Our second Vancouver 2011 Power Breakfast takes place on Thursday, June 23 and features co-presenters Haisla Nation Interim Governance Committee Chair Ellis Ross and Kitimat LNG Project business manager David Calvert speaking about the unique partnership between the Haisla Nation and Apache Canada Ltd to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on Haisla traditional territory.

 

Ellis Ross is a Haisla Nation member and has been on Haisla Nation Council since 2003. He has held many portfolios including finance, community development and Treaty.  Nowadays, the bulk of his work is done for the Economic Development Committee (EDC) for which he has been the chairman in the 2009-2011 term.

Economic development has three main components that the EDC is tasked with: Economics (through Haisla Business operations), Aboriginal Rights and Title, and Environment (arms-length). Ellis has worked on the water for sustenance, employment and as a business owner. It’s this experience that he draws on as most of the bigger projects involve marine aspects.

 

David Calvert was appointed business manager for the Kitimat LNG Project in January 2010. Previously he served as Coordinator, Surface Land and Public Consultant from 2001 to 2004, Senior Advisor, Surface Land – Regulatory, Aboriginal and Community Affairs from 2004 to 2007, and Manager, Surface Land – Aboriginal and Community Affairs from 2007 to 2010.

Prior to joining Apache Canada Ltd. in 2001, he worked with Fletcher Challenge Oil and Gas, Shell Canada Limited and Star Fire Resources Ltd. as a manager or in senior roles in various oil and gas projects.

Concurrent with his oil and gas career, from 1983 to 1988 he served as elected official of Council for the Town of Innisfail, Alberta. Mr. Calvert holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with a concentration in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Calgary. He is also a member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen.