State-led Efforts to Reduce Environmental Impacts of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Tanzania: Implications for Fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals
Online GRITE brown bag session with Dr. Chris Huggins, professor at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa and Dr. Abel Kinyondo, professor of economics at the University of Dar es Salaam 11:30am –
Putaendo – Chile’s First Territory Free of Mining Threatened by Canadian Capital
“Putaendo – Chile’s First Territory Free of Mining Threatened by Canadian Capital” May 27, 2020 4:00-5:30 EDT (Canada – Chile) Join us for this exciting webinar where representatives of the collective “Putaendo Resiste” from Chile’s central region, will speak about their long
Access to Justice in Canadian Courts for Victims of Human Rights Violations associated with Canadian Extractive Activity Abroad: Obstacles and Opportunities
March 11. 11:30 – 1 pm. Room FSS 3040. GRITE brown bag session with Penelope Simons, Faculty of Law (Common Law Section), University of Ottawa Presentation in English followed by a bilingual Bring your lunch! Penelope Simons is an Associate Professor
Human Rights and Extractivism in Chile: Social Uprising, Socio-Ecological Crisis, and Perspectives
February 11. 5 – 7 pm. Room lmx 219. Speakers: Isabel Orellana, Centre de recherche en éducation et formation relatives à l’environnement et l’écocitoyenneté, UQAM; Marie-Christine Doran, Observatoire violence, criminalisation et démocratie, Université d’Ottawa; Ricardo Penafiel, Groupe de recherche sur
Revealing potential maladaptation in climate-based decision making for forestry and agriculture
By Kieran Findlater Kieran is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and visiting scholar at the University of Ottawa. He seeks to understand how individuals and groups simplify complex decision making problems, particularly those related
JUBA WAJIIN: Resistance in Mexican Mountains
The Human Rights Research and Education Centre is pleased to partner with the Interdisciplinary Research Group on the Territories of Extraction (GRITE) to present: JUBA WAJIIN: Resistance in Mexican Mountains Join us to welcome FABIOLA MANCILLA, who will discuss the legal struggles of
Extractive Industries, Governance and Indigenous Rights: Spaces of Struggle and Social innovation
About Fully engaged in national and international debates on the natural resource extraction industry, the Interdisciplinary Research Group on the Territories of Extractivism (GRITE) includes 12 researchers and more than 20 graduate students from various units in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of
GRITE’s official launch
The official launch of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Territories of Extractivism (GRITE) will be held on Monday, May 7th at the University of Ottawa. The goal of the event is to introduce our new research group to local academic,