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Papers by Jania Chilima
The Carbon Charter: Blueprint for a Carbon Free Future (Stoyke 2009)
In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree fr... more In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree from the University of Saskatchewan, I agree that the libraries of this University may make it freely available for inspection. I further agree that permission for copying of this thesis in any manner, in whole or in part, for scholarly purposes may be granted by the professor or professors who supervised my thesis work or, in their absence, by the Head of the Department or the Dean of the College in which my thesis work was done. It is understood that any copying or publication or use of this thesis or parts thereof for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. It is also understood that due recognition shall be given to me and to the University of Saskatchewan in any scholarly use which may be made of any material in my thesis.
Water, 2021
Conflicts around the multi-purpose water uses of Lake Diefenbaker (LD) in Saskatchewan, Canada ne... more Conflicts around the multi-purpose water uses of Lake Diefenbaker (LD) in Saskatchewan, Canada need to be addressed to meet rapidly expanding water demands in the arid Canadian prairie region. This study explores these conflicts to advance collaborative planning as a means for improving the current water governance and management of this lake. Qualitative methodology that employed a wide participatory approach was used to collect focus group data from 92 individuals, who formed a community of water users. Results indicate that the community of water users is unified in wanting to maintain water quality and quantity, preserving the lake’s aesthetics, and reducing water source vulnerability. Results also show these users are faced with water resource conflicts resulting from lack of coherence of regulatory instruments in the current governance regime, and acceptable management procedures of both consumptive and contemporary water uses that are interlinked in seven areas of: irrigation...
Water International, 2019
Africa has not received adequate attention in the growing number of studies on water governance. ... more Africa has not received adequate attention in the growing number of studies on water governance. Using the Scopus database, 492 peer-reviewed articles published since 2000 on water governance across the continent were reviewed and informed the perspectives presented in this study. In addition to characterizing temporal and topical trends, our analysis highlights three dominant conceptual themes in existing studiesinstitutional, discursive and technical and three crosscutting challenges of systemic, socio-environmental and research-policy divides. The study provides baseline information that can stimulate the development of scale-appropriate and policy-relevant research in the context of Africa's unique water challenges.
Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 2017
Assessing and managing cumulative effects on watersheds involves numerous agencies, regulatory fr... more Assessing and managing cumulative effects on watersheds involves numerous agencies, regulatory frameworks and jurisdictions, and necessitates the co-creation of new, or innovations in existing, institutional arrangements. This paper examines the institutional arrangements needed to implement and sustain cumulative effects assessment and management (CEAM) for watersheds. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with 29 key informants in the Grand River watershed, Canada, including members from academia, government agencies, consulting firms, non-governmental organizations, and First Nations, with knowledge of, and direct experience in, watershed planning, assessment and monitoring. The research explored governance conditions in the watershed based on a framework of CEAM requisites developed from other watersheds where institutional arrangements have been investigated. Results indicate the need for improved institutional arrangements in the Grand River watershed to support the development of watershed CEAM, namely: a combined law-policy approach to implement CEAM, yet ensuring sensitivity to watershed context; a strong mandate for CEAM leadership and the capacity to coordinate CEAM initiatives; and tiering of CEAM planning, monitoring and assessment initiatives as a means to strengthen nested governance structures. L'évaluation et la gestion des effets cumulatifs sur les bassins versants impliquent beaucoup d'agences, de cadres règlementaires et de juridictions, et nécessitent la co-création de nouveaux dispositifs institutionnels ou des innovations dans les dispositifs existants. Cet article examine les dispositifs institutionnels nécessaires à l'exécution et l'entretien de l'évaluation et de la gestion des effets cumulatifs (EGEC) pour les bassins versants. L'étude se fonde sur des entrevues semi-structurées avec 29 répondants-clés du bassin de la rivière Grand au Canada, dont des membres du milieu universitaire, d'agences gouvernementales, de cabinets de consultants, d'organisations non-gouvernementales, et des Premières Nations, qui possèdent une bonne connaissance et une expérience directe dans la planification, l'évaluation et le suivi des bassins versants. La recherche a porté sur les conditions de gouvernance du bassin de la rivière Grand en se fondant sur un cadre d'exigences EGEC développées à partir d'autres bassins où les dispositifs institutionnels ont fait l'objet de recherche. Les résultats montrent la nécessité de meilleurs dispositifs institutionnels pour le bassin de la rivière Grand afin de soutenir le développement de son EGEC, et plus précisément : une approche combinée loi-politique pour implémenter l'EGEC, tout en garantissant que le contexte du bassin soit pris en compte; un mandat fort pour le leadership de l'EGEC et la capacité à coordonner les initiatives EGEC; et la hiérarchisation des initiatives de planification, gestion et évaluation de l'EGEC comme un moyen de renforcer les structures de gouvernance imbriquées.
