March 1, 1980
The first project on record (PR001) was called “An Adaptive Environment Assessment Approach to the Effects of Development of the Alberta Oil Sands”. The project team consisted of Bob Everitt, Mike Jones, Nick Sonntag, and Mike Staley.
March 1, 1979
ESSA Environmental and Social Systems Analysts is created by Bob Everitt, Nick Sonntag, Mike Staley and Joan Anderson (hence a double acronym). Bob, Nick and Mike were all grad students at UBC who had been exposed to Adaptive Environmental Assessment through their instructors and research.