Indigenous oil workers share their stories with University of Alberta researchers

Indigenous oil workers are documenting some of their experiences through a new University of Alberta-based project.
A report released Thursday by the school’s Parkland Institute is part of a study based on a series of interviews with 16 Indigenous oilfield workers from the hamlet of Wabasca, about 328 kilometres north of Edmonton.
“There has been a tremendous amount of research into the barriers Indigenous peoples face in accessing jobs in the oilsands region and the unequal particip