With the release of its What We Heard Report on public engagements that will inform the development of a the NWT's first homegrown Mineral Resources Act, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) has concluded its most extensive public engagement effort since Devolution.
The approach worked, and the numbers speak for themselves.
In one of the more popular engagement opportunities at this year’s AME Round Up, industry executives met face to face with NWT elected representatives and officials Tuesday - but only for a limited time. In a format akin to "speed dating" networking windows were timed and when the clock ran out on one meeting, the NWT delegation would move on - and with a new round of handshakes and pleasantries, new talks would begin.
"The temperature was dipping down to -35 Celsius when Barren Ground Coffee’s shipment of beans arrived in the NWT..."
Read more of their story, and learn how a little bit of SEED funding went a long way!
Tune in here Wednesday January 24 at 930am MST for a livestream event as Premier Bob McLeod and Minister Wally Schumann host special guest speaker Ellis Ross, former BC Cabinet Minister and current MLA, at AME Roundup's Indigenous Partnership Breakfast.
January 22, 2018
Minister of Industry Tourism and Investment, Wally Schumann was a featured panellist this afternoon in the annual Government-Industry Forum at the AME Roundup in Vancouver.
Do you have ideas about how North Arm Territorial Park can be improved? We want to hear them. The Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment is hosting an open house at Behchokǫ’s Kǫ Gocho Centre, Restaurant Area. Join us January 25 from 5-7:00pm.
From the beginning, Darrell Beaulieu’s vision has included Dene people exploring for – and benefitting from – the NWT’s resources. As a respected champion for Indigenous involvement in the natural resource industry, his work has garnered much acclaim over several decades. Most recently he took home one of the first-ever MAX Awards for Indigenous Achievement in the NWT mineral resource industry. He accepted the award, to a standing ovation, at the NWT Geoscience Forum Gala in November.
The Northwest Territories’ (NWT) lakes, rivers and rapids are often touted as world-class for canoeing and kayaking; and now new episodes of PowerBoat Television are shining a whole new light on the territory’s waterways. Cast and crew travelled to the NWT and filmed expeditions and adventures around Hay River and Yellowknife.
The NWT is well-known for its mineral potential; less so, for nurturing world-leading Indigenous participation and engagement in its mining and natural resource industries. It’s not a point to take lightly. In today’s investment environment, natural resource development requires the social license to operate - the need to gain and maintain the support of the people and stakeholders that live in in the area of impact and influence of any project.
The third edition of Unlocking our Potential magazine is hot off the presses and enroute to investors and exploration companies at AME Roundup. In this issue, you’ll read about "the NWT difference" – a difference that enables companies to invest not only in our impressive mineral potential, but in a legacy of empowerment and capacity building.
