Congratulations Dr. Andre Xavier.

As an industry supervisor and sponsor of Mitacs,  we are proud to be part of The Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy(Mining Engineering) for Andre Xavier PhD.  

His thesis “Socio- Economic Mine Closure (SEMC)Framework: A Comprehensive Approach for Addressing the Socio-Economic Challenges of Mine Closure” was presented on Monday, November 25 at UBC.

We look forward to working very closely with Andre in assisting our Resource companies to address their needs.

Global Entrepreneurship Week

At a time of economic crisis all over the world, and when existing models have shown their limitations, entrepreneurship has emerged as a genuine solution to boost recovery.  World Entrepreneurship Forum is the first global think-tank dedicated to entrepreneurs, creators of wealth and social justice. Since 2008, 350 members from 76 countries have met to tackle our world’s most pressing issues with entrepreneurial solutions.

Next week, Nov. 18-24, 2013 is the Global Entrepreneurship Week!

So happy to be part of this – we can change the world....

Hastings County training

ED was in Hastings County training the community and New Facilitator Mary Doyle October 28 – 30 2013. Hastings County has incredible successes in the past and will continue to do so with this incredible team!

This is the feedback....

 

I wanted to thank you again. Like I told you told after the training, you presented and your delivery of this training was one of the best I have every done. I do many courses for real estate and as well work with mental health and addictions so I have been on a lot of the years. Keep up the good work!!!! 

Pat Hennigar

New at SEF Canada

Keep up to date with SEF Canada by checking out our newsfeed at

http://www.sefcanada.com/news/

Suzette McFaul's IFC Presentation from Washington, D.C. is now published and available online.

Ph.D Candidate, Andre Xavier, is currently in Milos Island, Greece to present the co-written piece "Economic Development Initiative for Mining Community Development" at the 6th International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry.

Check out their website at http://sdimi2013.conferences.gr/ 

 

Events for the Month of June

Here is a look at what we are doing for June 2013:

- Advisory Board member Douglas Myrdal will be meeting the with Government of Canada in South Africa to present SEF Canada as a CSR program for Mining.

 

- Managing Director Suzette McFaul will be speaking at a presentation in Delta, British Columbia on Economical Development. 

 

- Suzette McFaul will also be speaking at this year's IFC Sustainability Summit on June 20 in Washington, D.C.

 

- Ph.D Candidate at the University of British Columbia, Andre Xavier, will be speaking at this year's Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry Conference in Milos, Greece on June 30.

Approved by the Mitacs-Accelerate Internship Program

We are very pleased to announce our application to the Mitacs-Accelerate Internship Program, "Education as a Capacity Building Mechanism to Foster Economic Development of Local Mining Communities" has been approved.

The objective of Mitacs-Accelerate is to provide graduate student researchers with applied research opportunities by enabling them to work with organizations to address real business issues.