2010 Annual Report • 9
Former PNWER President Sen. Lesil McGuire of Alaska and Rep. Jeff Morris of Washington present the Hot Potato award to Hon. Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway. The Hot Potato Award is awarded to an individual from the public sector who has worked to increase cross-border collaboration.
• Disaster resilience • Sustainable development • Health care • Tourism • Water policy • Workforce/northern development • Arctic issues • Environment • Innovation
Delegates also had the opportunity to participate in several policy tours to highlight innovative practices in Calgary and around Alberta. Tours included, Enmax Downtown Energy Centre and TransCanada Pipeline Control Room; Nova Chemical Petro-chemical plant in Joffre, Alberta; Water policy at the University of Lethbridge; the University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine Clinical Skills Building; and a WestJet Campus tour. Also, a special tour of the Alberta Oil Sands took place for regional legislators on the final day of the Summit. This full day tour helped state and provincial elected officials better understand the issues surrounding Oil Sands development, environmental mitigation, and the importance of the Oil Sands to the regional economy. Delegates toured both the open mine as well as in-situ steam assisted gravity drainage (SAG-D) developments.
2010 Meetings
Each working group developed an Action Plan to address specific action items raised during the session. These action items serve as the PNWER work plan for the coming year. See page 14 for a complete list of action items approved by the PNWER Board. Also during the Summit, several special sessions were held in addition to the working group sessions. These included Cross Border Livestock Health; Women in Natural Resources; Mental Health and Addictions in the Workplace; Bio-Energy in the West; and the University President’s Roundtable. Over 112 speakers participated
in the working group sessions. For detailed agendas, please consult the PNWER website at www.pnwer.org.