Knowledge Centre
February 02, 2012
For six years, Marc Anthony Huaman lived in a world devoid of sight. He was born without eyelids and a protective membrane quickly formed over his eyes. And though he lived only 20 minutes from a hospital, the smallest thing kept him from receiving the treatment he desperately needed. He had no...
February 01, 2012
NGOs are part of the mining conversation
Canadian companies are major drivers of economic growth in the global South. With 75 per cent of the world’s mining companies headquartered here, Canadians have a heightened responsibility to ensure these companies are helping and not hindering community...
June 30, 2011
Mining presentations need translation
Know your audience and address their interests
By Robert Simpson
I have just returned from a community meeting where a mining company was presenting the proposed mine project to an audience of concerned citizens. When it came time for the engineers and...
June 22, 2011
Coinciding with the Canadian National Aboriginal Day yesterday (June 21, 2011), the province announced $2.2 million in funding for aboriginal skilled-trade training.
The purpose of this funding is to provide job training for about 350 aboriginals across the province. The Industry Training Authority...
June 22, 2011
Pierre Gratton, National Post · Jun. 21, 2011
In recent weeks, Canadians have again debated the merits of foreign investment in our industries. I am astonished to read commentators claiming that, despite the fact that natural resources are increasingly central to Canada's economic...
June 09, 2011
Global Internet traffic is expected to quadruple between 2010 and 2015, according to data provided to Mashable by Cisco.
By that time, nearly 3 billion people will be using the Internet — more than 40% of the world’s projected population. On average, there will be more than two Internet connections...
June 08, 2011
The Mining Association Of Canada -"The mining industry is an engine of economic growth in Canada", said Pierre Gratton, President and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada "and we applaud those measures in the budget that support and enhance that growth". Particular measures include:
Ongoing...
June 07, 2011
While attending the Cambridge House World Resource Investment Forum in Vancouver yesterday it became blatantly obvious to me that the CEO's who were there to promote their companies--titans of the resources industry--have absolutely no idea what they are doing on stage. That's not to say there...