The panel will discuss the community-driven, consent-based site selection process for Canada’s future deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. The focus of the discussion will be on collaboration between the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO).
Introduction by: Scott Arbuckle, Business Unit Director – Canada East & India, Architecture & Urbanism, Country Director, Arcadis Canada
» Donna Chief (Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation), Community & Engagement Manager
» Lance Fugate (Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation), Strategic Advisor
» Jessica Perritt, Director, Indigenous & Municipal Relations, NWMO
» Chief Clayton Wetelainen (Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation)
» Moderator – Jesse McCormick (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation/Anishinaabe/Oneida), Senior Vice President of Research, Innovation, and Legal Affairs, FNMPC