Concurrent Session E: Home Grown Up North  

Glen Strong

Glen Strong is the Community Relations and Training Coordinator for QM Points Contracting LP. QM Points is a contracting company with a main operation of Environmental Cleanup. Their focus is on the Communities of the Athabasca Basin in Northern Saskatchewan. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lani Warsh

Lani is the Program Manager for Tundra Take-Back —Scout Environmental“s ongoing practical skills development program that empowers local communities to clean up their metal dumps to keep toxic pollutants out of the environment.

Before joining Scout, Lani lived overseas, working on community development and capacity-building projects in the Global South. She is now combining her extensive experience overseas with her passion for Canada’s North by leading depollution initiatives with remote Indigenous communities across the country. She lives with her partner in Thornbury, where she enjoys Ontario’s unbelievably beautiful farm country. 

Scout Environmental is an award-winning organization that engages the public, guides industry, and equips communities to make better choices — for their health, and the environment. For nearly two decades, Scout has delivered measurable solutions, transformed behaviour, and helped both public and private sectors see beyond sustainability.

Betty Hutchinson

Waste Management sets the standards for waste and recycling services across North America, and it starts by doing the right way, every day. Betty Hutchinson is the manager of the Lac La Ronge Regional Waste Management Corporation. The corporation a operates a successful landfill and recycling depot in Northern Saskatchewan.