Hyatt Regency Hotel / Vancouver, BC

November 27th, 2017

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DINNER MENU

// FIRST COURSERoasted Beet Salad Baby Spinach and Arugula with Shaved Radicchio Goat

Cheese, Toasted Candied Walnut and Honey-Quince

Dressing

// MAIN COURSEPan Seared Ocean Wise Chilean Sea Bass Baby Carrot, Asparagus. Potato Pave and Sorrel Buerre

Blanc

// VEGETARIAN & VEGAN ALTERNATIVE ENTRÉEHerbed Potato Gnocchi Sundried Tomato Pesto, Heirloom Cherry Tomato, Baby

Squash, Parmesan and Lemon Thyme Buerre Blanc

// DESSERTYuzu Mascarpone DomeGreen Tea Chiffon Cake, Calamansi Curd, Shiso Sauce and

White Chocolate Crumble

// WINEOKV Okanagan Vineyards Merlot Cabernet, BC

OKV Okanagan Vineyards Chardonnay, BC

Please advise of any allergies and dietary restrictions in advance.

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ITINERARY

Awards Reception 5:30 – 6:30 PM Awards Dinner 6:30 –  9:30 PM

// WELCOME Brian Yates Conference Chair, VP Impact and Community Engagement, Environment and Geoscience, SNC-Lavalin

Presentation of Student Competition Award Winners

Presentation of Community of the Year Award Wuikinuxv Nation / Nicknaqueet Hydro Project

// STARTER, WINE, BREAD

Presentation of Environmental Stewardship and Community Improvement Award Winchie Creek Hydro / Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation

Presentation of Merit Award for Distinguished Service Richard Harper

// MAIN COURSE

Presentation of Operational Excellence Award Seismic Test of 3D Printed Hydraulic Dam Model

Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award George Steeves

Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award Patrick Michell

// DESSERT & COFFEE

Presentation of Project Excellence Award Upper Lilloet River Hydro Project

2018 AWARDS

RECIPIENTS

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WUIKINUXV NATION & THE NICKNAQUEET HYDRO PROJECT

The Wuikinuxv Nation community of Wuikinuxv Village is a remote, off-grid community located at River’s Inlet, BC. The village is home to approximately 70 residents occupying 45 homes and is only accessible by boat or float plane. From time immemorial, Wuikinuxv Nation has been sustained by the natural wealth of their homeland. The Nation is rooted in their cultural values and traditional way of life, relying on the rich waters surrounding their village and a relationship with the land that sustains them. Ongoing logging development is a primary industry within the region. In the summer fishing lodges are temporarily active, and a small regional salmon hatchery has been developed in the village.

For many decades the community has relied on diesel generation as its only electrical energy source. Over this time the rising costs of fuel have been economically crippling for the community, and the barging and handling of diesel fuel has posed a significant risk to the environment and rich biodiversity of the area.

Wuikinuxv has recognized the opportunity and the need for hydroelectricity since the 1960s. Achieving energy security and self-sufficiency has been a challenge, and a longstanding priority for the Nation. With support from the Federal government, in 2014 Wuikinuxv Leadership began working in collaboration with the

COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR AWARD

Nature Conservancy of Canada (owner of lands adjacent to Nicknaqueet River) and the project team to plan, design and achieve regulatory permitting for a hydropower facility on Nicknaqueet River. This collaborative effort, led by the Nation, resulted in an innovative project design with minimal footprint, that mitigates potential adverse impacts to the sensitive coastal environment and the salmon-rich waters. The Nicknaqueet River hydropower facility completed construction in 2018. At long last the community has a reliable source of clean energy, allowing the diesel generators to stand silent for most of the year.

The Nicknaqueet River project was a community-led initiative since day one. Nation members assisted with early stage feasibility studies, providing invaluable knowledge of the land and important historical sites. Through the design and development stage, Wuikinuxv members played a critical role in determining the location of project components, assisting in project layout, and collecting the data required to design the Project. The Nation went to great efforts to accommodate the project team in the small community, providing accommodations, meals, transportation and communications and also site safety, including bear watch in prime grizzly bear habitat. Wuikinuxv members did their utmost to support the project. In addition to graciously opening their homes and kitchens to the project team, members undertook training and skills development to enhance their roles in construction. When construction was fully underway, the construction work force consisted of up to 60 % of Wuikinuxv members. The plant is now fully operational, with the two permanent Plant Operator positions filled by Wuikinuxv members.

