Bill Whitelaw
Bill Whitelaw is Managing Director, Strategy & Business Development at geoLOGIC Systems Ltd. & JWN Energy. Bill is a director on many industry sector boards including the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources and the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame. He speaks frequently on the subjects of social licence, innovation and technology, and energy supply networks.
Everybody’s talking ESG these days: what advice would the ancient Greeks have to offer?
Monday, April 5, 2021, 2:11 PM MDT
The ancient Greeks knew a thing or two about effective communications. They knew how to argue credibly, persuade respectfully and…
Acceleware’s Laura McIntyre is positively choosing to challenge industry
Sunday, March 7, 2021, 9:04 PM MST
As we celebrate International Women’s Day – honouring the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, the power of…
Dear Mr. Pourbaix: Here’s an innovative approach to staff redeployment
Monday, November 23, 2020, 2:13 PM MST
To: Alex Pourbaix & Cenovus executive team From: Bill Whitelaw, Albertan privileged to work at the intersection of agriculture and…
Dear Minister Schweitzer: ‘People diversification’ can capture the imagination of industry and investors
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 3:06 PM MST
To: Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation From: Bill Whitelaw, proud Albertan privileged to work in energy and…
Dear Minister Schweitzer: Alberta's advantage starts with Olds College
Friday, October 30, 2020, 9:42 AM MDT
Memo To: Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation From: Bill Whitelaw, Passionate Albertan privileged to work in the energy and…
Upcoming summit a worthwhile event for Alberta’s new jobs minister, who faces ‘Herculean’ task ahead
Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 4:30 PM MDT
We know Doug Schweitzer is a pretty busy fellow these days, what with his new job as Alberta’s Minister of…
Albertans should take back to the streets to stand up for the AER
Sunday, September 15, 2019, 6:27 PM MDT
It was an interesting spring and summer in downtown Calgary and around Alberta, what with the rallies and all. Why,…
AER review must take care not to pin bogeyman on a world-class system
Sunday, September 8, 2019, 7:09 PM MDT
Grant Sprague and Bev Yee are very capable senior bureaucrats. They’re the Alberta deputy ministers of energy and environment, respectively.…
Opinion: Industry needs to help Canadians step up to their resource ownership responsibilities
Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 9:49 AM MDT
The recent open letter to Canadians penned and signed by three oilsands sector executives was on target – but it…
Is next-gen wells-to-wheels analysis a potential teaching tool?
Thursday, December 20, 2018, 1:37 PM MST
We all have that T-Shirt: You know the one, inscribed with: It seemed like a good idea at the time.…
Alberta’s country anthem: We May Be Hurtin’…But We Ain’t Dyin’
Tuesday, December 18, 2018, 2:52 PM MST
Photo by Gavin WhitnerThings have devolved into such a state of ridiculous zaniness on Canada's energyscape that perhaps it's time…
The high-tech nature of our oil and gas sector needs to be understood by all Canadians
Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 7:21 PM MST
Someone is planning to slowly kill Silicon Valley — to scrub from existence the companies and their employees making so…
