 | NICOLAS BRUNET School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph Nic is interested in the diverse knowledge systems and participatory approaches that contribute to community-led environmental decision making in resource-based and remote communities. His research is mostly co-developed with Indigenous Communities and northern organisations while working closely with network of provincial and federal government partners in Canada and abroad, and focuses upon the governance of natural resources as well as wildlife and plants of cultural and economic significance. |
 | KEN COATES Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan Ken is Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. He has worked for many years on Indigenous economic development in the territorial and provincial Norths, focusing largely on the northern natural resource economy. His current research focuses on the impact of science and technology on the Canadian North and, in particular, on the future of work in the mining sector. |
 | RYAN GIBSON School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph Ryan is an Associate Professor and the Libro Professor of Regional Economic Development in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Planning at the University of Guelph. Ryan’s research interests focus on rural development, economic transitions, governance, philanthropy and wealth, and public policy. |
 | SHERI LONGBOAT School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph Sheri is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph. Her research focuses on water security, food sovereignty, and community planning and sustainability in First Nations communities. She employs a range of research methods, from community-engaged to desktop analysis, to investigate the interface among Indigenous and western institutions, including knowledge systems, policy and governance. |
 | DOMINIQUE CAOUETTE Department of Political Science, University of Montreal Dominique is a professor at the Department of Political Science and the Coordinator of the Contemporary and Transdisciplinary Southeast Asia Studies Group (ECTASE), Université de Montréal. He teaches courses on international relations and Southeast Asian politics. His research revolve around issues of food sovereignty, land and natural resources use, transnational social movements, and contentious politics in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Philippines. |
 | EMMY NEULS University of Saskatchewa Emmy Stavøstrand Neuls is the Manager for Graduate Programs at Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. She specializes in innovative educational initiatives and strategic partnerships between higher institutions and stakeholder. Her current research interests are on Indigenous and northern capacity building and higher education, and sustainable community development. |
 | HANS MATTHEWS Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association |
 | JOHN DELVIN School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph John is a faculty member in the Rural Planning and Development Program, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph and Graduate Program Coordinator for the Rural Studies and Development and the Capacity Development and Extension programs. His primary areas of academic interest include: the role of the state in development; environmental assessment and public participation; good governance; agricultural and environmental policy. |
 | NONITA YAP Nonita was a faculty from 1992 to 2017 first at the School of Rural Planning and Development and then in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph. She retired in August 2017 and was awarded Professor Emerita in the spring of 2018 to be conferred at convocation in June. She intended to continue an active research program and she led the successful SSHRC application for this project on corporate social responsibility, mining companies, and communities in Northern Canada and the Philippines. Nonita was an integral member of this project and will be greatly missed. |
 | JOSEPH E. PALIS Third World Studies Center, University of the Philippines Joseph is an associate professor in geography and the director of the Third World Studies Center in the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He completed his doctorate in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008. He specializes in the following areas: cultural geography, geographies of visual culture, countercartographies, spatial humanities, and cinema. |