Our guest speaker in this class will be Justin Bull, Adjunct Professor in Sauder’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Group and Senior Advisor with ComplyWorks Ltd. Justin’s lecture will examine indigenous-industry relations in Canada, with a focus on the energy sector. We will examine the WoodFibre LNG project, its engagement with the Squamish First Nation, and consider what lessons could be gleaned for the energy sector nationwide.
Before class, please:
- Read the article, “Seeking Reconciliation of a different kind with LNG” (Justine Hunter, The Globe and Mail, January 13, 2017), available through the Library Readings on Connect.
- Read the article, “Moody’s: Indigenous involvement in large Canadian infrastructure projects set to increase” (Moody’s Investor Service, August 24, 2017.)
- Complete the short Prep Quiz for Sep 25: Aboriginal Community Engagement based on the assigned readings for this class. This quiz will close at 11:30 am on Monday, September 25, so be sure to catch this deadline.
Optional Readings (recommended, but not required):
- “Woodfibre LNG will press on despite market changes” (Melanie Green, The Squamish Chief, August 3, 2017).
- “Why Petronas cancelled its plans for an LNG project on BC’s coast” (Andrew Leach, Maclean’s, July 29, 2017).
- “Canada’s Impossible Acknowledgement” (Stephen Marche, The New Yorker, September 7, 2017).
- “Which LNG projects are left in Northern BC” (Shannon Lough, The Terrace Standard, September 8, 2017).
- “Petronas did Canada a favour. Just ask Australia” (Jim Stanford, The Globe and Mail, August 2, 2017), available through the Library Readings link on Connect.