| Information resources for communities and companies Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities : the kit is designed to inform Aboriginal communities across Canada about the stages of the mining cycle, from early exploration to mine closure, helping Aboriginal peoples better understand the mining cycle and identify the many opportunities that exploration and mining can bring to communities. The kit is a product of a partnership between the Government of Canada (Natural Resources Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada), the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association (CAMA). The kit was publicly released in Whitehorse, Yukon during the annual meeting of Canada’s Mines Ministers on August 29, 2006. Click here for a pdf: English version, version francaise. To obtain the information kit in alternate formats, please contact Natural Resources Canada Click here. AME BC Guidebook on Mineral Exploration, Mining and Aboriginal Community Engagement : the Association for Mineral Exploration BC has produced a guidebook that outlines a) Aboriginal history and background (BC / Canadian) and b) Mineral exploration, mining & aboriginal community engagement – Case studies, pointers, practical advice and best practices. For a pdf of the Guidebook and other AME BC documents on First Nations & Community Relations, please click here. Video - Ontario Mining Association First Nation video initiative : The OMA has produced a 14-minute video entitled Mining New Opportunities. The video is intended to help First Nations residents gain a better understanding of the mineral industry and the employment and entrepreneurial opportunities it offers. For more information, click here. Video - Our Community . . . Our Future : Mining and Aboriginal Communities: The Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario have produced an information video that takes the viewer from government geological survey work through the mining sequence from exploration to the operation and eventual closure and rehabilitation of a mine. For more information, click here. Supreme Court of Canada and the duty to consult : on November 18, 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada announced its judgments in Haida v. British Columbia and Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia. In a commentary on the judgments, Charles F. Willms and Kevin O’Callaghan of Fasken Martineau state that the court gave guidance to the provincial government on the test for consultation. In both cases, the court emphasized that the consultation process requires good faith and reasonableness on the part of the provincial government and aboriginal people, and that the duty of consultation did not provide a veto to aboriginal people. For the commentary click here. |
