Researching for Social Justice ...

• Main Authors: Feltes, Emma, Fraser, Jocelyn, Low, Maggie, Loewen, Kyle, Stone, Jeremy, Adeyeye, Yemi, Luedke, Alicia, Fessenden, Sarah
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The University of British Columbia 2017
• Subjects: First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0348263; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0348263

Emma Feltes (Anthropology) works in partnership with Indigenous activists to delve into the history of the "Constitution Express"—a movement in the 1980s to assert Indigenous rights, nationhood, and self-determination during the patriation of Canada’s Constitution— with a view to inform our relations today. Jocelyn Fraser (Mining Engineering) focuses on social risk and social responsibility in the international mining sector with a particular focus in Arequipa, Peru, where she investigates ways how mining companies can collaborate with communities to deliver tangible social benefits. Maggie Low (IRES) collaborates with the Heiltsuk Nation in Bella Bella, BC, to investigate the implementation of a large scale land use agreement between Coastal First Nations and the BC government, as well the implications of the agreement for Indigenous well-being and governance. Kyle Loewen (Geography) partners with labour communities in the US who are employed in "last-mile" delivery—the distance between retailer warehouses ...