Working Together - Canadian Natural Resources

Working Together
September 2014
INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING OUR OIL SANDS OPERATIONS
Canadian Natural is very excited to share another issue of Working Together. Inside, you will discover the ways in which our company is
investing in the communities where we operate.
Canadian Natural works together with stakeholders in the communities where we operate to share value through mutually beneficial
relationships and invest in initiatives that support sustainable communities.
Each new edition of Working Together informs stakeholders of the opportunities and initiatives we have developed together in the areas of
education and training, employment, business development and community investment in western Canada. This issue features our work in
the communities surrounding our Oil Sands Mining and Thermal In Situ Operations within the past year.
Canadian
Natural
fast facts
• Canada’s largest independent
oil and natural gas operator,
based on production.
• The largest primary heavy oil
and natural gas producer in
Canada.
• One of the largest oil sands
operators.
• Diverse portfolio of in situ
oil, primary heavy, light and
medium crude oil, synthetic
crude oil and natural gas.
• Over 7,200 employees
worldwide.
• Operations in North America,
the United Kingdom and
offshore Africa.
• Health and safety, asset
integrity, environmental
management and community
planning are integrated into all
aspects of our operations.
• In 2013, Canadian Natural
contributed over $10.8
million to communities in
the areas where we operate.
This includes corporate
sponsorships, cash donations,
employee giving and funding
for community-based economic
development projects.
“To develop people to work together to create value for the
Company’s shareholders by doing it right with fun and integrity”
Canadian Natural Mission Statement
ENHANCING HEALTH AND RECREATION
Canadian Natural supports recreational and social initiatives that unite and strengthen communities.
We committed $250,000 over three years, from 2011 to 2013, to the Cold Lake Energy Centre.
These funds provided the facility with a new ice
surface and related accomodations, including six
dressing rooms, a referee room, a concession area
and a concourse. These renovations now allow Cold
Lake to host a variety of community events.
This recent contribution follows earlier support from
Canadian Natural in 2006, when an investment
of $250,000 went towards the development of
an indoor track, which was named the Canadian
Natural Walking/Running Track.
Front entrance of the Cold Lake Energy Centre.
SUPPORTING THE NORTHEAST ALBERTA
APPRENTICESHIP INITIATIVE
In 2013, Canadian Natural made a three year commitment of $300,000 to support the Northeast
Alberta Apprenticeship Initiative (NEAAI). The NEAAI provides a distance learning environment
and support system to increase the number of skilled Aboriginal trades people in northeast
Alberta and reduce industry’s reliance on foreign workers. The initiative will see seven First
Nations communities, several
post-secondary institutions,
provincial and federal government
departments and industry working
together.
(L-R) NEAAI employees: Clarence Faithful, Program
Coordinator, Kathleen Thompson, Project Manager, Terrie
Quinney, Business/Industry Liaison Worker and Eva JohnGladue, Program Manager.
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The NEAAI focuses on increasing
the number of people entering a
trade profession and successfully
completing Trades Technical
Training to Journey person status
with gainful employment in
northeast Alberta.
DOING IT RIGHT
Canadian Natural focuses on people
— employees, contractors and those
who live in the communities near our
operations. This focus means working
together to create a safe environment
that promotes prosperity, health and wellbeing.
We look to our employees and
community members for practical ideas
on how to best make this happen.
Canadian Natural supports employee
driven and industry activities that
improve people’s lives and promote social
development.
PROVIDING
SUPPORT
FOR AT
RECRUITING
NEW
EMPLOYEES
FAMILIES
IN CRISIS
THE ALBERTA
WORKS
JOB FAIR
The Fort McMurray Family Crisis Society was established in 1982 to provide services for
individuals and families affected by domestic violence. This society offers a variety of
facilities and projects, including a child development program, intervention program,
emergency shelter for women and children, sexual assault program and second stage
housing program. Each program works to provide a safe and healthy community for
residents of Fort McMurray and surrounding areas.
Over a two year period Canadian Natural contributed $100,000 to this organization’s
affordable living facility and emergency shelter for women and children. The emergency
shelter, Unity House, provides emergency, temporary accommodations for women and
children who have experienced violence or abuse. The Second Stage Housing Program is
for women and children who are ready to leave the shelter but need an apartment with
added security, subsidized rental and on-going programs and support. Canadian Natural’s
contribution provided essential items for the facilities, including clothing, toiletries, full
meal services and children’s toys.
