AGM 2018 Highlights April 24, 2018
Board Members were determined for 2018-2019
Returning board members are Julee Boan, Scott Harris, Lucy LaFramboise, Susan Grinstead, Dodie Legassick, Lea Matyuska, Karen Peterson, Graham Saunders
New board member: Environment North welcomes Bruce Hyer to the board.
Departing board member: Environment North thanks Kirsten Annis for her contribution to the board.
Chromite Mining and Processing
At the AGM Environment North hosted a public presentation on the potential environmental and health impacts of chromite mining in the Ring of Fire and of ferrochrome processing. The guest speaker was Ugo Lapointe, Canada program coordinator with MiningWatch Canada.
Click here to view the presentation by Fort William First Nation Economic Development and the Thunder Bay Economic Development Commission.
Click here to listen to Ugo Lapointe's CBC radio interview with Jason Turnbull on Up North, February 19, 2018.
Click on the following links for more information on environmental impacts:
MiningWatch Canada (May 2012): Potential Toxic Effects of Chromium, Chromite Mining and Ferrochrome Production: A Literature Review (update Cliff Resources is no longer the proponent )
Public Health Ontario (April 2015) Case Study: Chromite mining and processing
Journal of Cleaner Production (July 2017): Chromite mining and smelting industry - Relevance to development of the Ring of Fire
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (April 2005): Heavy metals (Cr, Zn, Ni, V, Pb, Cd) in lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) and assessment of human exposure in two industrial areas in the Kemi-Tornio region, Northern Finland.