The vision, patience, persistence and direct involvement of the entire Wuikinuxv community made this clean energy project possible. This community-wide commitment to reduce dependence on diesel generated electricity is exemplary and worthy of recognition.

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WINCHIE CREEK HYDRO OWNED BY TLA-O-QUI-AHT FIRST NATION Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation’s (TFN) traditional territory is located in the Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island (Tofino area). In 2018, TFN completed construction of the 4 MW Winchie Creek hydro power project. This is TFN’s third clean energy facility under the Standing Offer Program. The TFN is also the majority owner of the two 6 MW hydropower plants at Canoe Creek (COD in 2010) and Haa-ak-suuk Creek (COD 2014), and the Plant Operators are TFN members. TFN is working towards the development of four more clean energy small hydro projects in the Clayoquot Sound.

Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation’s three small hydro projects produce an average of 50 GWH/year, supplying much of the energy needed to meet the demands of the local communities of Ucluelet, Tofino and the Alberni Valley. The development of Nation’s clean energy projects has been overseen by TFN Tribal Parks, with a vision of sustainable development that has environmental stewardship as a priority. The facilities are located in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and are outstanding examples of sustainable economic development. All of the facilities’ diversion reaches are located upstream of fish bearing habitat. The footprint for each project has been kept as small as possible, leaving the forest intact with a goal to achieve a “park-like setting” post-construction.

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP & COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AWARD

The Winchie Creek hydropower facility was constructed to produce power, but also to provide other environmental and community benefits. Downstream of the facility where Winchie Creek meets Kennedy Lake is the location of the previously inaccessible (by vehicle or equipment) Winchie Reserve. “Winchie” in the Nuu-chah-nulth language means “where the fish go”. Historically, this area was highly productive salmon habitat that supported the Nations’ fishery. A century of forest harvesting in the area ruined much of the fish habitat and salmon populations have plummeted. The decision to develop the clean energy project was made in part to develop access to this location to allow for the community to use the Reserve lands and also gain access to the Kennedy River side channel for the Nation to undertake salmon habitat restoration in the future, and to develop a fish hatchery as well. None of this would be possible without the development of Winchie Creek Hydro, which will also contribute financially to these environmental stewardship efforts.

TFN’s Tribal Parks and Fisheries are currently funding and leading the restoration of several historically highly productive salmon eco-systems throughout Clayoquot Sound. This work is extremely important to BC Coastal ecosystems, as salmon is a key species that is used by whales, wolves, bears, eagles and humans. Revenues from TFN’s clean energy facilities help to support these and other environmental stewardship initiatives that TFN has planned for their traditional territory. This holistic approach to sustainable economic development combined with environmental protection and habitat restoration is truly industry leading and should be recognized and applauded.

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MERIT AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

Richard Harper has extensive experience in pipeline feasibility, predesign, design, and construction management for water, sewer, drainage, renewable energy and infrastructure systems. He is a specialist in trenchless technology including tunneling, HDD, pipe bursting, CIPP, and fold and form pipe jacking. Richard’s expertise also includes project management, design and construction management of large infrastructure projects including pipelines, reinforced concrete water retaining structures, intakes, pump stations, weirs, and shore protection. Many projects included a multidisciplinary approach that involved electrical, mechanical, civil, and environmental disciplines.

Richard previously held positions as Director of the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT), Program Chair for NASTT’s 2001 No-Dig Conference, and Treasurer for the Northwest Chapter of NASTT. He was also Chair of NASTT’s Directional Drilling subcommittee who led an industry consortium which developed permit specifications for HDD crossings of state highways for the California Department of Transportation.

Richard is currently a member of the Clean Energy Association of BC (CEABC), Chair of Marketing Committee and member of HydroComm committee. Richard was also a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Engineering Award of Excellence. And Clean Energy BC Project of the Year Award as a team member for Cape Scott Wind Farm. When not trying to depuzzle GHG’s Richard enjoys Ocean Outrigger racing, Dragonboating, Beach Volleyball, and SCUBA Diving and still has hopes for the Canucks in the coming years.

