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This website provides information and resources on FPIC as a tool of self-determination to assist communities in decision making. We have selected articles, tool kits, videos, voice messages, and community stories about FPIC and consultation.

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Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities in Northern Canada: Social Considerations
Manual

2008 - English - Practical

Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities…

National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)

Informed Decision Making | Pimatisiwin | Community Engagement | Environmental Impact | Land Access | Self-Determination | Social & Cultural Impacts | UNDRIP

Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities in Northern Canada: Social Considerations

This document reviews some of the potential issues and concerns that may arise with respect to the social dimensions of resource extraction, so as to alert Indigenous communities of the potential positive and negative impacts on their communities. The impacts of development on education and employment, housing, access to community and health servi…

Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities in Northern Canada: Cultural Considerations
Manual

2008 - English - Practical

Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities…

National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)

Informed Decision Making | Pimatisiwin | Community Engagement | Environmental Impact | Land Access | Social & Cultural Impacts | Traditional Knowledge | UNDRIP

Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities in Northern Canada: Cultural Considerations

This document reviews some of the potential issues and concerns that may arise with respect to the cultural dimensions of resource extraction, so as to warn Indigenous communities of potential negative impacts on their cultures. The impacts of development on traditional knowledge and cultural continuity, access to land and natural resources, and d…

Indigenous Peoples' Land and Resource Rights
Report

2008 - English - Technical

Indigenous Peoples' Land and Resource Rights

Bettina Schneider, Bob Kayseas, Robert Anderson

Indigenous Governance | Rights and Legal Framework | Canadian Law | International Law | Self-Determination | Social & Cultural Impacts | UNDRIP

Indigenous Peoples' Land and Resource Rights

This report from the National Centre for First Nations Governance, discusses Indigenous rights to lands and resources in Canada over the last 50 years. They use a series of case studies related to resource extraction projects that have been developed on the traditional territory of Indigenous communities, to analyze the rights they are able to exe…

The Crown’s Constitutional Duty to Consult and Accommodate Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
Report

2008 - English - Technical

The Crown’s Constitutional Duty to Consult and…

Maria Morellato

Indigenous Governance | Rights and Legal Framework | Canadian Law | Consultation | Inherent Rights | International Law | Self-Determination | Social & Cultural Impacts | UNDRIP

The Crown’s Constitutional Duty to Consult and Accommodate Aboriginal and Treaty Rights

In this report from the National Centre for First Nations Governance, Morellato discusses the importance of the Government’s duty to consult Aboriginal people with respect to their traditional lands, resources, and governance. She argues that the decisions made by the Crown can either facilitate Indigenous governance and self-determination or can …

Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and the Concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Scientific Paper

2013 - English - Practical

Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and the Conce…

Frank Vanclay, Philippe Hanna

FPIC | Indigenous Governance | Informed Decision Making | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Decision Making | Impact Benefit Agreement | Inherent Rights

Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and the Concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent

This paper discusses various contemporary issues surrounding human rights, Indigenous peoples and their relationship with the extractive industries, focusing on the Brazilian context.

'Free Prior and Informed Consent', Social Complexity and the Mining Industry: Establishing a Knowledge Base
Scientific Paper

2014 - English - Technical

'Free Prior and Informed Consent', Social Comp…

Deanna Kemp, Owen John

FPIC | Industry | Business Practices | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Sustainability | UNDRIP

'Free Prior and Informed Consent', Social Complexity and the Mining Industry: Establishing a Knowledge Base

In this article, the authors critically review the character of the current FPIC debate as it relates to mining, and outline four conditional factors required to safeguard against social risk.

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