W. Scott Dunbar is a Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at UBC. His research explores the future of mining, drawing ideas from a range of science and engineering disciplines to develop novel concepts and methods for mining and mineral processing. His recent work has focused on organizational innovation in the mineral supply system. He is a registered professional engineer in the province of British Columbia, and the author of How Mining Works, a book that explains the mining industry to non-specialist audiences.
Jocelyn Fraser is a Research Associate and Sessional Lecturer in the Department of Mining Engineering at UBC. After working for extractive companies on community and stakeholder engagement issues, she completed a PhD in Mining Engineering at UBC on the topic of shared value. She teaches and conducts research on the intersectionality of mining and society, with a focus on social risk and responsibility in the mining sector. She is particularly interested in approaches to increase collaboration, reduce mining-community conflict, and business model innovation to achieve the agenda of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Jocelyn sits on the advisory panel of the Mining Association of Canada’s Towards Sustainable Mining initiative and leads a Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy working group on stakeholder engagement.