R SOC355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Cultural Diversity, Canada West Foundation, Reputation Management

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Rural Sociology
• Course: R SOC355
• Professor: John Parkins

Document Summary

Understnading the challgenes of social license" in resource. Social perspective: may or may not be approved by people. The term was used a lot in mining sector, so miners become more responsive to local sustainability issues. Survey: support and opposition to renewable sources of energy, nationwide. Yellow bar: neither support nor oppose- not sure, or it depends. In canada, there"s a lot of support for solar to provide energy. Yelloq part of graph: much larger than the rest of the groups. There is a large section of uncertainty. Canadians know that these sources of energy are the backbone of the economy. Erosion of social licence has a lot to do with how we must address social challenges and climate in canada: trust in sources for energy related information. The lack of trust is shown towards the institutions within the energy sectors. Canadians have distrust with the energy regulators: canada west foundation (surveyed mainly western canada and ontario)