RICHARD HARPER Practice Leader, BC WSP

SEISMIC TESTING OF 3D PRINTED HYDRAULIC DAM MODELS

Austin Engineering has partnered with the University of British Columbia Okanagan’s (UBCO) School of Engineering, Selkirk College’s Digital Fabrication and Design Program, and FortisBC to apply their innovative 3D printed hydraulic and dam modeling and testing to conduct pioneering research on dam-water interactions during seismic events. This research is a critical first step towards understanding how dams behave during seismic events and how the dam industry can build safer, more cost-effective dams, and minimize the impacts on downstream communities, environments and infrastructure.

Seismic effects on static structures, such as buildings and roads, are well researched and documented; however, a dam is unique in that it has a massive body of moving water putting forces on the dam, and there is still more to learn about how those forces interact with the dam during a seismic event.

BC dams are among the safest in the world and dam owners in BC have already established many seismic upgrade programs, implemented international best practices, and completed seismic hazard assessments.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

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To further our understanding of dam-water interactions during seismic events, Austin Engineering conducted hydraulic and seismic testing on 3D printed dam models at both their own hydraulics lab in Trail BC and at UBCO’s Applied Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Structures. Austin Engineering brought together a research team to create a 3D printed model of a FortisBC dam with partners Selkirk College Digital Fabrication and Design Program and FortisBC.

Austin Engineering worked together with Jason Taylor, Instructor of Applied Research and Innovation at Selkirk College’s Digital Fabrication and Design Program, to create physical models with materials that match the natural frequency of the actual dam. Collaborating with graduate research assistant Anas Salem Issa, M.Sc., M.CSCE and Associate Professor Rudolf J. Seethaler, PhD from the UBCO Engineering Department, a state-of-the-art shake table was used to test the digitally fabricated gravity dam to determine potential damage during seismic events for the ‘extreme consequence dam’. Throughout the testing, they observed the performance of the dam in both empty and full pool seismic scenarios. This was designed to mimic a potential real-life earthquake event.

After analysing the data, the team was intrigued to discover that the dam responded quite differently than expected when tested on a shake table with water on the upstream side. In an exciting discovery, the team learned that the water had a dampening effect on the dam’s seismic response during the full pool tests. This is a significant finding, as it suggests that by first testing a scaled model with a full pool of water upstream, the scope of seismic upgrades for dams could potentially be reduced, saving dam owners money.

As a team, Austin Engineering Ltd., UBC Okanagan, FortisBC and Selkirk College are extremely proud of what we’ve achieved and we are honoured to win this award.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

George has been a professional engineer for over 40 years. A graduate of Carleton University with a Masters in Engineering, George started his career designing and supervising marine infrastructure projects, including bridges and docks. It was while at Cumming Cockburn Limited, a mid-size engineering firm, that George first became involved on hydro projects. Starting out with design engineering, this soon evolved into providing technical and financial due diligence reviews for lenders and government agencies. Beginning in the late 1980s, George has followed the activity of Independent Power Producer (“IPP”) projects, first in Ontario, then to Quebec, followed by British Columbia.

George established True North Energy in 2002 to continue the practice of providing consulting and advisory services to the IPP community. Under his guidance, over the last 16 years, TNE has provided technical and financial due diligence/independent engineering reviews on over 60 renewable energy projects within Canada, including over 30 hydro pro- jects in BC. Within the sector, TNE has worked for provincial and federal government agencies, financial institutions, insurance companies, pension funds, IPPs, as well as First Nations. Consistent with the local renewable energy marketplace, TNE has been very active in the BC hydro sector over the twenty years. During that time George has witnessed the British Columbia IPP community grow from just a handful of projects and developers to the mature and diverse group it is today.

George has also served on the Board of Directors of Algonquin Power and Utilities and its predecessors since 1998. An avid rugby player for much of his life, George now sticks to more body-friendly activities such as cycling, hockey and skiing during his spare time.

GEORGE L. STEEVES Principal True North Energy

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Patrick Michell is a member of the Nlaka’pamux Nation and has lived in British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon all his life. Born in Lytton, Patrick resided with his family in a residence that had no electricity and running cold water (summer only) and an outhouse and pickle bucket was the latrine. Patrick read used encyclopedias for fun and its was reading that first exposed Patrick to a life “off reserve”.

Throughout his school years, Patrick’s appetite to know more meant that he read everything in all the Lytton libraries and was inspired to think about “quality of life” and felt that if you were not happy about the status quo, that you could do nothing, leave or change the status quo. Patrick began a search for a game changer to the culture of despair that gripped the Nlaka’pamux and it turns out the answer was right in front of everyone.

