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PanAmericanIndigenousRightsandResourceGovernanceNetwork(PAIR-GN)
Dr.TerryMitchell,WilfridLaurierUniversity
• Unprecedentedglobaldemandforresourcesandinvestmentsintheextrac:veindustries
• 40%ofallminingintheworldisconductedbyCanadianminingcompanies
• 55%ofCanadianMininginLa:nAmerica• MajorityofResourcesareonIndigenousLands
“LandRich-DirtPoor”RebeccaAdamson,FirstPeoplesWorldWide
IndigenousRightsinaGlobalEconomy
• IndigenouspopulaEonsarethefastestgrowingandmostyouthfulpopulaEonswithgreatchallengesandgreatpromiseforthefuture.
• PAIR-GNwillcapitalizeonthevisionunderlying
theUNDRIPtosynergizemulE-direcEonalproblem-solvingcapabiliEesthroughsharingofknowledgeandexperiencesandinternaEonalcollaboraEon.
GlobalDevelopmentChallenge&InternaEonalOpportunity• Canadianminingandresource
stewardshipisachallengeforIndigenouspeoplesinbothCanadaandSouthAmerica
• TheUNdeclara:on(2007)isaveryrecentinnovaEoninworldgovernanceandwasonlyraEfiedbyCanadaandtheUSAin2010
• TheDeclara:onontheRightsofIndigenousPeoples(UNDRIP)explicitlyrecognizeIndigenouspeoples'inherentrighttoautonomy,aswellasthenecessityforcontrolovertheirownlandtoestablishandmaintainsuchautonomy
Development:AnewbusinessARC
From“theIndianproblem”toIndigenousPowerandPartnership
• Awarenessofalternateworldviews
• RespectforIndigenousRightofSelf-DeterminaEon
• ConsentaspartofdoingbusinessinextracEveindustries
BuildingBridgesfromKnowledgetoPower
BringingtogetherIndigenousPeoplesacrosstheAmericastodiscussconsultaEonandparEcipaEoninresourcegovernanceissuesincollaboraEonwithleadingscholars.SynergizingtheknowledgeofInterdisciplinaryscholars:poliEcalscience,economics,history,Aboriginallaw,law,environmentalstudies,globalstudies,humanrights,communitypsychology,sociology,publichealth,anthropology.
• 6Canadianprovincesand5countries:Chile,Bolivia,Argen:na,Peru&U.S.A.
• 19academicpartnerins:tu:ons
• 27Scholarsfrom13disciplines
• 18Indigenousscholars/lawyers• 8CanadaResearchChairs• 24Collaborators
Diverse,RichPartnership
Pan-AmericanPartnershipDev’t
• InsEtuEonalagreementwithUFRO,Chile-2010• MOUwithSNP,CIGIandLaurier-2012• MapucheConfedaracypartnership2014• InternaEonalConferenceonUNDRIPandResourceExtracEon
2014• ResearchProtocolwithMatawaChiefs,2015
• 15CanadianpostsecondaryinsEtuEons• 4SouthAmericanUniversiEes• 2HumanRightsObservatoriesinSouthAmerica• 27academics/13disciplines• 24Collaboratorsincludingcommunity,governmentandindustry• SeniorAdvisors:ChiefOvideMercredi,ChiefJohnnyYellowhead,
Dr.DalleeSamboDorough,JohnBorrows,BerndtChristmas,JudyWilsonRaybould,RebeccaAdamson,RodolphoStavenhagen,R.H.PaulMarEn
To:
1.AdvanceIndigenousknowledgeandscholarshiponenvironmentalstewardship,sustainabilityandself-determinaEonwithinthecontextofextracEveindustries;
2.Inves:gatedegreesofharmoniza:onbetweeninterna:onalandna:onalIndigenousrightsnorms,focusingonFPICandparallelnaEonalstandardsrelaEngtoconsultaEonandconsent;
3.Iden:fybestknowledge,processes,andprac:cesofconsultaEonandconsentbetweenIndigenousnaEons,governments,andextracEveindustries;
4.FurtherbuildandconsolidatePAIR-GNasaninterna:onalresearchpartnershipandnexusofexcellencetoadvanceinterculturalknowledge,policy,andpracEceonthe internaEonalizaEonofIndigenousrightsandresourcegovernance.
ResearchObjecEves
1. How,andtowhatdegreehaveinternaEonalIndigenousrightsstandardsbeenimplementedinresourcedevelopmentcontextsbetweenIndigenousnaEons,naEonalgovernments,andtransnaEonalcorporaEons?
2. WhatconsultaEonpolicies,pracEces,andtoolsreducebusinessrisk,whilepromoEngIndigenousself-determinaEon,environmentalsustainability,andtheequitablesharingofwealthformutualprosperityandwellness?
ResearchQuesEons
CESME,MatawaChiefs,andtheROF
Co-Inves:gators:PeggySmithPeterHollingsPedramFatehiJamesMacLeanKarlSkogstad
Collaborators:MatawaFirstNaEonsChiefJohnnyYellowheadPaulCapon
DoctoralStudent-DarrenThomas,LaurierUniversity