“We’re all capitalists here. We’re not anti-industry, but we do strive to find a balance. We need to find sustainable ways of doing things.” — Lorraine Hoffman, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Councillor Work of Arts, the University of Alberta Faculty of Arts Alumni Magazine, has a great profile on Lorraine
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Straight Outta Edmonton: WOA Profile: Lorraine Hoffman — Where Industry Meets Ancestry
“We’re all capitalists here. We’re not anti-industry, but we do strive to find a balance. We need to find sustainable ways of doing things.”
— Lorraine Hoffman, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Councillor
Work of Arts, the University of Alberta Faculty of Arts Alumni Magazine, has a great profile on Lorraine Hoffman, an alumni who is currently a councilor for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN).
The piece highlights the complex relationship First Nation communities have with the oilsands. As Hoffman outlines, communities like Fort Chipewyan have benefited tremendously from partnering with industry. Yet, development has also led to the emergence of significant social issues, which have forced many to speak out.
Hoffman dismisses the notion that such criticisms indicate an anti-development bias from First Nation communities. In reality, these communities see development as a positive force, providing jobs and boosting local economies. However, there is a feeling that the current development approach is tilted towards industry at the expense of the environment and other local concerns.
What Hoffman calls for is a balance between development and these associated environmental, public health, and social concerns — similar to the language industry and the province uses to defend the current development policy that communities like Fort Chipewyan oppose.
Read the entire article: “Where Industry Meets Ancestry” by Benjamin Freeland.
Straight Outta Edmonton: WOA Profile: Lorraine Hoffman — Where Industry Meets Ancestry
“We’re all capitalists here. We’re not anti-industry, but we do strive to find a balance. We need to find sustainable ways of doing things.” — Lorraine Hoffman, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Councillor Work of Arts, the University of Alberta Faculty of Arts Alumni Magazine, has a great profile on Lorraine
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