Chair

Donna Ashamock, Cree Nation, Co-Chair of MiningWatch Canada

Keynotes

Mark Z. Jacobson (live video), Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program at Stanford University and lead author of 100% Renewable Energy Roadmaps for 139 Countries (USA) – slides

​Loretta Williams, Chair, First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining (FNWARM), Xeni Gwet'in First Nation (Canada) – slides

Dianne Saxe, Saxe Facts, Former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (Canada) – slides

Motivation

Catherine Abreu, Executive Director, Climate Action Network-Canada

Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, Denesṷłine (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), Executive Director, Indigenous Climate Action (Canada/USA)

Patrick Rondeau, Lead environment advisor for a Just Transition, Fédération des travailleurs et des travailleuses du Québec (FTQ) – La Transition Juste au Québec

Presenters

• Daniel Breton, Former Quebec Environment Minister, former special advisor to Quebec Premier's Office on electrification of transportation – slides
• Lucie Chatelain, Advocacy Officer, Sherpa, on European Human Rights Due Diligence Laws for international accountability (France) – slides
• Clare Church, Policy Analyst, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), co-author, Green Conflict Minerals: The fuels of conflict in the transition to a low-carbon economy (Canada) – slides
• Sarah Cornell, Lead researcher, Stockholm Resilience Centre (Stockholm University), and Coordinator, Planetary Boundaries Research Network (Sweden) (video presentation)
• John Cutfeet, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation, Yellowhead Institute Research Fellow (Canada)
• Elsa Dominish, Senior Researcher at University of Technology Sydney’s Institute for Sustainable Futures, co-author of Responsible Minerals Sourcing for Renewable Energy (Australia) (video presentation) – slides
• John Drexhage, Consultant at the World Bank, lead author of The Growing Role Minerals and Metals for a Low Carbon Future (Canada) – slides
• Benjamin Hitchcock Auciello, Lead author of A Just Transition is a Post-Extractive Transition, London Mining Network & War on Want, (U.K.) (live video presentation) – slides
• Jim Kuipers, Kuipers & Associates Engineering, on mine waste & water pollution control issues (USA) – slides
• Jérôme Laviolette, PhD candidate at Polytechnique Montreal, David Suzuki Foundation Transport & Climate Change Fellow (Canada) – slides
• Josh Lepawsky, Professor, Memorial University, Author of Reassembling Rubbish: Worlding Electronic Waste (Canada) – slides
• Monique Manatch, Algonquins of Barriere Lake Knowledge Keeper, cofounder Indigenous Culture & Media Innovations
• Pia Marchegiani, Environmental and Natural Resources Foundation (FARN), Lithium Triangle issues in Latin America & Pre-COP meeting on UN Climate Convention in Chile (Argentina) – slides
• Judith Marshall, Associate Fellow at the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), York University, formerly with United Steelworkers’ Global Affairs Department (Canada) – slides
• Sylvain Ménard, Professor, Civil Engineering, Structure, Wood Design, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (Canada) – slides
• Jonathan Mesulam, Director, West Coast Development Foundation and Deep Sea Mining Campaign (Papua New Guinea) – slides – text
• Gavin Mudd, Associate Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, and Chair, Mineral Policy Institute; co-author of The energy-materials nexus: the case of metals (Australia) – slides
• David Pharand, Mayor, Duhamel, Québec – slides
• Verna Polson, Grand Chief, Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council (cancelled)
• Kate Raworth, Senior Visiting Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute​, Oxford University (UK) (RSA Shorts video)
• Payal Sampat, Mining Program Director, Earthworks (USA) – slides
• François Saunier, Research Associate, CIRAIG, Polytechnique Montreal, Institute for the Environment, Sustainable Development and Circular Economy (Canada) – slides
• Louis St-Hilaire, Spokesperson, Regroupement de protection des lacs de la petite nation (Petite Nation Lakes Protection Association), graphite mining impacts (Québec) – slides
• Lisa Sumi, Director of Standards and Assurance, Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) (USA) – slides
• Carmen Teichgraber, Senior Project Manager, IMPACT, Transforming natural resource management, on supply chain for cobalt artisanal mining in Africa (Canada) – slides
• Leah Temper, Research Associate, Leadership for the Ecozoic, McGill University, Director of the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice (Canada) – slides
• Sophie Thériault, Professor at Law Faculty, Vice-Dean Academic, University of Ottawa, Interdisciplinary Research Group on the Territories of Extraction (GRITE), on Indigenous peoples’ rights, environmental governance & resources extraction (Canada) – slides
• Emmanuel Umpula Nkumba, Executive director of AFREWatch, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), author of How to reduce conflicts between mining companies and artisanal miners in the province of Lualaba (unable to attend) – video

Moderators and Respondents

• Lucio Cuenca, Executive Director, Observatory of Latin American Environmental Conflicts (OLCA) (Chile) (unable to attend)
• May Dagher, Spokesperson, Coalition des opposants à un projet minier en Haute-Matawinie, graphite mining impacts (Canada)
• Jason Dion, Lead researcher, Canada's Ecofiscal Commission
• Emily Dwyer, Coordinator, Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (Canada)
• Julie Gelfand, Former federal Commissioner for the Environment & Sustainable Development (Canada)
• Stefan Girtler, Coauthor of Propulsion Quebec’s report Lithium-ion Batteries Sector: Developing a promising sector for Quebec’s economy
• Pablo Heidrich, Assistant Professor, Carleton University, Global and International Studies Programme, on impacts of lithium extraction South America (Canada)
• Salvador Herencia-Carrasco, Director, Inter-American Human Rights System, Interdisciplinary Research Group on the Territories of Extraction, University of Ottawa (Canada)
• Dennis Howlett, Global Alliance for Tax Justice, former Executive Director, Canadians for Tax Fairness
• Guillain Koko, Project Coordinator, African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA) (Democratic Republic of Congo) (unable to attend)
• Ana Leyva V., Director, CooperAcción (Peru)
• Andrew Linton, Masters Candidate, University of Ottawa, Institute of the Environment and Research Fellow, Smart Prosperity Institute, author of Metal Extraction in a Low Carbon Economy: Projected Trends in Metal Demand and Policy Options for Demand Reduction (Canada)
• Geoff McCarney, Research Director, Smart Prosperity Institute (Canada)
• Cynthia Morinville, Trudeau Scholar and PhD Candidate at University of Toronto, researcher in e-waste & metal recycling in West Africa
• Marc Nantel, Spokesperson, Regroupement Vigilance Mines Abitibi-Témiscamingue (REVIMAT), regional mining & metal recycling impacts (Québec)
• Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada (English-speaking)
• Ramona Nicholas, Wolastoqey First Nation, Elder in Residence at University of New Brunswick (unable to attend)
• Emily Norgang, Senior Researcher, Canadian Labour Congress
• Dayna Scott, York University Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice in the Green Economy (Canada)
• Christian Simard, Director, Nature Québec
• Nikki Skuce, Director, Northern Confluence, partner of the B.C. Mining Law Reform Network (Canada)
• Ian Thomson, Policy Specialist, Extractive Industries, Oxfam Canada
• Rodrigue Turgeon, Spokesperson, Comité citoyen de protection de l'esker, lithium mining impacts (Québec)
• Alan Young, Director, Materials Efficiency Research Group and Circular Economy Leadership Coalition (Canada)