Ave Dersch Edmonton, Alberta

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1 Ave Dersch Edmonton, Alberta EDUCATION B.Sc. (Honours Archaeology) University of Calgary, 2002 M.A. (Archaeology) University of Calgary, 2005 Ph.D. (Archaeology and Biological Sciences) University of Calgary, 2011 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Moccasin Flower Consulting Inc., Principal Sessional Instructor, University of Calgary Indigenous Studies Department Senior Archaeologist and Traditional Knowledge Facilitator, FMA Heritage Inc Teaching Assistant, University of Calgary Interpretive Programmer, Calgary Botanical and Zoological Society Summer Student, Innisfail Historical Society Moccasin Flower Consulting Inc. Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation: project- specific traditional knowledge studies and technical reviews Bigstone Cree Nation: project- specific traditional knowledge studies Swan River First Nation: project- specific traditional knowledge studies, preparation of Statements of Concerns, agreements and negotiations, hearing preparations, annual youth/elder environmental monitoring programs (berries, leaves, roots, water, snow, moose) and environmental management Driftpile First Nation: project- specific traditional knowledge studies, preparation of Statements of Concerns, hearing preparations, and environmental management Alexander First Nation: project- specific traditional knowledge studies and environmental monitoring for on reserve oil and gas projects Madawaska Maliseet, Woodstock, and St. Mary s FN: traditional knowledge studies for the Northcliff Sisson Mine and TransCanada Energy East, New Brunswick Sucker Creek First Nation: principal investigator of NFNECP funded project- Investigating Fish Quality in Lesser Slave Lake Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation: provided Information Requests and Expert reports for AltaLink and Coalspur hearing processes Sawridge First Nation: project- specific traditional knowledge studies Ave T. Dersch 1

2 Kapawe no First Nation: annual consultation retreat for industry MSES Inc.: Technical reviews of the heritage resources and traditional land use sections of EIAs for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Mikisew Cree First Nation, Duncan s First Nation, Saulteau First Nation, Assembly of New Brunswick First Nations, St. Mary s First Nation, Woodstock First Nation, Madawaska First Nation, and Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation FMA Heritage Inc. Scoping and budgetary discussions concerning Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge programs with Treaty 6 and Treaty 8 Nations in Alberta for the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline Project. Ethnobotanical research with Samson Cree Nation, Ermineskin Cree Nation, and Louis Bull Tribe for the TransCanada Keystone Xcel Pipeline Project. Traditional Knowledge research with the Cumulative Environmental Management Association s Aboriginal Members regarding traditional environmental knowledge about: 1- Aboriginal Resource Management Strategies, 2- traditional plant collection areas, 3- wildlife movement in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Traditional Knowledge research with Alexander First Nation, Enoch Cree First Nation, Driftpile First Nation, Sawridge First Nation, and Swan River First Nation regarding traditional land use concerns specific to the proposed Enbridge Gateway Pipeline. Traditional Knowledge research with Cadotte Lake Métis Local #1994, Métis Region VI regarding traditional occupancy concerns specific to the proposed Shell Peace River Oil Sands Carmon Creek project to the southwest of the community of Cadotte Lake. Traditional Knowledge research with Fort McKay First Nation regarding traditional land use concerns specific to the Deer Creek SAGD and mine project to the north of the community of Fort McKay. Senior Archaeologist, Historical Resources Impact Assessment, Springbank Airport Future Development Areas, Permit # University of Calgary Ph.D. dissertation research: completed with Swan River First Nation looking at the application of traditional knowledge to past, present and future land use including ethnoarchaeology, consultation, and land use planning. Instructional Skills Workshop Graduate Sessional instructor for INDG Archaeology and Traditional Knowledge at the University of Calgary. Ave T. Dersch 2

