Free Prior and Informed Consent to mine development in the Yukon: Norms, Expectations, and the Role of Novel Governance Mechanisms

• Main Author: Martin, Emily
• Other Authors: Bradshaw, Benjamin
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Guelph 2018
• Subjects: FPIC; consent; Indigenous rights; Yukon First Nations; resource development; mining; Canada; Carmacks; Little Salmon; Yukon; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10214/14141

The adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) has catalyzed Indigenous rights conversations in Canada around Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). The Yukon territory, where a majority of First Nations have self-government and settled land claims, pro...