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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.
By offering a retrospective and forward-looking perspective, this paper examines the ILO Convention 169 on the rights of Indigenous and Tribal peoples.
This article takes the perspective of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, a First Nation in northwestern Ontario, on the implementation of Bill C-15.
This paper evaluates the ability of Canadian environmental assessment processes to meaningfully engage Indigenous knowledge. This paper also offers recommendations towards rebuilding relationships between these processes in order to improve the recognition of Indigenous rights.
This paper examines the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the political relationship between extractive industries and Indigenous communities.
This paper addresses the inconsistencies between consultation processes developed by industries and the existing FPIC guidelines, and how these inconsistencies attribute to the resistance of Indigenous Peoples to various resource development projects. By doing so, this paper also aims to shift Indigenous Peoples from stakeholders to rightsholders.
This article argues that the Crown should enter into negotiations to determine which territories should be preserved for the harvesting activities guaranteed by the treaty. In the meantime, courts should ensure that First Nations consent to further development on their traditional territories.