Most critical minerals are on Indigenous lands. Will miners respect tribal sovereignty?

Grist spoke with five experts to understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of extraction

How Canada’s LNG Push is Benefiting Trump and Shortchanging Indigenous People

A Q&A with Kai Nagata, a campaigner and researcher who works with Indigenous communities on the front-lines of MAGA-backed oil and gas expansion.

‘Wolf in sheep’s clothing’: First Nations push back as B.C. halts DRIPA suspension plan

A proposed move by British Columbia to suspend key provisions of its landmark Indigenous rights legislation has been put on hold following strong pushback from First Nations leaders. They warn, however, the broader dispute over rights, consultation and reconciliation is far from resolved.The Government of B.C. confirmed April 20 it will not introduce legislation this spring to suspend or amend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), stepping back from a plan first outlined by Premier David Eby on April 2.

Why Global Investors Are Backing Canada's Indigenous Equity Model | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

Adam Matthews is the Chief Responsible Investment Officer at the Church of England Pensions Board. He plays a key role in how major institutional investors assess mining companies and evaluate Canada’s Indigenous equity partnership model as part of how they allocate capital.He also chairs the Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030, a coalition of 125 institutional investors managing about $19 trillion in assets, working to define how responsible investment in mining is properly applied and to translate those standards into investment practice.In this episode of Drumbeats, Adam Matthews explains how institutional investors are building and applying risk and governance frameworks that shape responsible investment in mining, and how those frameworks are increasingly used to assess Indigenous partnership structures in Canada. In this conversation, you'll learn:Why mining matters more to the global economy than what most investment portfolios showWhat the Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 is doing to reshape standards for responsible miningThe difference between real Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and simple box-ticking compliance, and how investors tell them apartHow a new Investor Mining Performance Framework is being built to link Indigenous rights and mining standards to how investments are assessedWhy Canada’s Indigenous equity partnership model is getting more attention from large global investorsHow global politics against ESG are affecting long-term investment strategies in the UK and EuropeThis is why Canada’s Indigenous equity partnership model is gaining attention from global investors. It is being recognised as a practical benchmark for responsible mining, and is increasingly being built into the frameworks that shape how institutional capital evaluates mining projects.

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Walking for truth: Travis Lovett’s 500km journey to remind Albanese of his promise to create a First Nations truth-telling commission

Former Yoorrook justice commissioner says he wants to start a national discussion on a subject that is often misunderstood by the wider public

B.C. to implement K'ómoks treaty despite opposition from neighbouring First Nation | CBC News

British Columbia is moving forward with legislation to formalize a treaty with the K'ómoks First Nation on mid-Vancouver Island, despite fierce opposition from the nearby Wei Wai Kum First Nation in the Campbell River area.

The Declaration Act is about human rights - add your voice to the campaign | British Columbia Assembly of First Nations

David Eby’s Abandonment of Human Rights Betrays His Own Government | The Tyee

Dropping DRIPA is a political calculation that will leave the province worse off.