Meeting Summary – 8 December 2010 – Samuel Hearne Secondary School library, Inuvik, NT
Arctic Offshore Drilling Review
Meeting Summary
Date | Location |
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Wednesday 8 December 2010 9:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. |
Samuel Hearne Secondary School students Samuel Hearne Secondary School library Inuvik, NT |
Purpose: Introduce the Arctic Offshore Drilling Review to the students of Samuel Hearne Secondary School.
Participants | |
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63 students | |
Roman Mahnic | Principal |
Brigitte Kay | Career Development Officer |
Ross McCallum | Teacher |
Russ Hancock | Teacher |
Eric Church | Teacher |
Zahra Khimji | Teacher |
Will Logan | Teacher |
Gaétan Caron | Chair and Chief Executive Officer, NEB |
David Hamilton | Member, NEB |
Shirley Dawe | Assistant Project Manager, Arctic Offshore Drilling Review, NEB |
Brian Chambers | Northern Advisor, NEB |
Bharat Dixit | Technical Leader, Conservation of Resources, NEB |
Pamela Romanchuk | Environmental Specialist, NEB |
Susan Gudgeon | Northern Coordinator, Arctic Offshore Drilling Review, NEB |
Introductory Remarks (NEB):
- An overview of the Arctic Offshore Drilling Review was provided, including the mandate of the NEB, the events leading up to the Review and generally where drilling may occur in the Beaufort Sea.
- The Aurora College students were asked "what does the NEB need from companies before it can say yes or no to drilling in the Arctic?"
Dialogue with students:
In response to the question put forward, a number of areas of interest and concern were raised by the students, including:
- Clarity of Mandate and Authority of the NEB with respect to offshore drilling:
- Whether the road from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk would be considered as part of the Review
- Whether the NEB has the authority to require companies to hire local workers
- General:
- With global warming, will there be discussions and forecasts regarding shifts in tidal currents
- How many people would be on a drill ship and would they be hired locally or brought in from elsewhere
- There are already a lot of regulations and restrictions (quotas) on hunting – will there be more because of offshore drilling
- How well experienced will the people doing the work be?
- Where would the drilling take place?
- Emergency Response and Preparedness:
- If something happens, need to get word out to let people who are out on the land in remote areas know about it
- If something goes wrong, will there be more than one solution to stop it
- Value of Resources:
- If there is a spill, this would harm animals
- There are still problems in Alaska – if it happens in the Beaufort area, people won't be able to harvest and will have to move or leave
Group Exercise:
- Students divided into their classes and set out on the attached flipcharts what was on their mind and, in particular, what they wanted to see answered before the NEB looks at an application for offshore drilling.
Concluding Remarks:
- NEB will be back in Inuvik in January to listen to people and hear their perspectives and concerns and would be pleased to have student present their views
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