Public involvement and consultation enables Albian Sands to proactively engage in genuine discussion with the individual group and community stakeholders of the Muskeg River Mine to ensure we are all part of the decision making process.

Albian Sands is committed to public consultation based on these fundamental principles:

• Shared process
• Respect
• Timeliness
• Relationships
• Communication
• Responsiveness
• Accountability

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Our preferred means of communication is face to face but we also participate in community presentations, forums and committees and provide media updates.

Albian Sands supports and participates in regional, multi-stakeholder initiatives developed to address common regional concerns. These include:

• Environmental Management - We are founding members and active participants of the Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA). CEMA provides a forum for regional stakeholders to discuss and make consensus-based decisions and recommendations to the Regional Sustainable Development Strategy on managing the region's cumulative environmental effects.
• Regional Issues Working Group (RIWG) - works to facilitate oil sands development by identifying and prioritizing regional infrastructure issues, determining the responsible authorities and forwarding information to assist with planning and resolution of these issues. Membership includes representatives from regional developers, municipal, provincial and federal government, associated industry, and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.
• Athabasca Tribal Council/Athabasca Resource Development Working Group (ATC/ARD) The ATC/ARD - agreement is focused on capacity-building with the five First Nations of the Wood Buffalo region in the areas of environment and long term benefits; jobs and education; health; human infrastructure; and physical infrastructure. Signatories include representation from the Athabasca Tribal Council, three levels of government and resource developers.
• Wood Buffalo Environmental Association (WBEA) - conducts the air-monitoring program for the Wood Buffalo region. Membership includes resource developers, government, non-government environmental organizations and Aboriginal community representation.
• Community Career Cooperative - Albian has been integral in the creation of this new career and education organization. The CCC is the result of hard work by many individuals in Northern Alberta and the realization that by banding together we can provide links between the community and careers.