There is going to be a conference on economic development ithis week. The Impact of Development workshop will be held this Thursday and Friday at Trinity United Hall, 310 Park Street Thunder Bay and has been made possible through the support of the Resources, Economy, and Society Research Group (RESRG) at Lakehead University, ReSDA: Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, Lakehead University Department of History, Canadian International Council – Thunder Bay Branch, and Lakehead University Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
The focus of the conference is single industry communities and features presentations on northern Ontario, Atlantic Canada as well as the Arctic and even Latin America. Among the resource sectors covered are forestry and mining. Moreover, a glance at the program will illustrate that there will be a diverse set of perspectives available with respect to development. I will be doing an overview on the resource sector experience in northwestern Ontario with a foray into mining and the Ring of Fire on the Friday afternoon. See the program below.
Day 1
Day 2: Morning
Day 2: Afternoon
Everyone is welcome!