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VIDEO: Redefining Electrical Metals Conference 2021 w/ Canada Action
Minerals and metals are used to create almost everything around us in some way or another. It's important to understand just where all these goods come from: how they are discovered, extracted, refined and then transformed into products used to improve society and bolster the ...
One Year Later: Newsletter, October 2021
Dear Visitor, This email marks the one-year anniversary of our Canada Action newsletter, which has landed in hundreds of thousands of inboxes over the past 12 months. To mark this special occasion, we are launching a merchandising contest. We will be choosing three winners to...
Supporter Spotlight: Jacob McKinnon - October 2021
“Supporter Spotlight” features Canadians with a passion for Canada’s Natural Resource sector. Our spotlight this month is Jacob McKinnon, President and COO of Juno Corp an exploration mining company in Northern Ontario. Jacob talks to us about the importance of mining for our...
The Importance of Truth & Reconciliation for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Fostering economic growth and development in Indigenous communities is crucial to reconciliation. Indigenous involvement in natural resource projects is the obvious answer. As we tuck our orange shirts into the drawer, I wonder how many Canadians authentically grasp the conc...
Global Energy Shortage: 10 Headlines From Around the World
A major energy supply crunch is looming in Europe and elsewhere around the world, with soaring energy prices contributing to inflation and posing a serious risk to the post-pandemic economic recovery while hurting homes and businesses. Whether or not this turns into a full-bl...
Global Energy Crisis in 2021: What Can We Learn?
Unless you want to spend most of Christmas trying to explain to the kids about limited reindeer capacity or elf worker shortages, buy those high-demand toys now. They might just not make it to Black Friday given the energy crisis underway in Europe, which according to many en...
Why We Should Be Grateful for Cheap & Reliable Electricity
Electricity Access - Our World In Data Electricity is so ubiquitous in everyday life that it’s quite easy to take for granted. That’s true, of course, unless you’re one of the billion or so people – or 13 per cent of the world’s population – who don’t have access to it. Chad,...
Did You Know? Canada is the Responsible Choice to Meet Global Resource Demand!
Global demand for natural resources – energy, mining, forestry and agricultural products – is growing at lightning speed as the world’s population is set to approach 9 billion in the coming years. New technologies, urbanization and a growing middle class are changing how natu...
Grassy Mountain Coal & First Nations: Who Gets to Decide?
Coal Passing Through the Canadian Rockies Canadians are so fortunate to have so many different kinds of natural resources in our backyard. But which ones do we develop, and who gets to decide who develops them? We are environmental leaders in Canada since we develop our resou...
Did You Know? Global Oil & Gas Demand Continues to Grow!
Global demand for oil and natural gas is poised to grow for decades yet, did you know? Despite what you may have heard about the “end of oil” due to uncertainty in global energy markets surrounding COVID-19, several major energy research firms and organizations are projecting...