseline Study
• Walker Brothers Quarries Limited - Social Impact Assessment