Below is the latest agenda for the Island Lake Mining Development Advisory Program workshop that is coming up. Some of you may be interested in attending and it will be held in Winnipeg on May 10, 11 and 12, 2016 at the SERDC boardroom on the main floor at 360 Broadway.
Local Mining Development Advisors Workshop
Length of Workshop – Three Days
Purpose of Workshop – To provide the local community advisors and portfolio Council with information and materials to effectively inform and educate the community membership regarding their rights to their traditional territory and the impacts of mineral exploration and mining in general.
Day 1
9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Orientation to the Local Mining Development Program
-What are the goals and objectives?
-What is the value of this information program
-What will be the outcomes?
1:00 p.m. Province of Manitoba Mining Act – sections that are relevant to Island Lake
2:00 p.m. Natural Resources Transfer Act – sections that are relevant to Island Lake
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Presentations by the following:
Tim Friesen – Mining Association of Manitoba
Ruth Bezys – Manitoba Prospector and Developers Association
Glenn Sutherland – First Nations Mining Development Advisory Program
Michael Anderson – MKO Natural Resources Secretariat
Day 2 Michael Jerch – information regarding:
-Section 35 – Constitution Act of Canada
– Aboriginal Title, Aboriginal Soveriegnty and Inherent Right to Land
-Aboriginal Territory and the Treaties
-Supreme Court of Canada decisions and their impacts on rights to traditional territories
Day 3 Schedule of Information to the Community
-Broadcast presentations out on local tv/radio
-Schedule presentations at public meetings, community organizations, schools
-Brochures/pamphlets, posters
-Six part series – Ring of Fire to be broadcast out to the communities
-Other information on experiences of mining with indigenous groups, e.g. The Real Avatar – The Nature of Things