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  CIRDI Endorses the Stakeholder Statement on Implementing Gender-Responsive Due Diligence and ensuring the human rights of women in Mineral Supply Chains. Women’s Rights and Mining together with the OECD […]

  CIRDI’s Work Learn Student Spotlight series highlights the diverse profiles and experiences of our amazing students as well as their impactful work that we are proud to share with […]

We at CIRDI are thrilled to hear of the appointment of Moura Quayle as UBC’s Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Academic Affairs, commencing August 1, 2020. Over the years, Moura has […]

      CIRDI and IMPACT will collaborate to share expertise towards their shared vision of strengthening natural resource governance APRIL 3, 2020 – UBC’s Canadian International Resources and Development […]

With the launch of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) in 2017, the Canadian Government and Global Affairs Canada (GAC) signalled their commitment to placing gender equality and the empowerment […]

  MARCH  16, 2020 – This clarification statement is a response to a press release issued today regarding CIRDI’s meeting with community members from the Shuar Peoples in Ecuador. On […]

“The financial sector believes that climate change can be limited to 2 degrees Celsius.” During an event posing the question “is the financial sector a friend or foe in addressing […]

  The UBC Institute and the Canadian Council on Africa will work together in catalyzing resource governance as a tool to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals February 3, 2020 […]

  Meet the CIRDI SUMM Ethiopia delegation at the African Mining Indaba in Cape Town next week! Join the country case study presentation on opportunities in the Ethiopian mining sector […]

  Since 2016, The Canadian International Resources and Development Insitute was working with the government of Ecuador to support the sustainable development of the artisanal and small-scale mining sector. In […]

  The University of British Columbia welcomes Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane as the new Director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) in the Faculty of Arts. […]

  CIRDI’s SUMM project officer, Rahel Getachew, and the project’s expert, Chi Pam, spoke about de jure and de facto gender equality issues in the Ethiopian mining sector in the […]

  In December 2019, the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) collaborated with the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs’ Global Policy Project (GP²). As a defining element […]

  During November 9-17, 2019, the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) welcomed a group of delegates from government organisations in Chile and Peru for a short course on […]

October 30, 2019 – With our colleagues in the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, CIRDI is pleased to celebrate the launch of Ethiopia’s first online, publicly accessible mining cadastre […]

  In collaboration with the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of Ethiopia, Women, Children and Youth Directorate, CIRDI’s Supporting the Ministry of Mines (SUMM) Project held an advanced training on […]

  Since its inception, CIRDI has employed more than 40 UBC students in research and project work. Our students come from diverse educational, professional and personal backgrounds, thereby enriching CIRDI’s […]

With 12 years of accumulated international experience in the non-profit, public, entrepreneurial and business consulting sectors, Helene Bagirishya has recently taken on the new role of Deputy Director with CIRDI’s […]

The Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI), strategically located at UBC, recognizes the value of academia-government-industry engagement and its ability to ensure that new knowledge is applicable and available […]

March 2019 – Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia In March 2019, The Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) was invited by the Trade Commissioners Service of Canada to present in […]