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In Canada’s oil and gas industry, impact assessments (IAs) are used to determine the positive and negative externalities of proposed projects. These assessments tend to prioritize economic gains over the values of Indigenous communities who bear the weight of impacts. We will discuss how Indigenous values are understood and considered alongside standardized economic measures in decision-making. This webinar presents a thematic inductive analysis of six National Energy Board (NEB) reports for project approvals in the Alberta oil and gas industry. Our findings evidence how Indigenous values shared in the IAs are interconnected to health and well-being, emphasizing the importance of Indigenous leadership in IA for informed decision-making.