Exploring Policy Options for the Village of Ging̱olx

Project Title: Exploring Policy Options for the Village of Ging̱olx in the Context of Large Infrastructure Development
Client: Ging̱olx Village Government
Students: Prajna Singh, Paige Inglis, Arthur Zhang, Surabhi Gupta
Faculty Lead: Julian Dierkes
Fieldwork Location: Virtual – Nisga’a Lands
Year: 2021-22
Publications: National Observer

About the Project: The Ksi Lisims Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a proposed 12-million-tonne-per-year liquefied natural gas project that will be situated at Wil Milit, north of Prince Rupert, BC, approximately 15 kilometers east on land owned in fee simple by the Nisga’a Nation. The Ksi Lisms LNG project will generate social and economic benefits, including public revenues, jobs, training, and business opportunities, for the Nisga’a Nation and the Village of Ging̱olx. Guided by the idea that “we don’t know what we don’t know”, the research team provided the Ging̱olx Village Government with examples of economic development policies in similar communities or projects, policy frameworks in line with Indigenous self-governance, and evidence-based policies to gain community support for their evolving local economic development opportunities. The outputs of this project were a presentation provided to the Ging̱olx Village Government Council and an infographic explaining Impact Benefit Agreements.

Key Words: Economic Development, Self Governance, Energy