SPONSORING YOUTH INITIATIVES AT FORT MCKAY
Canadian Natural promotes and supports educational initiatives
that benefit children and youth. We are proactively contributing to
the Wood Buffalo Region’s youth initiatives by sponsoring the Fort
McKay First Nation Academy’s educational and athletic programs.
The programs focus on education, teamwork, fitness, nutrition, antibullying and drug prevention.
The Academy utilizes these programs to teach the students important
life skills while encouraging them to stay in school and enhance
their education. The combination of athletic and academic initiatives
provides a well-balanced upbringing for Fort McKay youth.
Fort McKay Academy students in the hockey program.
A portion of Canadian Natural’s funding was put toward an after
school initiative at the Fort McKay arena that provides students with
various athletic programs, including the basics of hockey and skating.
This program helps foster leadership skills through the character
building principles involved in hockey.
INVESTING IN EDUCATION WITH KEYANO COLLEGE
Education and training initiatives are one of the top
priorities guiding Canadian Natural’s community
investment decisions.
In 2012, we made a five year commitment of
$500,000 to fund the new Oil Sands Power and
Process Engineering Lab at Keyano College. The
proud unveiling of the state-of-the-art Engineering
Lab was on February 26, 2014 and Canadian
Natural was there to participate in this important
moment. The facility was officially opened
with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that included
government, industry and community leaders.
Canadian Natural employee, Brenda McKendry (third from left) with industry, government
and college representatives at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Oil Sands Power and
Process Engineering Lab on February 26, 2014.
The new Enginnering lab features full process
operations that can be found in an actual oil sands facility. Students will benefit from this cutting edge equipment and increase the pool
of talented and skilled workforce. Keyano College Board Chair, Kara Flynn says, “This is all about students and faculty, who can learn and
teach in this state-of-the-art facility. From an oil sands perspective, not only will this lab add new employees, but we will also be able to
have existing employees upgrade right here at home.”
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PROVIDING ABORIGINAL STUDENTS WITH
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Blue Quills First Nations College is an Aboriginal education centre with the mandate to advance and protect Indigenous ways of life and
thinking through teaching, research and community service. One of the college’s newest programs, the Camp and Catering Program
provides students with training and workplace readiness education to prepare students for careers as camp attendants. Canadian Natural is
committed to helping develop people and work together with communities to ensure long-term growth and prosperity.
The 12-week pre-employment program offers students hands-on experience in the areas of food production, housekeeping services,
clerking and maintenance. They also obtain certification in ten essential safety tickets. Most importantly, the program is designed to
prepare individuals for successful job placement and retention within
the industry by addressing core life skills such as personal and workplace
communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and building healthy
relationships.
In 2013, we sponsored seven students from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation
to attend the Camp and Catering Program. All the students graduated
and found employment with Primco Dene Catering and Canada North
Camps. We also hired recent graduates of the program at our Primrose
and Wolf Lake operations.
Students from the Blue Quills Catering Program.
We continued our support in 2014 by sponsoring six more students from
the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and three students from Onion Lake Cree
Nation. The contributions made by Canadian Natural will ensure a strong
future for this growing program and its graduates.
ENCOURAGING STUDENTS
TO TRY ON A TRADE
INCREASING AWARENESS
FOR MENTAL HEALTH
In 2013, Canadian Natural continued its sponsorship of the Try on a
Trade program, an initiative that encourages students to gain handson experience in different career fields, including carpentry, welding,
pipe fitting, culinary cooking and electrical.
The program allows registered journeymen to work with local high
school students and teach them about different employment options.
The week long initiative provides students with their own projects to
gain an in-depth understanding of the work involved in each career
path.
To bring this initiative to the community, we have partnered with
Portage College, local service providers and schools. Portage College
in Lac La Biche hosted students from Mistassiniy High School at its
campus, along with journeymen from BVL Construction Services from
Wabasca, who work in different trades.
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is a
voluntary organization that facilitates access to resources
people require to maintain and improve mental health and
community integration. They provide a variety of mental
health programs and services.
