Events & News
June 12 2018
A fruitful annual meeting for the MinErAL network in Uashat
From May 28th to 31st , our members had their second annual meeting in Uashat, Québec. The event gives us the opportunity to have meaningful discussions and to learn about everyone's work and research interests in order to enhance the collaboration opportunities among our network.
June 07 2018
First paper of the MinErAL Network now available!
Six members of our network published a paper entitled "Indigenous peoples’ relationships to large-scale mining in post/colonial contexts: Toward multidisciplinary comparative perspectives". The authors (Leah S.
April 05 2018
The Mineral newsletter is now available!
Have a look at it to stay informed on the research activities, diverse projects and publications of our network members. The newsletter is available here.
December 06 2017
Launch of a Story Map on Mining development, Migratory Caribou and Land Use in Northern Quebec
Developed by the Northern Sustainable Development Research Chair and Caribou Ungava, this online map shows the interactions between mining development,...
Featured Projects
2017 to 2019
Fly-in Fly-Out: impacts on women and northern communities
2017 to 2019
Northern communities, provincial governments, and negotiating the mining life cycle – cases from Australia, Canada and Sweden
In the sparsely populated northern areas of Australia, Sweden, and Canada, the physical distance between Indigenous communities, governments and companies makes it difficult to adapt mining...
2017 to 2019
Comparing consultation, consent and negotiated agreements in Arctic extractive industries
This project aims to carry out a comparative baseline analysis of the theory and practice of consultation, negotiation of consent (or the absence thereof) and agreements between local/indigenous...