WBEA translates video into Cree, Dene

The Wood Buffalo Environmental Association has translated its newest informational video, which features the association’s community odour monitoring project, into Cree and Dene. The translation marks WBEA’s continued effort to better inform and engage with Aboriginal community members. Odours remain an issue in some communities within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. In 2013 the community odour monitoring project was launched to identify and monitor odours in the air. The first year of the project involved 35 volunteers in the community of Fort McMurray, who were trained to detect and track a variety of common regional odours during the course of their daily activities. WBEA will use the data to better understand the odour patterns impacting the community of Fort McMurray. Data gathered will also be used to inform the public and to address the odour concerns of local residents. Others can use the data to better understand which of their activities may be causing an odour problem, and how to best control odours. The community odour monitoring project is in its second year of operation in Fort McMurray.