3 M.A. thesis research: thesis included ethnoarchaeological research with Dene Elders in northwestern Saskatchewan as well as the paleobotanical analyses of hearth remains and residues on lithics and ceramics from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Created a comparative collection of subarctic wood and charcoal thin- sections and wood and bark phyoliths. Worked as an excavator on the following projects: Santa Isabel Archaeological Excavations in Nicaragua, Fish Creek Park Archaeological Excavations, Cypress Hills Archaeological Excavations, St. Mary s Reservoir Archaeological Excavations. REPORTS & PAPERS and J. Garland 2015 Alexander First Nation Traditional Land and Resource Use Study, Pembina Pipeline Fox Creek to Namao. Prepared for Alexander First Nation IRC. Study, Cenovus Phase H Project. Prepared for Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation IRC. Study, Statoil Leismer and Corner Leases. Prepared for Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation IRC. Study, Enbridge Pipelines Jacos, Norlite and Wood Buffalo Expansion. Prepared for Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation IRC. Study, AltaLink Boreal 193S Substation Connection Project. Prepared for Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation IRC. Study, Conoco Phillips Surmont 3 Project. Prepared for Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation IRC. Study, Cenovus Kirby West. Prepared for Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation IRC Final Archaeological Report Permit No GfPn- 3. Pikopayiw Mohkoman (Broken Knife) Site. Prepared for: Swan River First Nation Investigating Fish Quality in Lesser Slave Lake with Sucker Creek and Driftpile First Nation. Final Report to Health Canada for First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program. Slave Lake, Alberta. Ave T. Dersch 3

4 Hechtenthal, S. and A. Dersch 2014 Deer Mountain Land Use Plan (Part 2)- Traditional Use Preserves. Prepared for Swan River First Nation. April Prepared by MSES Coalspur Mines Ltd. Vista Coal Mine Application: Traditional Land Use Gaps Expert Report for Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation. Prepared for: Miller Thomson LLP on behalf of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation AltaLink Management Ltd. Vista Coal Transmission Project: Rights, Knowledge and Use Gaps Expert Report for Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation. Prepared for: Miller Thomson LLP on behalf of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Final Archaeological Report Permit No GfPn- 3. Pikopayiw Mohkoman (Broken Knife) Site. Prepared for: Swan River First Nation Indigenous Knowledge Study for the Proposed Swan Hills Synfuels Project. Prepared for: Driftpile First Nation. Driftpile, Alberta Indigenous Knowledge Study for the Proposed HDI Northcliff Sisson Brook Mine in New Brunswick. Prepared for: St. Mary s, Woodstock, and Madawaska Maliseet First Nation. Fredericton, New Brunswick Swan River First Nation Traditional Land Use Study. Swan River First Nation. Kinuso, Alberta Past, Present, and Future Land Use of Swan River First Nation. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Alberta Traditional Land Use Study for Plains Midstream Rainbow II Pipeline. Prepared for Sawridge First Nation. Slave Lake, Alberta Site Assessment Report for the Proposed Pembina Pipeline Ltd. Nipisi Mitsue Pipeline Project, Swan River First Nation As long as the rivers run Traditional Knowledge in the Lesser Slave Lake Watershed. Watershed Stewardship Grant Program. Swan River First Nation K es kon hottine. Field Notes. Community Report for English River First Nation. and N. Nicholls 2008 Traditional Knowledge Study: Swan River First Nation: Draft. Consultant s Report prepared for Enbridge s Gateway Pipeline. FMA Heritage Resources Consultants Inc., Calgary, Alberta. Ave T. Dersch 4

