Stay tuned to CKUA for Aboriginal
Pathways, a new series of vignettes sponsored by syncrude.
The vignettes can be heard daily, and are archived at ckua.com.
Through
our Aboriginal Development program, we focus on the following six key commitment
areas: corporate leadership, employment, business development, education and training,
community development and the environment.
Syncrude is one of only eleven companies in Canada, and the
only oil sands company, to be accredited at the Gold Level in the Progressive
Aboriginal Relations (PAR) Program of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.
PAR measures corporate performance in Aboriginal employment, business development,
capacity development and community relations. Find out more at their website.
Syncrude
is one of the largest employers of Aboriginal people in Canada. We directly employ
around 450 Aboriginal people who represent about 8% of our total employee population.
Many more are employed by our contractors.
Syncrude
provides significant opportunity to Aboriginal-owned businesses in the Wood Buffalo
region. Since 1992, we have completed over $1.2 billion in total business volume
with Aboriginal companies.
Syncrude
regularly conducts tours of reclamation areas for representatives from Fort McKay.
As well, we are working closely with Elders from the community to ensure the re-establishment
of native tree species of interest to Aboriginal stakeholders. Species now successfully
being re-introduced include low-bush cranberry, blueberry and buffalo berry.
Each
year, Syncrude produces the Aboriginal Review – an update on our work in the area
of Aboriginal relations and a comprehensive overview of our performance in the
six key commitment areas. This review can downloaded here.
Syncrude
provides scholarships to Aboriginal students pursuing studies in a variety of
fields. Annual scholarships are available through a number of provincial and regional
educational institutions.
For more on Aboriginal
Relations visit syncrude.ca.
