Prno, J. (2014). Establishing a Social Licence to Operate Amidst Complexity: Issues and Opportunities for Mining Industry Governance. PhD Thesis,
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University.
All posts by Jason Prno
The ‘social licence to operate’: Basic components of a complex concept
Prno, J. (2014). The ‘social licence to operate’: Basic components of a complex concept. Presentation to the Northern Regions Mining Summit,
Vancouver, British Columbia, May 28-30, 2014.
Earning a social licence amidst complexity
Prno, J. and D.S. Slocombe (2013). Earning a social licence amidst complexity. Presentation to the International Association for Impact Assessment
Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May 13-16, 2013.
Establishing a social licence to operate: Issues and opportunities for mining sector governance
Prno, J. (2012). Establishing a social licence to operate: Issues and opportunities for mining sector governance. Presentation at the University
of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research for their ‘Understanding Alaska’ series of talks. Anchorage, Alaska, April 24, 2012.
Program evaluation in a northern, Aboriginal setting: Assessing Impact and Benefit Agreements
Bradshaw, B. and J. Prno (2007). Program evaluation in a northern, Aboriginal setting: Assessing Impact and Benefit Agreements.
Presentation to the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 30, 2007.
Exploring the challenges in navigating philosophical framings of environment and natural resource research
Andrachuk, M., S. Berdej, T. Dyck, J. Fresque-Baxter and J. Prno (2012). Exploring the challenges in navigating philosophical framings of environment
and natural resource research: A presentation for students by students. Presentation to the the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Waterloo, Ontario, May 30, 2012.
Establishing a resilient social licence to operate: Issues and opportunities for the mining sector
Prno, J. and D.S. Slocombe (2011). Establishing a resilient social licence to operate: Issues and opportunities for the mining sector.
Poster presented at SRMining 2011: First International Seminar on Social Responsibility in Mining, Santiago, Chile, October 19-21, 2011.
Impact and Benefit Agreements: Are they working?
Prno, J., B. Bradshaw and D. Lapierre (2010). Impact and Benefit Agreements: Are they working? Presentation to the
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 11, 2010.
Climate change and Canadian mining: Opportunities for adaptation
Prno, J., T. Pearce, J. Ford, F. Duerden and D. Marshall (2010). Climate change and Canadian mining: Opportunities for adaptation.
Presentation to the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 11, 2010.
Climate change and Canadian mining: Opportunities for adaptation
Prno, J., T. Pearce, J. Ford, F. Duerden and D. Marshall (2009). Climate change and Canadian mining: Opportunities for adaptation.
Invited presentation to the Sudbury Restoration Workshop, Sudbury, Ontario, October 29, 2009.
Climate change and Canadian mining: Opportunities for adaptation
Prno, J., T. Pearce, J. Ford, F. Duerden and D. Marshall (2009). Climate change and Canadian mining: Opportunities for adaptation.
Invited presentation to the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy – Water and Mining Sector Roundtable,
Ottawa, Ontario, October 16, 2009.
Unique challenges for resource development in the Canadian North
Prno, J. (2009). Unique challenges for resource development in the Canadian North. Invited presentation to Third Age Learning Guelph,
Guelph, Ontario, October 14, 2009.
An evaluation of IBAs in the Canadian mining sector
Bradshaw, B., J. Prno, and P. Siebenmorgen (2009). An evaluation of IBAs in the Canadian mining sector. Presentation to the
Rethinking Extractive Industry: Regulation, Dispossession, and Emerging Claims conference, Toronto, Ontario, March 5-7, 2009.
Community engagement through the Mary River Project Inuit knowledge study
Cook, R., J. Prno, and S. Elverum (2009). Community engagement through the Mary River Project Inuit knowledge study.
Presentation to the Nunavut Mining Symposium, Iqaluit, Nunavut, March 31, 2009.
Adapting to the environment: How sensitive are your (mining) operations to climate risks?
Prno, J., J. Ford, T. Pearce, and D. Marshall (2008). Adapting to the environment: How sensitive are your (mining) operations
to climate risks? Invited presentation to The Canadian Institute’s Arctic Logistics conference, Edmonton, Alberta, June 6, 2008.
Assessing the effectiveness of Impact and Benefit Agreements in the Canadian North
Prno, J. and B. Bradshaw (2007). Assessing the effectiveness of Impact and Benefit Agreements in the Canadian North.
Presentation to the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 31, 2007.
Living with change: Community exposures and adaptations in Kugluktuk, Nunavut
Prno, J., B. Bradshaw, and B. Smit (2007). Living with change: Community exposures and adaptations in Kugluktuk, Nunavut.
Presentation to the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting, Collingwood, Ontario, December 12, 2007.
Social Licence to Operate
An analysis of factors leading to the establishment of a social licence to operate in the mining industry.
Presented in the journal Resources Policy (Volume 38, Issue 4, December 2013, Pages 577-590), this paper explores the concept of a ‘social licence to operate’ in the mining industry and suggests five lessons for earning a social licence from local communities.
The ‘Social Licence to Operate’: A key to sustainable mineral development
Prno, J. (Forthcoming). Guest statement – The ‘Social Licence to Operate’: A key to sustainable mineral development. In McAllister, M.L.,
and P.J. Fitzpatrick. (Forthcoming). Canadian mineral resource development: a sustainable enterprise? In Resource and Environmental Management in Canada: Addressing Conflict and Uncertainty, edited by B. Mitchell. Toronto, Ontario: Oxford University Press.
Impact and Benefit Agreements: Are they working?
Prno, J., B. Bradshaw and D. Lapierre (2010). Impact and Benefit Agreements: Are they working? Paper presented at the Canadian Institute of Mining,
Metallurgy and Petroleum Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 11, 2010.
Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan, NWT
Pearce, T., J. Ford, A. Caron, J. Prno, and T. Smith (2010). Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan, Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories.
Guelph, Ontario. Joint publication of the Community of Ulukhaktok and ArcticNorth Consulting: 51pp. ISBN: 0-9865908-0-1
Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan, Paulatuk, Northwest Territories.
Pearce, T., J. Ford, A. Caron, J. Prno, and T. Smith (2010). Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan, Paulatuk, Northwest Territories.
Guelph, Ontario. Joint publication of the Community of Paulatuk and ArcticNorth Consulting: 53 pp. ISBN: 0-9865908-0-8
Hearing the elders: Traditional knowledge and mining in the north.
Prno, J. (2009). Hearing the elders: Traditional knowledge and mining in the north. Up Here Business, November 2009: 47-53.
Climate Change Impacts in the Canadian Mining Sector
Pearce, T., J. Ford, J. Prno, F. Duerden (2009). Climate Change Impacts in the Canadian Mining Sector. Prepared for the David Suzuki Foundation.
We’re breaking up: Climate change and the northern mining industry
Prno, J. (2008). We’re breaking up: Climate change and the northern mining industry. Up Here Business, November 2008: 24-29.
Stormy days ahead: Weather changes pose many threats to mining industry
Ford, J., T. Pearce, J. Prno, F. Duerden, L. Berrang-Ford, and D. Marshall (2008). Stormy days ahead: Weather changes pose
many threats to mining industry. Canadian Mining Journal, September 2008: 22-25.
Climate change impacts on the Canadian mining sector
Ford, J., T. Pearce, F. Duerden, J. Prno, and D. Marshall (2008). Climate change impacts on the Canadian mining sector.
Canadian Mining Journal Online, 6th April 2008.
Assessing the Effectiveness of Impact and Benefit Agreements from the Perspective of their Aboriginal Signatories
Prno, J. (2007). Assessing the Effectiveness of Impact and Benefit Agreements from the Perspective of their Aboriginal Signatories.
MA Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Guelph.
Have IBAs worked?
Prno, J. (2007). Have IBAs worked? Canadian Diamonds, Fall 2007: 32-40
Climate change and the Canadian mining sector: risks and responses
Pearce, T., J. Prno, J. Ford, F. Duerden, and D. Marshall (2008). Climate change and the Canadian mining sector: risks and responses.
Mining & Quarry World, 5(3): 10.
Peer Review – Prno, Slocombe 2014
Prno, J. and D.S. Slocombe (2014). A systems-based conceptual framework for assessing the determinants of a social licence to operate
in the mining industry. Environmental Management, 53 (3): 672-689.
Peer Review – Prno 2013
Prno, J. (2013). An analysis of factors leading to the establishment of a social licence to operate in the mining industry. Resources Policy,
38 (4): 577-590.
Peer Review – Prno, Slocombe 2012
Prno, J. and D.S. Slocombe (2012). Exploring the origins of ‘social licence to operate’ in the mining sector: Perspectives from governance and
sustainability theories. Resources Policy, 37 (3): 346-357.
Peer Review – Prno, Bradshaw, Wandel, Pearce, Smit, Tozer 2011
Prno, J., B. Bradshaw, J. Wandel, T. Pearce, B. Smit, and L. Tozer (2011). Living with change: Community vulnerability to climate change
in the context of other risks in Kugluktuk, NU. Polar Research, 30, 7363, DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.7363.
Pearce, Ford, Prno, Duerden, Pittman, Beaumier, Berrang-Ford, Smit 2011
Pearce, T., J. Ford, J. Prno, F. Duerden, J. Pittman, M. Beaumier, L. Berrang-Ford, and B. Smit (2011). Climate change and mining in Canada.
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 16(3): 347-368.
Peer Review – Ford, Pearce, Prno, Duerden, Berrang-Ford, Smith, Beaumier 2011
Ford, J., T. Pearce, J. Prno, F. Duerden, L. Berrang-Ford, T. Smith, and M. Beaumier (2011). Canary in a coal mine: perceptions of climate change,
risks and response options among Canadian mine operations. Climatic Change, 109 (3-4): 399-415.
Peer Review – Ford, Pearce, Prno, Duerden, Berrang-Ford, Beaumier, Eades 2010
Ford, J., T. Pearce, J. Prno, F. Duerden, L. Berrang-Ford, M. Beaumier, and T. Eades (2010). Perceptions of climate change impacts, adaptation and
mitigation in primary resource use industries: A case study of the Canadian mining sector. Regional Environmental Change, 10:65-81.
Peer Review – Prno, Bradshaw 2008
Prno, J. and B. Bradshaw (2008). Program evaluation in a northern, Aboriginal setting: Assessing Impact and Benefit Agreements.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, 6(1): 59-75.
Bradshaw, B. and J. Prno (2007). Program evaluation in a northern, Aboriginal setting: Assessing Impact and Benefit Agreements.
Presentation to the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 30, 2007.
Making Impact and Benefit Agreements work
Bradshaw, B. and J. Prno (2006). Making Impact and Benefit Agreements work.Presentation to the Canadian Aboriginal
Minerals Association conference, Ottawa, Ontario, November 7, 2006.
An analysis of factors leading to the establishment of a social licence to operate in the mining industry
An analysis of factors leading to the establishment of a social licence to operate in the mining industry.
Presented in the journal Resources Policy (Volume 38, Issue 4, December 2013, Pages 577-590), this paper investigates the concept of a ‘social licence to operate’ in the mining industry and suggests five lessons for earning a social licence from local communities.