Indian Resource Council of Canada (IRC)
IRC was founded in 1987 by Chiefs representing the oil and gas producing First Nations, following the recommendation of a task force that was established to study the role of the Crown in the management of First Nations oil and natural gas resources. An expanded and restructured Indian Oil and Gas Canada (IOGC) was established at the same time.
The work and activities of the IRC are guided by the mandates that were approved and adopted at previous AGM’s in 1993 and 1995. These mandates, which are currently being revamped, are as follows:
- To support First Nations in their efforts to attain greater management and control of their oil and natural gas resources;
- To complement initiatives by individual First Nations to gain economic self-reliance and to ensure the preservation of the Crown Trust obligations under Treaties with First Nations;
- To coordinate the promotion of initiatives with Federal and provincial governments, with industry and with other groups associated with oil, natural gas and related activities to enhance economic benefits realized by the First Nations from resource development;
- To encourage a greater development and utilization of First Nations human resources in oil, natural gas and related activities;
- To transform IOGC into a First Nations institution, working in partnership with the IOGC co-management Board. To this end work towards the establishment of an oil and gas business centre, and a First Nations oil and gas institution in the long term.
We are also the Co-Chairs of the Indigenous Round Table for the Government of Alberta’s Site Rehabilitation Program. (https://www.alberta.ca/support-for-indigenous-oil-field-service-contractors.aspx)
Speaker Bio: Steve Saddleback, Director of the National Energy Business Centre of Excellence (NEBCE) at the Indian Resource Council of Canada (IRC).
A member of the Samson Cree Nation located in Maskwacis, AB; A signatory to Treaty Number Six. Steve has worked for a number of National and International Organizations in Finance, Real Estate Investment, Banking, Economic Development, Fiscal Relations, and was a Partner of an Oil and Gas lease construction company in Northeastern British Columbia. Steve volunteers his time on numerous boards including the Indigenous Opportunities Committee at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, SADLBAK Trucking, A member of the Steering Committee at the Clean Resource Innovation Network, Co-Chair of the Program Advisory Committee and Board member for the ReDeveLop Program – University of Calgary, and is a Fellow of the Energy Futures Lab. Steve is adamant on working towards meaningful involvement of indigenous communities in all areas of the economy with a focus on the Energy sector.
Date: November 3, 2020
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Registration Fees
All CLRA Members: FREE
Non-Member: $20 (All registrations fees are being donated to Western Sky Land Trust)
Registration Deadline: November 2, 2020
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CLRA Alberta Chapter Webinar Series - Indian Resource Council of Canada
- Tuesday Nov 03 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