In 1983, Patrick graduated from Lytton Highschool and went to UBC and when he was 18, learned that “he was an impoverished Indian” according to an article he read while eating lunch down at Save on Meats at Hastings and Abbott. Rather than becoming upset at how people viewed indigenous people, Patrick redoubled his efforts to find opportunities to make changes and in 1988, when BC Hydro opened up its grid to IPP’s and Patrick advocated that if “they can do it, why can’t we” and as a result, Kanaka applied for a water licenses on Kwoiek Creek and then worked to advance the project to as far as the community could take it until a partner could be brought in to help complete the design and construction phases.

PATRICK MICHELL Chief of Kanaka Bar Nlaka’pamux Nation

Patrick has an Administrative Management diploma from Douglas College (New Westminster) and a Bachelor of Law (UBC 1992). Patrick then went out and sought experience and chose to work with DFO and INAC so that he could learn everything he could about how the “Federal Government worked” so that he could take home the practical experiences to advance the hydro project and his communities overall wellbeing. Patrick is a certified Lands officer in regard to Reserve land Development but chose not to stay in the Federal Government having exhausted the knowledge keepers that were there.

Patrick then articled with the Ministry of Attorney General in Victoria and Richards Buell Sutton in Vancouver before been called to the Bar in February of 1997. Patrick moved back home then to practice law in the Fraser Canyon until 2005 after which he became a full-time worker for the Kwoiek Hydro Project in the role of Community Liaison which transitioned into the Economic Development Officer after the Kwoiek hydro project was completed in January 2014.

With the retirement of Chief James Frank in Spring of 2015, Patrick became the Chief of Kanaka Bar in the communities first election in over 30 years. Patrick has since got four solar projects into operations, is supervising construction of a wind tower project, is in the process of advancing a 500Kw run of river into final design, built a new subdivision and acquired several fee simple lands which are been cleared for future housing, agriculture and renewable energy projects including the “Must Stop Rest Stop”.

By now – you must have realized – the answer to colonialism and despair is the renewable energy sector. In 1973, Patrick realized it, in 1988 acted on it and as a result his community is fully self- determining again and the social ills that grip so many are not replicated at Kanaka.

Kanaka Bar uses its webpage to keep all members and the public informed of governance related issues, community events, projects and services and Kanaka’s story: kanakabarband.ca

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THE UPPER LILLOOET HYDRO PROJECT BY INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY INC.

As one of Innergex’s most ambitious and challenging projects to date, the Upper Lillooet Hydro Project (ULHP) is a testament to perseverance, teamwork and a relentless passion to help lead the transition to a carbon- free economy. Located 65 km northwest of the Village of Pemberton, nestled in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in BC, the ULHP is comprised of the Upper Lillooet River (81.4 MW) and Boulder Creek (25.3 MW) facilities that transmit clean, renewable energy to more than 39,000 British Columbia households through a 72 km constructed transmission line.

For Innergex, developing sustainably means harnessing the water, wind or sun in a way that avoids, minimizes, mitigates or offsets for impacts on the surrounding ecosystem. Their team developed one of its most dynamic and encompassing environmental programs to date and worked closely over several years with local First Nations, government agencies, local groups and residents. The challenging nature of the geography of the project, as well as several force majeure incidents including a forest fire, forced their team of experts to develop engineering solutions and environmental protocols to address issues both predetermined and unforeseen to bring about the successful completion, and minimizing of delays, of the two run-of-river projects.

The Upper Lillooet Hydro Project is a testament to the experience and passion of an Innergex team who are extremely proud to have successful completed the biggest hydro project Innergex has built to date by working together and adapting to evolving conditions.

PROJECT EXCELLENCE AWARD

Chris Ball Executive Vice President Corpfinance International Inc. Stephen Cheeseman President Chinook Power Steve Davis Steve Davis & Associates Consulting Isabelle Deguise Lead, Regulatory and Vice Chair Environment BluEarth Renewables Michelle Hassen Business Development Manager, Western Canada Invernergy LLC Murray Margolis Executive Director Morgan Stanley Martin Mullany Director & CEOChairman Bridge Power Holdings Ltd. Jennifer Osmar Stakeholder Relations AltaGas Ltd. Ron Percival Vice PresidentVice Chair Avro Wind Energy Judith Sayers President Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Brian Yates Regional Leader BCVice President AltaGas Ltd.

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