If global markets are moving away from fossil fuel consumption, where does that leave the NL oil and gas industry? Can we (and should we) continue to rely on it? Does the industry have a role to play in building a greener, more sustainable economic future in this province?

Join us as we discuss with our panelists, Dr. Angela Carter (Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and author of Fossilized: Environmental Policy in Canada's Petro-Provinces) and Max Ruelokke (Consultant, Former Deputy Minister, and former CEO of Canada-Newfoundland & Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board)

"Looking outside the campus community and striving to serve the city, state, or region in which the college or university is located is exactly what higher education institutions should be doing...Community needs can be addressed by individual projects...or, on a larger scale, in the form of a dedicated public engagement outfit such as the Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...."

The Harris Centre was recently recognized internationally in an article by Caitlin Lukacs for Currents, on how we facilitate partnerships between the university and the province’s people. Click the button to read more!