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Pan American Indigenous Rights and Resource Governance Network (PAIR-GN) Dr. Terry Mitchell, Wilfrid Laurier University

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PanAmericanIndigenousRightsandResourceGovernanceNetwork(PAIR-GN)

Dr.TerryMitchell,WilfridLaurierUniversity

Cri:calRelevanceandthePoli:calLandscape

Land(andResource)Rich

•  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

NextSteps

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

Developingoversevenyears

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

a)North-Southparallelresearchandexchangeb)iteraEvepolicyresearchcycle

Timeline

CESME,MatawaChiefs,andtheROF

Co-Inves:gators:PeggySmithPeterHollingsPedramFatehiJamesMacLeanKarlSkogstad

Collaborators:MatawaFirstNaEonsChiefJohnnyYellowheadPaulCapon

DoctoralStudent-DarrenThomas,LaurierUniversity