GNWT Dehcho regional workshop on the social impacts of the MacKenzie Valley Gas Project : Government of the Northwest Territories Dehcho regional workshop on the social impacts of the MacKenzie Valley Gas Project

Evaluation GNWT DEHCHO REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE SOCIAL IMPACTS OF THE MACKENZIE GAS PROJECT INTRODUCTION This workshop was intended to provide a forum for communities and governments to examine the anticipated social impacts of the Mackenzie Gas Project and to initiate collaborative planning to monitor and manage those impacts over the next twenty years. [...] Support also came from the NWT Bureau of Statistics, the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. [...] GOALS In anticipation of the construction of the Mackenzie Gas Project, there is a need to ensure that communities and the GNWT have the capacity to collaboratively manage the social impacts of the pipeline and related exploration and development activities in the short, medium and longer term. [...] The workshops’ goals were to provide a forum for communities and governments to examine the anticipated social impacts of the pipeline and to initiate collaborative planning to monitor and mitigate those impacts. [...] He highlighted the need for personal, academic and career counseling in schools and the college, the need for alternative childcare for shift workers and the need to continue efforts for language revitalization.