Life in the Heartland Wins the 2024 Canadian Fuels Association Community Champion Award of Excellence
Life in the Heartland is a recipient of the 2024 Canadian Fuels Association (CFA) Community Champion Award of Excellence. An award ceremony at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, ON was held on June 5, 2024.
Nominated by North West Redwater Partnership Sturgeon Refinery (NWR), the CFA Community Champion Award celebrates a local partner or stakeholder of a CFA member company that has worked to enhance the quality of life in their surrounding community.
Life in the Heartland Community Engagement Director, Sheena Fitzpatrick expressed gratitude for the CFA's recognition of Life in the Heartland’s community engagement efforts.
“We are honored and humbled to be acknowledged by NWR and the CFA as a community champion for our work across the region. Life in the Heartland is committed to improving resident awareness about existing industrial operations. By building relationships and facilitating a two-way dialogue, we’re creating a more engaged community that fosters social license for industry companies operating in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland.”
Vanessa Goodman, HSE and Communications Manager for NWR accepted the award on behalf of Life in the Heartland on June 5, 2024.
Life in the Heartland and its partners, Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association, Heartland Air Monitoring Partnership, Northeast Capital Industrial Association, and Northeast Region Community Awareness Emergency Response, have collaborated over the past 15 years to create connections with the community, industry, and municipalities to fuel resident engagement by providing access relevant and credible information on industry operations in the region.
Left to right: Bob Larcoque, President and CEO, Canadian Fuels Association, Vanessa Goodman, HSE and Communications Manager, NWR, and Peter Duda, General Manager, NWR
SPRING 2024 INFO EVE
Life in the Heartland is hosted a FREE open house where residents visited with industry companies, and heard live updates. The presentations are linked below.
INDUSTRY UPDATE WEBINAR - FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Thank you to those who attended our lunch hour webinar. See below for links to the company presentations and video.
FALL 2023 INFO-EVE
Life in the Heartland is hosted a special in- person event October 18, 2023 at the Lamont Community Hall that featured industry updates from companies and projects in Alberta's Industrial Heartland.
Life in the Heartland - In the Zone Podcast
Regional Advisory Committee
Life in the Heartland hosted its inaugural Regional Advisory Committee meeting on November 3 and are still looking for engaged residents to volunteer as a public member. This committee facilitates direct two-way dialogue between residents and industry companies on topics of importance in the region. Public members will serve a three-year term and attend two meetings per year. No industry background is needed, and we encourage anyone who is interested to apply. Whether you work in healthcare, emergency response, administration, are a business owner, or a high school student – we want to hear from you! Heartland residents who wish to apply can submit a letter of interest to the Community Engagement Director at info@lifeintheheartland.com.
Survey Reports
Input your information to subscribe to our newsletter
Input your information to subscribe to our newsletter