5 and D. Bush 2008 Traditional Plant Use in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Traditional Environmental Knowledge Workshops. Consultant s Report prepared for the Cumulative Environmental Management Association s Sustainable Ecosystems Working Group and Traditional Use Plants Task Group. FMA Heritage Resources Consultant s Inc., Calgary, Alberta. and S. Labour 2007 Aboriginal Resource Management Strategies in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Traditional Environmental Knowledge Workshops. Consultant s Report prepared for the Cumulative Environmental Management Association s Sustainable Ecosystems Working Group and Aboriginal Tools Task Group. FMA Heritage Resources Consultant s Inc., Calgary, Alberta. Bourbonnais- Spear, N. and A. Dersch Traditional Knowledge Study: Alexander First Nation. Consultant s Report prepared for Enbridge s Gateway Pipeline. FMA Heritage Resources Consultants Inc., Calgary, Alberta. Bourbonnais- Spear, N. and A. Dersch Traditional Knowledge Study: Enoch Cree Nation. Consultant s Report prepared for Enbridge s Gateway Pipeline. FMA Heritage Resources Consultants Inc., Calgary, Alberta. and S. Labour 2006 Cadotte Lake Métis Occupancy and Use Report. Consultant s Report prepared for Shell Canada Limited s Peace River Oil Sands Carmon Creek Project. FMA Heritage Resources Consultants Inc., Calgary, Alberta., S. Labour, and A. McCullough 2005 Wildlife Movement in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Traditional Environmental Knowledge Workshops. Consultant s Report prepared for the Cumulative Environmental Management Association s Sustainable Ecosystems Working Group and Wildlife Movement Task Group. FMA Heritage Resources Consultant s Inc., Calgary, Alberta. and S. Labour 2005 Traditional Environmental Knowledge and Land Use Report. Consultant s Report prepared for Deer Creek Energy Limited Joslyn North Mine Project. FMA Heritage Resources Consultants Inc., Calgary, Alberta Paleoethnobotany of the Upper Churchill River. Unpublished Master s Thesis. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Alberta The Bilton Stone. Alberta Archeological Review, Spring Paleoethnobotany of the Northwestern Plains. Honours Thesis, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. Ave T. Dersch 5

6 PRESENTATIONS 2014 Traditional Knowledge Studies. Presented at: Consultation Conference- New Brunswick First Nations Training Seminar and Strategy Session. March 26-27, 2014, Fredericton, New Brunswick. and D. Sowan 2012 Contextualizing Consultation in a Cumulative Effects Framework. Circle for Aboriginal Relations Annual Conference, June 7, Edmonton, Alberta Overview of Consultation and Traditional Land Use. Metis Settlements General Council Conference, Chateau Nova, March 23, Edmonton, Alberta Swan River First Nation Environmental Division: Successes and Challenges. Paper presented at the 2011 TSAG Environmental Management and Tools Workshop, February 8-10, Edmonton, Alberta Implications of the Duty to Consult on Archaeological Research in Alberta. Paper presented at the 2010 CAA Annual Conference, April 28- May 1, Calgary, Alberta Traditional Land Use: Challenges. Presented at Shell Canada Construction and Reclamation Workshop. May 5-6 th, Edmonton, Alberta. and D. Bush 2008 Determining relative importance of plant species to Aboriginal communities. Paper presented at the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists (ASPB) Conference, April 22-23rd, Red Deer, A.B Assigning Hearth Function through Paleoethnobotany. Paper presented at the 2005 CAA Annual Conference, May 11-15, Nanaimo, British Columbia Plants Equal People: Paleoethobotany in a Northern Dene Community. Paper presented at the 37th Annual Chacmool Conference, November 11-14, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Tools for Building a Better World: A Possible Artifact of the Midewiwin Medicine Society. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Chacmool Conference, November 13-17, University of Calgary, Alberta. Ave T. Dersch 6

7 ACADEMIC AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS Ph.D. SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, Northern Scientific Training Program Grant, Summer 2007 and 2008 Dean's Research Excellence Award, University of Calgary, Fall 2007 Dean's Entrance Scholarship, University of Calgary, Fall 2006 Dean's Research Excellence Award, University of Calgary, Fall 2006 M.A. SSHRC Masters Scholarship, Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship, Fall 2004 Alberta Heritage Research Scholarship, March 2004 Northern Scientific Training Program Grant, Summer 2003 and 2004 Coutts Family Scholarship, University of Calgary, Fall 2003 B.Sc. Department of Archaeology Silver Medallion, University of Calgary, June 2002 Scott Munroe Memorial Scholarship, Red Deer College, April 2000 Jimmie Condon Scholarship, Red Deer College, 1998 and 1999 Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference Excellence in Academics and Athletics Award, Red Deer College, 1999 Ave T. Dersch 7