EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN MINERAL

DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIENCE IN CANADA’S NORTH

Nunavut Mining Symposium April 2012

vicki.mcculloch@dpra.com

www.dpra.ca

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1. Objectives & Principles for Effective Engagement

2. Beyond Engagement to Participation – A Spectrum

3. The Path Forward

OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION

• Trust

• Regulatory Requirements

• Relationships

• Involvement

• Cultural Sensitivity

ENGAGEMENT OBJECTIVES

PRINCIPLES - EFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT

1. Partnerships 

2. Inuit Expertise

3. Integrated Approach  

4. Transparency

5. Flexibility  

6. Respectful collaboration

BEYOND ENGAGEMENT - PARTICIPATION

Spectrum:•Contracting and financial•Training & employment•Environment•Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit•Monitoring•Part of the community

• Inuit Impact & Benefit Agreements•Contracts (including direct)•Land tenure arrangements•Revenue sharing/ royalties•Profit-sharing•Buy-in options•Ownership

CONTRACTING AND FINANCIAL

•Scholarships•Direct hiring – labour,

technical, professional •Training programs•Preference to contractors

providing training/ employment •Community employment and

liaison positions•Mentoring youth

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT

• Land use planning• Field studies• Data collection/analysis – science,

TK, SCE• Monitoring & research• Environmental management

systems• Environmental Coordinator/• Monitors

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ENVIRONMENT

• Integration of IQ, e.g.:– Land use planning– Project design, EA/

permitting, impact management, operations

– IQ databases– Abandonment &

reclamation

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INUIT QAUJIMAJATUQANGIT

MONITORING

• Monitoring - Environmental, socio-cultural, economic

• NGMP/CIMP/WKSS• Socio-Economic

Monitoring Committees

SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES

• Events• Recreation • Culture• Community / social

/emergency services• Education (various age

categories)

• NLCA / NUPPAA• Inuit relationship with

land• Respect• Ongoing communication

and reporting• Dispute resolution

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OTHER

THE PATH FORWARD

• Be creative…• Mutual benefit &

evolution• Common vision and

partnership• Capacity development,

full and informed participation

WHO IS DPRA?

QUESTIONS?

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