Janet's Blog

Welcome to my blog. After decades of working extensively with First Nation communities, communications and corporate strategy and finally the mining sector, l have many stories to share about these great experiences. It’s an amazing world out there, incredible people and an underappreciated sector that drives our economy and quality of life. I highly recommend the road less travelled. Enjoy!

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Janet & Jeff Do Dawson

I was working in Dawson City, Yukon leading the planning for a major gathering of private and institutional investors and mine owners from around the world. It was around the end of the conference,

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100 Chairs

Lesson: Find a Mentor or Two or Three; Learn from Them Spectacular leadership fascinates me. It’s not a skill we all possess, or can even acquire. Over time I have read a great deal

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High Class Hookers

Lesson: Laugh it Off Work in the mining industry definitely takes you to interesting places, and I would like to think the bar I ended up in Geneva, Switzerland, had nothing to do with

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A Raven Funeral

As I mentioned in a previous blog, I once had the honour of organizing a Potlatch or two. On the day of the 1st Potlatch, with thousands of people planning on attending, I was

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Dinosaur Valley

Lesson: There is always a lesson. I love storytelling, I love listening to stories and I love telling stories.  Stories are lessons to educate or entertain; stories pass on culture, tradition, history and family

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The Prophecy

I am going to see my mother this month and have been thinking about life’s decisions that take you away from the home of birth to the home of choice. My mom survived two

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Unemployed or Unemployable

Lesson: Sometimes a bad situation leads to something better. At one time I was an unemployed, single Mom with a mortgage and 2 kids active in their chosen sports at a national level. Come

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How I Got Here

Janet & Jeff Do Dawson

I was working in Dawson City, Yukon leading the planning for a major gathering of private and institutional investors and mine owners from around the world. It was around the end of the conference,

Read More »

100 Chairs

Lesson: Find a Mentor or Two or Three; Learn from Them Spectacular leadership fascinates me. It’s not a skill we all possess, or can even acquire. Over time I have read a great deal

Read More »

High Class Hookers

Lesson: Laugh it Off Work in the mining industry definitely takes you to interesting places, and I would like to think the bar I ended up in Geneva, Switzerland, had nothing to do with

Read More »

A Raven Funeral

As I mentioned in a previous blog, I once had the honour of organizing a Potlatch or two. On the day of the 1st Potlatch, with thousands of people planning on attending, I was

Read More »

Dinosaur Valley

Lesson: There is always a lesson. I love storytelling, I love listening to stories and I love telling stories.  Stories are lessons to educate or entertain; stories pass on culture, tradition, history and family

Read More »

The Prophecy

I am going to see my mother this month and have been thinking about life’s decisions that take you away from the home of birth to the home of choice. My mom survived two

Read More »

Unemployed or Unemployable

Lesson: Sometimes a bad situation leads to something better. At one time I was an unemployed, single Mom with a mortgage and 2 kids active in their chosen sports at a national level. Come

Read More »

Community Engagement and Indigenous Relations

All About Mining

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Janet is the host of Mined in America (MIA). MIA is a podcast intended to share more than you ever wanted to know about the fabulous, unpredictable, and challenging mining/extraction industry and why you should want to see more, again, in America