AGENDA
9:30AM
Registration Opens
​Coffee and light breakfast
10:00AM
Green Energy Transitions & the Mining Sector
Moderator: Student, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
11:30AM
Workshop
Breakout Sessions
12:30PM
Networking
​Lunch will be served
1:00PM
Opportunities & Challenges Developing Ontario's "Ring of Fire"
Moderator: Student, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
3:00PM
Key Note Speaker- Honourable Bob Rae
Q & A
3:30PM
Closing Remarks
​Reception to follow
​PANELS
Green Energy Transitions & the Mining Sector
Rory Johnston
Commodity Economist-
Scotiabank
Rory Johnston is a Commodity Economist covering energy, metals, and agriculture markets in Scotiabank’s Economics Department. He is the author of the Scotiabank Commodity Price Index, a key monthly report that assess developments affecting the prices of Canada’s major export commodities, as well as a contributor to Scotiabank’s Global Outlook, the Department’s flagship quarterly forecast publication.
In the past, Rory has also worked with the Department’s International Economics group on global energy and infrastructure issues, writing on topics ranging from the Petrocaribe oil alliance to the expansion of Panama Canal. Rory holds a graduate degree from the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and a bachelor’s degree in political studies from Queen’s University.
Andrew Swart
Global Consulting Mining Leader- Deloitte
Andrew Swart is a Partner at Monitor Deloitte based in Toronto, Canada and is the Deloitte
Global Mining Consulting Leader.
He has more than 22 years of industrial experience of which the last fifteen years has been in consulting. He has worked for senior executives in a range of industries including mining, oil and gas, and government. Within the government arena most of his work has operated at the intersection of business and government – a key interface for natural resource companies. His client engagements have included corporate and competitive strategy engagements, innovation
systems, cost reduction through energy management and organizational transformation and economic development programs. He has worked for clients around the world including Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Germany, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Co-Director- Environmental Governance Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Teresa Kramarz
Challenges & Opportunities in Developing Ontario's "Ring of Fire"
Workshop
Quinn Sandor Kepes- Verité
Senior Program Director
Quinn Sandor Kepes is a Senior Program Director in the Raw Materials Programs Department at Verité, where he has worked for over a dozen years to provide businesses, investors, governments, intergovernmental organizations, workers, and civil society the knowledge and tools that they need to eliminate the most serious labor and human rights abuses from global supply chains. He oversees field research and in-depth programming globally, with a focus on raw materials and Latin America. Mr. Kepes carried out field research on illegal gold mining in Colombia and Peru, and has directed research and projects focused on labor conditions in agriculture (coffee, palm oil, sugar, cattle, corn, peanuts, Brazil-nuts) and seafood (shrimp, tuna, fishing). Mr. Kepes lived in Guatemala for six years, where he worked with civil society initiatives and supervised and participated in field research. In Guatemala, Mr. Kepes obtained a graduate degree in Human Rights and Political Participation through the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIHR). He also holds a B.A. in Political Science and Certificates in International Relations and Latin American Studies from the University of Massachusetts. He is fluent in Spanish and English.
Keynote Speaker
Hon. Bob Rae: Lawyer, Mediator, Speaker, Writer. Political Leader.
Born in Ottawa and a graduate of both the University of Toronto and Oxford, Bob Rae was first elected to the Parliament of Canada as the Member of Parliament for Broadview in a byelection in October, 1978. He was re-elected in 1979 and 1980, and resigned his seat in 1982 when elected Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the riding of York South in 1982, and re-elected in 1985,1987, 1990, and 1995. After more than a decade as a partner at Goodmans LLP Bob returned to federal politics as the MP for Toronto Centre in 2008, first in a by-election and then in general elections in that year and 2011. Bob resigned his seat in 2013 to become senior partner at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP, where he works with First Nations as legal counsel, advisor, and negotiator.
Bob served as Ontario's 21st Premier from 1990 to 1995 and Interim Federal Leader of the Liberal Party in 2011- 2013. He was named Queen's Counsel in 1984, appointed to the Privy Council of Canada in 1998, named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000, received the Order of Ontario in 2004 and Companion of the Order of Canada in 2015. In October, 2017 Bob was appointed as Special Envoy to Myanmar by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
In addition to his legal practice, Bob teaches at the University of Toronto as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the School of Public Policy and Governance (SPPG), and as Distinguished Professor at Victoria College. He is a Fellow at the Forum of Federations, and consults internationally on governance issues. He has also written five books and two major reports, on the Air India bombing and higher education in Ontario. He writes and speaks regularly on public issues and also does ADR work with ADR Chambers.
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Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Campbell Conference Facility
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, ON
Glenn Nolan
VP, Government Affairs-
Noront Resources
Glenn is a member of the Missanabie Cree First Nation, a former Chief and the first Indigenous person to serve as president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Presently Glenn is Vice President, Government Affairs Noront Resources that is developing a nickel and copper deposit in Ontario’s Ring of Fire. He has been involved in the mining sector for more than four decades.
Glenn has long been an advocate for sustainable inclusive mineral development in Canada and globally. He continues to provide advice and support to indigenous communities and governments seeking to better understand opportunities in mining.
Glenn serves on numerous not-for-profit boards with local, national and international focus. Glenn is also a board member of a junior diamond exploration company with properties in Canada and Africa.
Vic Pakalnis
Green Energy Transitions
As greater awareness of the issues of global climate change alter consumer preferences, the move towards green alternatives to fossil fuels is happening at an accelerated rate. Private and public sectors alike are discussing how to respond to the transformative impact of consumer tech adoption, such as electric vehicles and smart infrastructure, on national and local economies. The mining sector will play a critical role in facilitating this process, providing the raw resources necessary for technological trends of tomorrow. Discussions around how states and civil society influence resource trends will be critical in learning how the mining industry can be supported in the future.
Challenges & Opportunities of Developing Ontario's "Ring of Fire"
Approximately 400 kilometers north of Thunder Bay lies an area of unexploited mineral reserves that could be worth billions of dollars. Dubbed, the Ring of Fire, after the Johnny Cash song, the chromite and nickel rich region has the potential to inject economic vitality into remote Northern and indigenous communities. Any successful strategy to develop the project will need to take into account a variety of stakeholders, while balancing both profitability and sustainability. With the recovery of commodity markets, junior miners and communities in the region are excited to advance the project. Government will play a crucial role building the infrastructure necessary to develop mines in the area. Before progress can be made, stakeholders must come together to create a strategy that will provide benefit to both local communities and the broader Ontarian economy.