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.
Thierry Rodon will speak at the international conference The Mineral Arctic: Imagination, Communication and Practices, organized by the Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research Monaco–UVSQ (MIARC), in collaboration with the UArctic Thematic Network Arctic Cultures and History (ARCH) and the UArctic Regional Centre for Continental Europe at UVSQ.
Arn Keeling, a member of the MinErAL network and professor of geography at Memorial University, has co-authored The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife with John Sandlos.
MinErAL: A Knowledge Network on Mining Encounters and Indigenous Sustainable Livelihoods