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This past Wednesday, October 31st I was very fortunate to be a part of the audience who gathered at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School to hear Professor Shin Imai talk about challenges facing Canadian mining companies vis-a-vis native indigenous communities in Latin America. As the co-director of the Intensive Program in Aboriginal Lands, Resources, [...]

With the spectre of provincial elections looming large on the horizon in Québec and with September 4th promising to introduce a possible reconfiguration of the political pieces at the National Assembly of Québec (the provincial legislature), there are any number of topics on the political agenda that may sway voters towards one party or another. [...]

Ruggie’s Protect, Respect, and Remedy Framework for the UN is noteworthy because it challenges a traditional view that held that businesses had only indirect legal obligations to the people and communities in which they act. Instead, Ruggie envisions businesses as having more direct human rights obligations. The obligations of states and businesses are summed up [...]

A new blog is quickly becoming a go-to resource for professionals and academics involved in the mining and resource extraction industries. Republic of Mining‘s mission is to build awareness among the media, general public and key decision makers surrounding the economic and social benefits of sustainable mining. To achieve this goal, the website aggregates information [...]

Mining is a contentious topic the world over, and Canada is no exception. Although it has been an important contributor to the Canadian economy over the past two decades (fairly consistently accounting for 3.5% to 4.5% of the country’s GDP), mining has also created serious environmental, social and health problems. What makes mining in Canada [...]