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Event Report | Iron Ore and Rare Earth Elements: Conference on Health and Social Acceptability for Residents of Sept-Îles and the Innu People

In response to an invitation from the Groupe Citoyens de Sept-Îles (Sept-Îles Citizens' Group), MiningWatch Canada and the Coalition Québec meilleure mine held an information evening on Tuesday, October 23, 2025, at the Shaputuan Museum in the Innu community of Uashat mak Mani-utenam on human health and social acceptability concerning critical minerals, particularly iron ore and rare earth elements.

Publication

2025 Conference | The Coalition Québec meilleure mine Declaration

The declaration of the Québec meilleure mine Coalition was drafted and adopted during the QMM Conference on November 18 2025.

Canada Québec Environment Impact on Communities

Guest Publication

The Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement and the Referendum in Ecuador: An Attack on Constitutional Protections

This paper by the Transnational Institute examines how and why Investor State Dispute Mechanisms (ISDS) were included in the new Ecuador Canada free trade agreement (FTA) despite being prohibited by the Ecuadorian constitution, and makes connections between the FTA and the upcoming referendum in Ecuador.

Ecuador Human Rights International Trade & Investment

Brief

Canada’s National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines: An Ineffective Human Rights Mechanism

This brief provides an overview of Canada's National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct (NCP), compares it to the NCPs of other countries to demonstrate why the Canadian NCP is not an effective human rights mechanism, and examines how years of lack of reform have led to a loss of trust in the NCP in Canada.

Canada Corporate Accountability

Brief

A Review of Key Environmental Considerations Related to Denison Mines’ Wheeler River Uranium Project

Denison Mines’ Wheeler River Project would constitute the first-ever use in Canada of in situ leaching (ISL), to extract uranium from an ore body, and the first attempt anywhere to use “freeze wall” technology to limit contaminant spread from an ISL mine. Our review has identified important gaps and shortcomings in the Environmental Impact Statement and the CNSC Staff Submission recommending licencing of the project related to the proposed ISL/freeze wall process and related issues.

Denison Saskatchewan Uranium