We need to work together – including with Indigenous Peoples – to incorporate lessons forged in fire and ensure that we can deliver healthcare in our climate-changed world
Rio Tinto’s Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories to be the recipients of this year’s Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Excellence Awards. The TSM Excellence Awards were introduced in 2014 and comprise two categories: the TSM Environmental Excellence Award and the TSM Community Engagement Excellence Award. For mining companies to qualify for these awards, they must be actively applying TSM principles.
The Mining Association of Canada's (MAC) Community of Interest Advisory Panel has selected New Gold's New Afton Mine and Rio Tinto's Diavik Mine, both leading operations in Canada's mining sector, to receive this year's prestigious Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM) Excellence Awards.
A program designed to train Indigenous counsellors to work in the North is getting a second run and those behind the program say it's helping to fill a gap in service for Indigenous people seeking counselling.