Keynote

• Orphaned and Abandoned Mines: In Pursuit of Best Practice
  Paul Younger, Newcastle University, UK

Setting priorities

• Managing Risk in the Northern Contaminated Sites Program
  Michael Nahir, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• Risk Assessment at East Kemptville
  Maxine Wiber, BHP-Billiton Base Metals
• Condition and Hazard Evaluation of Crown-Owned Inactive Mine Sites in Manitoba
  Caius Priscu, AMEC Earth & Environmental
• Uncertainty and Risk in Reclamation Bonds – An Alaskan Example
  David Chambers, Center for Science in Public Participation

Public Engagement and Capacity Building

• Community-Based Decisions and Setting Priorities in Abandoned Mine Remediation
  Sue Moodie, CCSG Associates
• Deloro Minesite Cleanup – Community Involvement and the Role of the Media
  Louise Livingstone, The Community Press
• Restoring the Tsolum River to its Historic Levels of Health and Productivity
  Father Charles Brandt, Tsolum River Restoration Society
• Northern Public Engagement and Capacity Building
  Chris Paci, Deep Consulting Inc.
• A Short History of Community Involvement in the Issue of Mine Abandonment in Canada
  Joan Kuyek, MiningWatch Canada
• Faro Mine Closure – A Community Perspective
  Kathlene Suza, Ross River Dena Council, Ellie Marcotte, Selkirk First Nation and Stephen Mead, Yukon Government

Partnership Approaches

• Rehabilitating Abandoned Mines in Canada
  W.R. Cowan, Cowan Minerals Ltd.
• Jurisdictional Updates British Columbia
  Gregg Stewart, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
• Manitoba Orphaned & Abandoned Mine Sites Program
  Ernest Armitt, MB Science, Technology, Energy and Mines
• The Rehabilitation of Ontario’s Abandoned Mines
  Cindy Blanchard-Smith, ON Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
• Rehabilitation of closed mines – Some Quebec Partnership Cases
  Louis Bienvenu, Province of Quebec, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, Québec
• United Keno Hill Mine Closure – A Partnership Approach
  Hugh Copland, Yukon Energy Mines and Resources
• The Churchill Copper Partnership
  Garry Davies, Teck Cominco
• Tourism – A Viable Option for Abandoned Mines?
  Peter Whitbread-Abrutat, Post-Mining Alliance, Eden Project
• Cooperating on Giant Mine Remediation
  Bill Mitchell, Giant Mine Remediation Project, INAC