Planners from Labrador, Nunavut and NWT discuss how planning helping communities build capacity, respond to economic decline and celebrate place.

Venue: Library

Moderator: Daniel Grant - Strategic Analyst, Sustainability, Department of Lands, GNWT.

Environmental assessment has a major role in land planning and decision making by default, by design and most recently by indigenous led EA’s – all will be examined in session.

Venue:Multipurpose

Moderator: Ann Peters RPP, MCIP -  Planner, Dillon Consulting, Yellowknife.

This session examines the strong connections to land, culture and tradition and how those values are shaping climate, sustainability and land use policy in the north.

Venue: Longhouse

Moderator: Jim Bell -Manager, Regional Land Use Planning, Yukon Government.

Building public trust through collaborative planning and engagement.

Venue: Artist Studio

Moderator: Nick Grzybowski BSc., MADR - Yukon Land Use Planning Council, Associate Consultant.

Note: Chloe Dragon-Smith's presentation used a variety of approaches, but none that were easily captured in a document.