The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) is seeking nominations of candidates to participate on its Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Community of Interest (COI) Advisory Panel. The MAC Board established the Panel in 2004 to advise on the design and implementation of TSM and to provide a mechanism for two‐way dialogue between MAC and its communities of interest in Canada.
The Panel is currently seeking nominations for the following core category:
Social NGO (including faith‐based): This position on the Panel is made up of one (1) individual who is a representative of civil society with expertise in and knowledge of trends in perspectives on social issues. Specifically, the successful candidate must be an engaged member of a social NGO or faith‐based community with knowledge of current trends and perspectives related to social issues such as social justice, ecological justice and human rights and human rights defenders.
Other attributes that will be considered assets include:
- Familiarity with the Sustainable Development Goals
- Knowledgeable about the mining industry and sustainable development policy, performance, practices and related issues
Applicants can be nominated or self‐nominated. If you or someone you know is interested in applying to one of the open positions noted above, please complete and submit the COI Panel nomination form, with a current CV to Tara Shea at MAC by email at tshea@mining.ca.
The deadline for nominating candidates is July 30th, 2019.
