Protect, Preserve, Promote and Enhance To protect, preserve, and promote and enhance First Nations people’s inherent rights, languages, customs and traditions: this was the goal of the founding members of the Southern Chiefs Organization, established in 1999. 30 years later, the organization’s independent political forum works to improve the quality of life for [...]
Supporting Aboriginal Engagement in Northern Alberta By Anna Guy On an evening in early March, 1993, a group of prescient-minded business leaders met in downtown Fort McMurray to ensure the Aboriginal Community of Wood Buffalo would have an equal opportunity to secure work, and their futures. Their vision? Through working collectively, the Aboriginal [...]
Cannabis 2.0 By Anna Guy 2018 will be noted in the history books as the year Canada did away with draconian laws surrounding marijuana and passed Bill-45, otherwise now as the Cannabis Act, which will amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts to allow Canadians to [...]
On April 6, 2018, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau and Suncor CEO Steve Williams toured the Suncor Fort Hills facility near Fort McMurray. Located in the Athabasca region, Fort Hills is recognized as one of the best oil sands mining assets in the region. To the crowd at Fort Hills, Trudeau said, “I am happy [...]
Energy, medicine, food and agriculture, industry: these are just a few of the sectors that are positively impacted by nuclear energy and technology. By Anna Guy Canada’s nuclear industry produces about 15 per cent of our electricity, generates over $6 billion in revenue annually, and employs 60,000 people with direct and indirect jobs. [...]
By Anna Guy By 2026, The construction and maintenance industry will lose close to 250,000 skilled workers (Build Force). Women Building Futures is working to fill that gap. In 2018, there are approximately 6.2 million women in Canada between the ages of 20 and 44—an estimated 47 per cent of the Canadian labour force, [...]
By Anna Guy Since 1990, Souls Harbour Rescue Mission (previously Souls Harbour Mission House and Regina Rescue Mission) has provided a safe space and a nice meal for those in need. Original founder Gerri Carroll’s incredible self-reliance enabled her to help up to 60 people a day from her own basement. In 1999, another [...]
Learn, Read, Play, Relax By Anna Guy “The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.” – Albert Einstein Calgarians will soon have a library worthy of one of North America’s greatest cities. The New Central Library (NCL), located in Calgary’s East Village, is 240,000-square-feet of [...]
Solutions Under One Roof By Anna Guy Identifying time and cost efficiencies in the supply chain and building process is not only an integral part in any successful construction management project, it is vital. Flexibility, coordination of services, and instant access to information while achieving cost savings for its clients is what [...]
Creating Safety Culture in Canada's Northern Airports By Anna Guy To those who frequent airports in Canada’s north, it comes at no surprise that geography, climate, isolation, and limited infrastructure funding combines to create extreme operational conditions. And those who live in these northern and remote communities know better than anyone how critical [...]