The Cumulative Impacts Research Consortium (CIRC) is pleased to invite you to its upcoming launch event being held on October 2-3, 2015 at the UNBC Campus in Prince George, BC.
CIRC was created in the wake of a January 2014 forum hosted by the Community Development Institute, the Health Research Institute and the Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Institute at UNBC. The forum explored how to tackle the cumulative impacts of resource development across BC’s northern regions. To continue fostering these conversations through dedicated research and community engagement, CCIRC will investigate environmental, community and health impacts associated with resource development. For more information on CIRC, please visit www.unbc.ca/cumulative-impacts.

The October launch event will: introduce CIRC’s vision, academic leads, and advisory committee; share and discuss examples of research and practice on cumulative impacts across northern BC; and, provide opportunities for participants to share their concerns and help shape CIRC’s future research and public engagement activities. We will also be launching a new book produced by UNBC researchers and northern community partners resulting from the January 2014 forum entitled: The Integration Imperative: Cumulative Environmental, Community and Health Impacts of Multiple Natural Resource Developments.
This event is open to the public and will take place on the evening of Friday October 2nd (6:30-9:00PM) and Saturday October 3rd (8:00AM-4:00PM). Light refreshments will be provided on Friday evening, with coffee and lunch provided to registered participants on Saturday. Everyoe is encouraged to RSVP (for attendance in person, or online for the Friday evening event) to help the organizers plan accordingly. A full schedule will be made available closer to the date of the event. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Chris Buse at: email – chris.buse@unbc.ca , 250.960.5778 (office) or 1.778.349.4242 (cell)