Christine Daly is an award-winning conservation, reclamation, and community engagement specialist. Her collaborative and innovative approach has led to many environmental improvements in the oil sands industry, including tailings pond reclamation, fen wetland reclamation, and an industry-wide boreal woodland caribou conservation challenge. Christine co-created a participatory and inclusive approach to mine reclamation and closure planning with Fort McKay First Nation co-researchers, called “co-reclamation” for her doctoral work. The Co-reclamation Project, and its associated planning tools, explored this approach with Fort McKay First Nation co-researchers to support their stewardship and reclamation of the Fort McKay Traditional Territory in Treaty 8, northeastern Alberta, Canada, which is affected by oil sands activities. Christine's research continues to advance co-reclamation knowledge and planning tools and community-led monitoring initiatives in partnership with Indigenous Nations affected by mining and energy development, so they receive sustainable socioeconomic, cultural and/or environmental landscape benefits post-project closure.
Post-Doctoral Scholar