Mark Shrimpton
Mark Shrimpton (MA)
Senior Associate, Socio-Economic Services, Stantec Consulting
Mark has nearly 30 years experience assessing, planning and
managing the socio-economic impacts of large infrastructure and
resource development projects.
He is responsible for socio-economic services within Stantec, an
Edmonton, Alberta, based engineering and environmental consulting
company employing approximately 10,000 people in Canada, the United
States and internationally.
Drawing on his training as a geographer, Mark has played a lead
role in preparing infrastructure and labour studies, socio-economic
impact assessments, and industrial benefits plans for major
projects in the hydro-electric (e.g. Lower Churchill and
Karahnjukar, [Iceland]), petroleum (e.g. Terra Nova, White Rose,
Hebron, Grassy Point LNG, Eider Rock [NB], Kitimat LNG [BC] and
Ajurak and Amauligak [NWT]), pipeline (e.g. Gateway [Alberta/BC]),
refining (e.g. Long Harbour and Reydarfjordur [Iceland]) and mining
(e.g. Voisey's Bay) industries.
He has also undertaken policy studies of the socio-economic effects
of resource development activity, including for the UN
International Labour Office, the Australian Mines and Metals
Association, and the Minerals Management Service, US Department of
the Interior.
Mark has worked across Canada and in the US, Iceland, the Faroe
Islands, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, the Falkland
Islands and Australia.
He has published and presented widely on his research, including
presentations at conferences in Canada, the US, the UK, France,
Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Lithuania, Russia, Malaysia and
Australia.
He has taught senior Memorial University undergraduate courses in
Geography, Sociology, Anthropology and Engineering. He also
developed and delivered the socio-economic component of the Masters
of Oil and Gas Studies program on both the St. John's and Harlow
campuses, presented short courses for the Gardiner Institute,
Faculty of Business Administration, and worked with the Harris
Centre on a range of projects.
