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Photo Gallery
 Since the Board’s inception, EMAB members visit the Diavik site annually to view the mine and keep informed of its growth and changes. Chair Doug Crossley discusses a site map with fellow board members and Diavik staff. North Slave Metis Alliance EMAB member Sheryl Grieve, on a Diavik site tour, learns about coarse processed kimberlite storage.  EMAB occasionally convenes Traditional Knowledge panels to discuss issues of importance to communities. Caribou safety has been one such concern and a TK panel discussed the merits of fencing certain areas of the mine. EMAB’s TK panel on fencing visited the Colomac mine site to view the fencing and discuss the pros and cons of an existing fence. Elders from EMAB’s five Aboriginal groups sometimes visit the Diavik mine site to discuss community priorities. With closure planning advancing, EMAB held a workshop to explain the essentials of closure and gather information about community concerns. In an effort to advance the use of Traditional Knowledge in environmental monitoring, EMAB held a workshop in Kugluktuk involving all five Aboriginal Parties to the Environmental Agreement. EMAB tries to hold community updates in all its communities on an annual basis. The updates inform community members on EMAB’s activities as well as provide assessment on the results of environmental monitoring at the Diavik mine site. EMAB includes in its budget $150,000 in funding annually that is available to the five Aboriginal Parties to the Environmental Agreement to increase environmental monitoring capacity in the communities. The environment departments of the Aboriginal Parties to the Environmental Agreement discuss Diavik-related issues and often look to EMAB for information to help them keep informed.
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