MEMBER PROFILE
Points
Athabasca
PHOTOS COURTESY OF POINTS ATHABASCA
Committed to
engaging people
in Indigenous
communities
By Mark Halsall
Points Athabasca was estab-lished
in 1999 to help empower
First Nations communities and
foster regional prosperity in the Athabasca
region of Northern Saskatchewan.
Since then, the full service contractor
for civil, industrial and mining construc-tion
and maintenance services has com-piled
an impressive portfolio of successful
projects in the province, totaling more than
$700 million.
President and CEO John Scarfe says two
core principals at Points Athabasca speak
to the company’s commitment to en-gage
people in Indigenous communities
– Building Capacity, and Building Beyond
the Project.
By training, mentoring and employ-ing
local people, Points Athabasca makes
a lasting impact on those communities
where it works. The company’s owners
in the Athabasca Basin area of Northern
Saskatchewan also reap financial bene-fits
in the form of increased share value
and dividends.
As an example, Scarfe points to Cigar
Lake Mine, a Cameco operation in the
Athabasca Basin that is one of the largest
high-grade uranium mines in the world.
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