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We need private investment to build back better

Posted on Articles by · January 20, 2021 10:23 PM

Government can’t print money forever—we’ll need private investment. So what would happen without investment from mining, oil, and gas? Josiah Haynes investigates.

Universities fund $4.5 million fishing expedition to expose "conflicts of interest and malfeasance", but come up dry

Posted on Articles by · July 03, 2019 4:50 PM

The University of Victoria found $730,000 to be part of a $4.5 million, publicly funded corporate smear campaign against energy professionals. The end product is an amateurish grab bag of inaccurate information, writes Stewart Muir

Onward and upward for Resource Works research

Posted on Articles by · April 08, 2018 7:11 PM

The movement for responsible Canadian resources is building in so many ways. One encouraging sign is the recent accomplishment of two researchers who are bringing their fresh perspective to important questions.

In the age of fake news, are resource industries failing to tell their story?

Posted on Articles by · February 01, 2017 10:39 AM

Fake news was around long before Donald Trump made it a thing, argues Bill Whitelaw, and that has hit Canada's primary producers hard.

Group discussions: what does responsible development mean

Posted on Articles by · December 10, 2015 3:58 PM

The big question on my mind lately has been: how do we achieve a balanced discussion on the tough issues? And I’m apparently not the only one

Resource Works summer program attracts rising stars from McGill

Posted on Articles by · July 21, 2015 11:20 AM

Our summer students are helping the Resource Works Society build an authentic social movement in support of responsible resource use

First Nations and development: 5 things you need to know

Posted on Articles · May 18, 2015 9:18 PM

The highlights from our groundbreaking report, Becoming Partners

First Nations becoming meaningful partners in resource development

Posted on Articles by · May 14, 2015 5:06 AM

Experts identify major improvements in BC aboriginal-industrial relations in recent years

How not to squander our resource wealth

Posted on Reports by · February 12, 2015 12:59 PM

Saving up for a rainy day, or for retirement, is a challenge most people understand, but can governments be persuaded to take the same approach? Now is the time for British Columbians to discuss what kind of fund the province needs and what we can realistically expect it to deliver

A free, public treasure trove of facts on natural resources

Posted on Articles by · January 21, 2015 1:54 PM

In this era of publicly accessible information, the world is at everyone’s fingertips. However, it is often the case that the first search results you find online are news articles – sometimes written without knowledge of, or access to, the most recent and relevant facts

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We need private investment to build back better

Government can’t print money forever—we’ll need private investment. So what would happen without investment from mining, oil, and gas? Josiah Haynes investigates.

Universities fund $4.5 million fishing expedition to expose "conflicts of interest and malfeasance", but come up dry

The University of Victoria found $730,000 to be part of a $4.5 million, publicly funded corporate smear campaign against energy professionals. The end product is an amateurish grab bag of inaccurate information, writes Stewart Muir

Onward and upward for Resource Works research

The movement for responsible Canadian resources is building in so many ways. One encouraging sign is the recent accomplishment of two researchers who are bringing their fresh perspective to important questions.

In the age of fake news, are resource industries failing to tell their story?

Fake news was around long before Donald Trump made it a thing, argues Bill Whitelaw, and that has hit Canada's primary producers hard.

Group discussions: what does responsible development mean

The big question on my mind lately has been: how do we achieve a balanced discussion on the tough issues? And I’m apparently not the only one

Resource Works summer program attracts rising stars from McGill

Our summer students are helping the Resource Works Society build an authentic social movement in support of responsible resource use

First Nations and development: 5 things you need to know

The highlights from our groundbreaking report, Becoming Partners

First Nations becoming meaningful partners in resource development

Experts identify major improvements in BC aboriginal-industrial relations in recent years

How not to squander our resource wealth

Saving up for a rainy day, or for retirement, is a challenge most people understand, but can governments be persuaded to take the same approach? Now is the time for British Columbians to discuss what kind of fund the province needs and what we can realistically expect it to deliver

A free, public treasure trove of facts on natural resources

In this era of publicly accessible information, the world is at everyone’s fingertips. However, it is often the case that the first search results you find online are news articles – sometimes written without knowledge of, or access to, the most recent and relevant facts

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