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

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

2 Cri:cal Relevance and the Poli:cal Landscape

3 Land (and Resource) Rich

4 Land Rich - Dirt Poor Rebecca Adamson, First Peoples World Wide Unprecedented global demand for resources and investments in the extrac:ve industries 40% of all mining in the world is conducted by Canadian mining companies 55% of Canadian Mining in La:n America Majority of Resources are on Indigenous Lands

5 Indigenous Rights in a Global Economy Indigenous populaeons are the fastest growing and most youthful populaeons with great challenges and great promise for the future. PAIR-GN will capitalize on the vision underlying the UNDRIP to synergize mule-direceonal problem-solving capabiliees through sharing of knowledge and experiences and internaeonal collaboraeon.

6 Global Development Challenge & InternaEonal Opportunity Canadian mining and resource stewardship is a challenge for Indigenous peoples in both Canada and South America The UN declara:on (2007) is a very recent innovaeon in world governance and was only raefied by Canada and the USA in 2010 The Declara:on on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) explicitly recognize Indigenous peoples' inherent right to autonomy, as well as the necessity for control over their own land to establish and maintain such autonomy

7 Development: A new business ARC From the Indian problem to Indigenous Power and Partnership Awareness of alternate worldviews Respect for Indigenous Right of Self- DeterminaEon Consent as part of doing business in extraceve industries

8 Building Bridges from Knowledge to Power Bringing together Indigenous Peoples across the Americas to discuss consultaeon and parecipaeon in resource governance issues in collaboraeon with leading scholars. Synergizing the knowledge of Interdisciplinary scholars: poliecal science, economics, history, Aboriginal law, law, environmental studies, global studies, human rights, community psychology, sociology, public health, anthropology.

9 Diverse, Rich Partnership 6 Canadian provinces and 5 countries: Chile, Bolivia, Argen:na, Peru & U.S.A. 19 academic partner ins:tu:ons 27 Scholars from 13 disciplines 18 Indigenous scholars/lawyers 8 Canada Research Chairs 24 Collaborators

10 Next Steps

11 Pan-American Partnership Dev t InsEtuEonal agreement with UFRO, Chile MOU with SNP, CIGI and Laurier Mapuche Confedaracy partnership 2014 InternaEonal Conference on UNDRIP and Resource ExtracEon 2014 Research Protocol with Matawa Chiefs, Canadian post secondary insetueons 4 South American UniversiEes 2 Human Rights Observatories in South America 27 academics/13 disciplines 24 Collaborators including community, government and industry Senior Advisors: Chief Ovide Mercredi, Chief Johnny Yellowhead, Dr. Dallee Sambo Dorough, John Borrows, Berndt Christmas, Judy Wilson Raybould, Rebecca Adamson, Rodolpho Stavenhagen, R.H.Paul MarEn

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13 Developing over seven years

14 Research ObjecEves To: 1. Advance Indigenous knowledge and scholarship on environmental stewardship, sustainability and self-determinaeon within the context of extraceve industries; 2. Inves:gate degrees of harmoniza:on between interna:onal and na:onal Indigenous rights norms, focusing on FPIC and parallel naeonal standards relaeng to consultaeon and consent; 3. Iden:fy best knowledge, processes, and prac:ces of consultaeon and consent between Indigenous naeons, governments, and extraceve industries; 4. Further build and consolidate PAIR-GN as an interna:onal research partnership and nexus of excellence to advance intercultural knowledge, policy, and pracece on the internaeonalizaeon of Indigenous rights and resource governance.

15 Research QuesEons 1. How, and to what degree have internaeonal Indigenous rights standards been implemented in resource development contexts between Indigenous naeons, naeonal governments, and transnaeonal corporaeons? 2. What consultaeon policies, praceces, and tools reduce business risk, while promoeng Indigenous self-determinaeon, environmental sustainability, and the equitable sharing of wealth for mutual prosperity and wellness?

16 a) North-South parallel research and exchange b) iteraeve policy research cycle

17 Timeline

18 CESME, Matawa Chiefs, and the ROF Co-Inves:gators: Peggy Smith Peter Hollings Pedram Fatehi James MacLean Karl Skogstad Collaborators: Matawa First NaEons Chief Johnny Yellowhead Paul Capon Doctoral Student- Darren Thomas, Laurier University

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