Indigenous Leaders: First Nation partnerships will lead the way north – SooToday.com
Marten Falls and Webequie pursue their socio-economic development goals in shepherding Northern Road Link environmental impact process
If your First Nation community harbours great ambitions to become a major project proponent, Gordon Wabasse offers some sage and simple advice.
“Be prepared.”
Wabasse, the lands and resources director of Webequie First Nation, participated in a panel discussion on the Ring of Fire at the inaugural Indigenous-led Projects Forum in Toronto, Sept. 27.
Wabasse and other James Bay regional leadership spoke of his community’s groundbreaking journey as one of the two Indigenous proponents overseeing the design and environmental impacts of a proposed all-season road into Far North, an Ontario first.
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