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2013
This paper examines the role of institutional arrangements as either facilitating or constraining... more This paper examines the role of institutional arrangements as either facilitating or constraining the practice of watershed cumulative effects assessment and management (W-CEAM) within the context of the Grand River watershed (GRW), Canada. The research is based on document review, a focus group and 29 interviews conducted with academic experts, project proponents, government and watershed agencies representatives, non-governmental organization researchers, First Nations, and others with interest in the GRW. Information was gathered on existing policy and planning instruments, and relationships among the authorities and other partners that enable water resource management. Key facilitating factors for W-CEAM in the GRW include established institutions, a mature conservation authority and an ecological focus to resource management strategies, while constraining factors include obfuscation of leadership roles and lack of multi-scalar approaches to watershed science. We conclude that it is useful to conceptualize W-CEAM as characterized by both a managerial and a scientific ethos -the former facilitating the latter -and that institutional goodwill, political will and institutional capacity for innovation and creativity are additional institutional core requisites to W-CEAM.
Final Report Maximizing the Potential of Urban Aboriginal Students: A Study of Facilitators and Inhibitors within Postsecondary Learning Environments UAKN Prairie Regional Research Centre
The Carbon Charter: Blueprint for a Carbon Free Future (Stoyke 2009)
In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree fr... more In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree from the University of Saskatchewan, I agree that the libraries of this University may make it freely available for inspection. I further agree that permission for copying of this thesis in any manner, in whole or in part, for scholarly purposes may be granted by the professor or professors who supervised my thesis work or, in their absence, by the Head of the Department or the Dean of the College in which my thesis work was done. It is understood that any copying or publication or use of this thesis or parts thereof for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. It is also understood that due recognition shall be given to me and to the University of Saskatchewan in any scholarly use which may be made of any material in my thesis.
Water, 2021
Conflicts around the multi-purpose water uses of Lake Diefenbaker (LD) in Saskatchewan, Canada ne... more Conflicts around the multi-purpose water uses of Lake Diefenbaker (LD) in Saskatchewan, Canada need to be addressed to meet rapidly expanding water demands in the arid Canadian prairie region. This study explores these conflicts to advance collaborative planning as a means for improving the current water governance and management of this lake. Qualitative methodology that employed a wide participatory approach was used to collect focus group data from 92 individuals, who formed a community of water users. Results indicate that the community of water users is unified in wanting to maintain water quality and quantity, preserving the lake’s aesthetics, and reducing water source vulnerability. Results also show these users are faced with water resource conflicts resulting from lack of coherence of regulatory instruments in the current governance regime, and acceptable management procedures of both consumptive and contemporary water uses that are interlinked in seven areas of: irrigation...
Water International, 2019
Africa has not received adequate attention in the growing number of studies on water governance. ... more Africa has not received adequate attention in the growing number of studies on water governance. Using the Scopus database, 492 peer-reviewed articles published since 2000 on water governance across the continent were reviewed and informed the perspectives presented in this study. In addition to characterizing temporal and topical trends, our analysis highlights three dominant conceptual themes in existing studiesinstitutional, discursive and technical and three crosscutting challenges of systemic, socio-environmental and research-policy divides. The study provides baseline information that can stimulate the development of scale-appropriate and policy-relevant research in the context of Africa's unique water challenges.
Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 2017
Assessing and managing cumulative effects on watersheds involves numerous agencies, regulatory fr... more Assessing and managing cumulative effects on watersheds involves numerous agencies, regulatory frameworks and jurisdictions, and necessitates the co-creation of new, or innovations in existing, institutional arrangements. This paper examines the institutional arrangements needed to implement and sustain cumulative effects assessment and management (CEAM) for watersheds. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with 29 key informants in the Grand River watershed, Canada, including members from academia, government agencies, consulting firms, non-governmental organizations, and First Nations, with knowledge of, and direct experience in, watershed planning, assessment and monitoring. The research explored governance conditions in the watershed based on a framework of CEAM requisites developed from other watersheds where institutional arrangements have been investigated. Results indicate the need for improved institutional arrangements in the Grand River watershed to support the development of watershed CEAM, namely: a combined law-policy approach to implement CEAM, yet ensuring sensitivity to watershed context; a strong mandate for CEAM leadership and the capacity to coordinate CEAM initiatives; and tiering of CEAM planning, monitoring and assessment initiatives as a means to strengthen nested governance structures. L'évaluation et la gestion des effets cumulatifs sur les bassins versants impliquent beaucoup d'agences, de cadres règlementaires et de juridictions, et nécessitent la co-création de nouveaux dispositifs institutionnels ou des innovations dans les dispositifs existants. Cet article examine les dispositifs institutionnels nécessaires à l'exécution et l'entretien de l'évaluation et de la gestion des effets cumulatifs (EGEC) pour les bassins versants. L'étude se fonde sur des entrevues semi-structurées avec 29 répondants-clés du bassin de la rivière Grand au Canada, dont des membres du milieu universitaire, d'agences gouvernementales, de cabinets de consultants, d'organisations non-gouvernementales, et des Premières Nations, qui possèdent une bonne connaissance et une expérience directe dans la planification, l'évaluation et le suivi des bassins versants. La recherche a porté sur les conditions de gouvernance du bassin de la rivière Grand en se fondant sur un cadre d'exigences EGEC développées à partir d'autres bassins où les dispositifs institutionnels ont fait l'objet de recherche. Les résultats montrent la nécessité de meilleurs dispositifs institutionnels pour le bassin de la rivière Grand afin de soutenir le développement de son EGEC, et plus précisément : une approche combinée loi-politique pour implémenter l'EGEC, tout en garantissant que le contexte du bassin soit pris en compte; un mandat fort pour le leadership de l'EGEC et la capacité à coordonner les initiatives EGEC; et la hiérarchisation des initiatives de planification, gestion et évaluation de l'EGEC comme un moyen de renforcer les structures de gouvernance imbriquées.
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2013
This paper examines the role of institutional arrangements as either facilitating or constraining... more This paper examines the role of institutional arrangements as either facilitating or constraining the practice of watershed cumulative effects assessment and management (W-CEAM) within the context of the Grand River watershed (GRW), Canada. The research is based on document review, a focus group and 29 interviews conducted with academic experts, project proponents, government and watershed agencies representatives, non-governmental organization researchers, First Nations, and others with interest in the GRW. Information was gathered on existing policy and planning instruments, and relationships among the authorities and other partners that enable water resource management. Key facilitating factors for W-CEAM in the GRW include established institutions, a mature conservation authority and an ecological focus to resource management strategies, while constraining factors include obfuscation of leadership roles and lack of multi-scalar approaches to watershed science. We conclude that it is useful to conceptualize W-CEAM as characterized by both a managerial and a scientific ethos -the former facilitating the latter -and that institutional goodwill, political will and institutional capacity for innovation and creativity are additional institutional core requisites to W-CEAM.
Final Report Maximizing the Potential of Urban Aboriginal Students: A Study of Facilitators and Inhibitors within Postsecondary Learning Environments UAKN Prairie Regional Research Centre