Michael Jacobs

Curve Lake First Nation / Cambium Indigenous Professional Services
 https://www.indigenousaware.com/

Michael Jacobs is a member of Curve Lake First Nation and CEO of Cambium Indigenous Professional Services, a First Nation-owned advisory consultancy. He works at the intersection of First Nations perspectives, project planning, relationship-building, and Indigenous inclusion, helping communities, governments, and industry move rom intention to practical action.

All Sessions by Michael Jacobs

  • Day 1


  • 09:45  - 10:30
    This panel will explore the place of impact assessment within the project lifecycle. It will explore the various stages from identification of project needs to project delivery by considering design choices, risk management, and implementation strategies. The panelists will consider the optimization of assessment in the context of the lifecycle.

    Session Facilitator: Anjala Puvananathan, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
    Opening & Closing
    Panel Discussion
    Where
    Grand Salon

  • 11:00  - 11:20
    Critical project decisions are often made before formal environmental assessments begin. This session will introduce Land Relationship Visioning, a First Nations-informed planning approach that allows stakeholders to explore project relationships with the land and local communities before key decisions become fixed.

    Drawing on CIPS' experience, the session will provide a structured method combining First Nations perspectives, place-based knowledge, and dialogue to identify significant values, risks, and desired outcomes early in the lifecycle. Participants will examine common pitfalls, such as beginning with predetermined solutions or engaging communities too late.

    Session Facilitator: Katrina McCullough, GHD
    Session 1
    Where
    Grand Salon

  • Day 2


  • 14:30  - 15:15
    This panel will examine how the 2026 OAIA Conference was able to consider the full lifecycle of a project and how assessments can be a tool for shaping resilient, implementable, and outcome-driven projects.

    Session Facilitator: Anjala Puvananathan, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
    Opening & Closing
    Panel Discussion
    Where
    Grand Salon



The Ontario Association for Impact Assessment (OAIA) was founded in 1994 as a registered not-for-profit organization focused on the practice of impact assessment in Ontario.

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