How i work with you
Centre equity and rights in your resource projects.
Equitable Resource Impacts partners with communities, Nations, project teams, and policymakers to bring gender, Indigenous rights, and socioeconomic realities into the heart of resource decisions.
Together, we design and assess projects so that benefits, risks, and responsibilities are shared more fairly.
Socioeconomic Impact Assessment
Designing and reviewing social and economic impact assessments so communities and Nations can see, challenge, and reshape how projects affect daily life.
Gender and Intersectional Analysis
Applying gender-based and intersectional lenses to policies, projects, and monitoring so inequities are identified early and addressed meaningfully.
Indigenous Rights and FPIC
Supporting Indigenous Nations and project teams to align engagement and agreements with rights frameworks, including FPIC and the UN Declaration.
Governance, monitoring, and learning
Co-developing governance and monitoring approaches that keep commitments alive over the life of a project, not just at approval.
Is Equitable Resource Impacts a fit for you?
Equitable Resource Impacts works with Indigenous Nations, communities, and resource proponents who want to centre equity and rights in project decisions. If you are ready to move beyond minimum compliance into meaningful relationships and outcomes, let’s talk.
About Tara Howse
Tara Howse (MA, Interdisciplinary Studies) is a social scientist and consultant who works at the intersection of resource development, equity, and human rights. She brings intersectional, community-based perspectives into decisions about major projects and public policy, with a focus on gender inequities, Indigenous rights, and socioeconomic impacts.
Tara’s work spans social impact assessment and monitoring, Indigenous-led oversight, and gender and cultural safety initiatives in the resource sector alongside public policy research on energy transitions and resource governance. She works with communities, Nations, governments, and project teams in resource-affected regions and is actively engaged in international networks on impact assessment, land use, human rights, and just energy transitions.
From impact assessment to gender and rights in practice
Here are a few snapshots of how Equitable Resource Impacts supports communities, Nations, and proponents teams in real projects.
Social Impact Monitoring
Advising on gender and cultural safety for major projects, including monitoring frameworks that address violence, safety, and inclusion for women, gender-diverse people, and Indigenous community members.
Impact Assessment, Indigenous Relations, and Policy
Strengthening social and economic impact assessments, Indigenous relations, and related policy so decisions reflect lived realities, inequities, and rights in resource-affected communities and Nations.
Mentoring and Capacity-Building
Mentoring emerging leaders through community-based and international programs, with a focus on equity, skills development, and meaningful participation in decision-making.
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