Local Communities and the Mining Industry

This book explores the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of the global mining sector and local communities by focusing on a number of international cases drawn from various locations in Canada, the Philippines and Scandinavia.

Nicolas D. Brunet is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph, Canada, where he holds the Latornell Professorship in Environmental Stewardship. Sheri Longboat (Mohawk) Six Nations of the Grand River, is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph, Canada.

Introduction: Mine-Community Relations in the Global North and South PART 1: Global Reviews 1 CSR, SLO, and Local Mining Communities 2 Applying Corporate Social Responsibilities: IBAs and Mining within the Traditional Territories of Indigenous Peoples 3 Digging for Accountability in Canada: Structural Power Inequalities in the Global South Mining Industry 4 Gender, Indigeneity and Mining PART 2: Local Cases 5 Corporate Social Responsibility, Indigenous Peoples and Mining in Scandinavia 6 After the Mine Has Left: The Case of Maricalum Mining Corp. 7 Indigenous People and the Uranium Mining Sector in Northern Saskatchewan 8 Mining, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in Ontario, Canada: Intersecting Impacts and the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility