Outreach session: Safe and inclusive work spaces
Our 10th Outreach and Diversity session, on 23 March 2022, looked at safe and inclusive work spaces. The speakers: Stewart Cameron (Kiwitinohk Acahkos) of the Saulteau First Nation in BC and president of Maugwa Energy; Michael Gibb, director of health, safety, security and quality at Coastal GasLink; and Budd Phillips, manager of prevention field services…
Guest column: Canada needs to set a new course with energy and minerals
This article appeared as a guest column in the Victoria Times Colonist newspaper A commentary by the CEO of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance. She is an elected councillor of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and a former elected chief. By KAREN OGEN-TOEWS For a while, we thought Ottawa might be beginning to understand the…
Transcript: Kim Baird podcast interview posted 11 March 2022
Here is a condensed transcript of the Kim Baird podcast of March 11, 2022. It has been edited to remove verbal stumbles, repetitions, and the usual so-called fillers: “ums, ahs, and ers” and the like. Host Stewart Muir: Welcome to the Leadership Success podcast, voices and views about British Columbia First Nations’ opportunities in the…
Outreach session: First Nations environmental input
Our online Outreach session on 23 Feb. 2022 looked at First Nations monitoring and input on the environmental impact of LNG, pipeline, and resource development. The speakers: Candice Wilson, environmental manager, Haisla Nation Council, Desiree Bolton, Wai Wah environmental, Kitselas Nation, Elizabeth MacDonald of Insight Resources (which trains environmental monitors), and Ken Howes, director, major…
Next Outreach session, Feb. 23, environmental monitoring
Do join us Wednesday Feb. 23 as experts discuss how First Nations, and others, monitor the environmental impact of LNG and associated pipeline developments. The session will run from 11:45am to 1pm PST, and you can register here: https://bit.ly/3oAaXe4 Check out our panelists, in the poster below. . . . Our last Outreach session, on…