One of the programs available at the CMHA is the Mental
Health First Aid, a two-day educational course that occurs
throughout the year in the Wood Buffalo region, and
educates about mental illnesses and how to support and
assist those living with them. In keeping with our goal
to assist in the development of healthy communities,
Canadian Natural provided a donation to help support this
program and the association’s work to spread mental health
awareness in the community.
The presenters talked about the importance of education, how
valuable skills developed in high school are in their present careers,
the importance of teamwork, etc. Students also had the opportunity
to relate to local professionals who told their stories and helped them
think about their futures.
Lee Cardinal, Canadian Natural Stakeholder Relations Advisor in the
Wabasca region, received very positive feedback from students and
teachers who took part in this program. “It was very informative, full
of learning, full of hands-on experiences. The students who took part
enjoyed each session; some even expressed an interest in the trades.”
Our support for the Try on a Trade program in Wabasca is only
one example of how Canadian Natural works together with the
communities to identify valuable trades to help develop local
workforces and businesses. Being one of the largest operators in
the area, supporting education and employment in the communities
where we work is one of our priorities.
(L-R) Canadian Natural Community Liaison Brenda McKendry
and District Landman Bob Dunn present a cheque to CMHA
Consumer Advocate, Kelly Downes.
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OTHER
HIGHLIGHTS
• Canadian Natural’s United Way
campaign at Horizon raised
$600,000 in 2013.
• In 2013, Canadian Natural
awarded nearly $130,000 to
students from Alberta, British
Columbia and Saskatchewan
through our Building Futures
Scholarship Program.
• We continued our support of
the Trades in Motion program,
which travels to different schools
within Cold Lake, Bonnyville and
Lac La Biche.
HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AT HORIZON
Located at our Horizon oil sands site north of Fort McMurray, Canadian Natural created the first
compensation lake of its kind in the oil sands region in 2009. Horizon Lake - also known by its Cree
name Wãpan Sãkahikan - was developed in close consultation with local people to incorporate
traditional Aboriginal knowledge into its design.
Horizon Lake is now a self-sustaining ecosystem that has seen native fish species repopulate and
thrive. Monitoring data shows that the lake now supports twice the fisheries habitat that will be
lost during the life of the mining operation. Fish populations were estimated through the use of
an echosounder. This instrument collected 2-D images of fish, which allowed us to categorize
populations by species, based on size and shape of the fish.
Our work in 2013 further improved the ecological value of required compensation through habitat
enhancement for Arctic Grayling; a regionally sensitive fish. Habitat for this species was created by
installing a rock v-weir and excavated scour pools across the width of the channel on the upper Tar
River located near the inlet to Horizon Lake.
The additions provide deeper water habitats
both upstream and downstream and
provided additional coverage and shelter.
• In 2013 Canadian Natural
contributed $35,000 to
the Northern Lights Health
Foundation for hospital
equipment and technologies.
Horizon Compensation Lake
Horizon Lake represents a unique alternative
to addressing environmental impacts to fish
habitat and Canadian Natural is sharing
learnings and data with stakeholders and
other operators to assist their compensation
of lost fish habitat.
EDUCATING STUDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY
In 2013, Canadian Natural once again opened its doors and
provided tours for students at our Horizon Oil Sands and Kirby
South thermal operations. These tours were established to
highlight the facts on oil sands development and its role in
meeting world energy demands.
Students learned about the production processes, what life is
like on site, the diverse paths to a career in the oil and natural
gas industry and the importance of safety and environmental
protection.
University of Calgary students on an ISEEESA (Institute for
Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy Students’
Association) tour at our Horizon site on October 3, 2013.
RAISING HEALTHY CHILDREN THROUGH NUTRITION PROGRAMS
Canadian Natural is committed to investing in youth initiatives that
align with the goal of building healthy communities. The company
is sponsoring a new nutrition program with the YMCA of Wood
Buffalo. This initiative will be implemented into the organization’s
current after school programs, as well as the new before school care
program. The YMCA programs provide a vital service that offers safe
childcare for parents that are pursuing employment and educational
opportunities.
Canadian Natural’s sponsorship of the YMCA of Wood Buffalo will
provide children with a full nutritious breakfast, ensuring they each
have the energy to reach their full learning potential throughout the
school day. Canadian Natural’s contribution also provided the YMCA
with 12 months of groceries and five refrigerators for the program.
Children receive a healthy breakfast and after school
snacks, as part of YMCA’s After School Care Program
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