Information for communities
Learn more about how your community can develop the capacity and prepare for mining, find past examples of partnerships between the mining industry and communities, guidance on exploration and mining, and discover tools to support Indigenous procurement and business activity in the mining sector.
Indigenous communities
Resources
- Exploration and Mining Guide for Indigenous Communities (NRCan)
- Indigenous Partnership Agreement – Case Studies (NRCan)
- Indigenous Women in the Canadian Minerals and Metals Sector
- Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resources
- Indigenous participation in mining information
- Guide for Aboriginal Communities (MIHR)
- CANDO - Mining Development Tools and Webinars - Opportunities for Indigenous Communities
- The Growing Importance of Indigenous Relations in the Canadian Energy and mining Sector (EY)
- AME BC -- Indigenous Relations
- Consulting with First Nations
- First Nation Participation and Consultation
- Manitoba First Nations Mineral Development Protocol
- Mineral Rights on Settlement Land
- Protecting Knowledge: Traditional Resource Rights in the New Millennium
- Traditional Territory and Settlement Land
Funding Opportunities and Programs
Resources
- Indigenous Natural Resource Partnership program (NRCAN)
- Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples (ISC)
- Affordable Housing Fund: Indigenous and Northern Housing
- Community Opportunities Readiness Program (ISC)
- Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund – Indigenous Grants Program
- Land and Economic Development Services Program (ISC)
- Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program (ESDC)
- First Nation–Municipal Funding Resources (Federation of Canadian Municipalities)
- The Indigenous Economic Development Fund (Ontario)
- Government of Northwest Territories - Indigenous Capacity Building (ICB) Program
Meet the Canadians of Mining
Meet Jennifer Beaudry, a Senior Manager at Science North and Dynamic Earth, an interactive earth sciences museum in Sudbury, Ontario. Born and raised in Sudbury, mining has shaped life and the local economy. Jennifer's work at Dynamic Earth involves educating youth and others on Sudbury's mining heritage as well as the contributions that good citizenship with mining has and can bring in terms economic and sustainable resource development.
Contact us
Have questions? Interested in collaborating with us? Reach out to us by email at cmmp-pcmm@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca.