Professional Judgment in Mineable Oil Sands Reclamation Certification: Workshop Summary

OSRIN is a university-based, independent organization that compiles, interprets and analyses available information about returning landscapes and water impacted by oil sands mining to a natural state and provides knowledge to those who can use it to drive breakthrough improvements in reclamation regulations and practices. OSRIN is a project of the University of Alberta’s School of Energy and the Environment (SEE). OSRIN was launched with a start-up grant of $4.5 million from Alberta Environment and a $250,000 grant from the Canada School of Energy and Environment Ltd. OSRIN provides: Governments with the independent, objective, and credible information and analysis required to put appropriate regulatory and policy frameworks in place Media, opinion leaders and the general public with the facts about oil sands development, its environmental and social impacts, and landscape/water reclamation activities – so that public dialogue and policy is informed by solid evidence Industry with ready access to an integrated view of research that will help them make and execute reclamation plans – a view that crosses disciplines an