FAIME is organizing a webinar focused on interdisciplinary collaboration between social sciences and natural sciences in support of communities affected by mining activities.
This webinar will explore how interdisciplinary approaches can help better understand and address the environmental, social, and territorial impacts of extractive activities.
The fourth webinar in the Beyond Hot Air (BhA) series will take place on May 7, 2026, and will focus on crime in critical raw material supply chains.
Speakers:
Tanya Wyatt, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Luca Maiotti, OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct
The third webinar in the Beyond Hot Air (BhA) series will take place on April 23, 2026, and will focus on the geopolitics of lithium through the concept of “off-sites.”
Speakers:
Marina Weinberg, Universidad Católica del Norte
Valentina Figueroa Larre, Universidad Católica del Norte
The State of Research on Mining in Northern Quebec and Ontario
On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, researchers, Indigenous leaders, and institutional partners gathered in Toronto for a full-day event dedicated to ongoing research on mining in Northern Quebec and Northern Ontario.
Beyond Hot Air is a conversation. It is an international, multi-stakeholder initiative that explores the complex landscape of mineral raw materials supply for the ‘green’ transition. Especially critical raw materials (CRM) are a vital part of current forms of ‘green’ transition strategies and corresponding technologies, such as e-mobility, renewable energy and communication technologies. In Europe’s backyard, mining for critical minerals is thus set to increase.
Trade and investment agreements are key elements of mining projects. In particular, decision to invest in a mining project depends on the existing legal protection provided by bilateral or multilateral investment agreements (BITs).
Negotiated agreements now constitute a critical component of almost all encounters between Indigenous peoples and the extractive industry in Australia and Canada, and are rapidly becoming more important in the Global South.
MinErAL: A Knowledge Network on Mining Encounters and Indigenous Sustainable Livelihoods