Macdonald-Laurier Institute dialogues

Digging Deeper: How Canada Can Seize Global Leadership on Critical Minerals

EVENT DATE22 October 2021

VENUE / FORMATOnline; hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada

PRPI’S ROLEPanel speaker

Event date and source notes

Organiser’s event recording page; contemporary event coverage identifying PRPI participation; virtual participation confirmed by Dwayne Ryan Menezes. Record checked 2026-11-08.

Source publication date: 22 October 2021

The organiser’s page is dated 22 October 2021. Andrew Chen’s contemporary report, republished by James Woodman on LinkedIn on 28 October 2021, explicitly dates the virtual panel to 22 October and identifies Menezes’s PRPI affiliation.
The organiser’s embedded speaker image was unavailable when checked. The recording page and contemporary report are linked; no session time is inferred.

On 22 October 2021, Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes spoke virtually at Digging Deeper: How Canada Can Seize Global Leadership on Critical Minerals, convened by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Contemporary coverage identified him as Founder and Managing Director of Polar Research and Policy Initiative.

The discussion examined opportunities for Canada to strengthen critical minerals supply chains and processing capacity. Ken Coates moderated the panel, which also included Dirk Naumann and Heather Exner-Pirot. Maryscott Greenwood contributed a pre-recorded video.

PRPI participation

Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes · Panel speaker

Other participants

Ken Coates – moderator
Dirk Naumann, Torngat Metals
Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Maryscott Greenwood, Canadian-American Business Council – pre-recorded contribution