Posts tagged Indigenous
Reconciliation: Legal Education and the Legal Profession – University of Ottawa’s Emerging Response to Call to Action #28
Reconciliation: Legal Education and the Legal Profession – University of Ottawa’s Emerging Response to Call to Action #28

Prior to European contact, Indigenous Peoples of what later became Canada lived in communities with a diversity of political systems, legal traditions, and laws. These Indigenous legal orders guided how First Nations conducted commerce, maintained peace, and negotiated treaties. Recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada, these traditions have become a part of the Canadian legal landscape.

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamIndigenous, Canada, Traditional Knowledge, access and benefit sharing, consultation, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Reconciliation, University of Ottawa
ABS Canada's Professor Chidi Oguamanam awarded University Research Chair in Sustainable Bio-Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Global Knowledge Governance
ABS Canada's Professor Chidi Oguamanam awarded University Research Chair in Sustainable Bio-Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Global Knowledge Governance

Professor Chidi Oguamanam has been named to the University of Ottawa's University Research Chair in Sustainable Bio-Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Global Knowledge Governance. Research Chairs represent the University's top researchers and recognize their outstanding and important accomplishments.

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Blog PostChidi Oguamanamaward, University of Ottawa, ITK, WIPO, Indigenous, Traditional Culture, Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property Law, IP and Knowledge Governance
The Muskrat Falls Fiasco: Indigenous Exclusion in Natural Resource Projects and the ABS Imperative
The Muskrat Falls Fiasco: Indigenous Exclusion in Natural Resource Projects and the ABS Imperative

On February 14th 2022, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey announced the signing of term sheets for a $1-billion federal investment and a $1-billion federal loan guarantee for the Muskrat Falls Project. This is the third such guarantee the federal government has backed in respect of the project. It marks the completion of the negotiation process for the deal. Premier Furey labelled the deal “the next step for all of us to emerge from under the dark shadow of Muskrat Falls.”

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamIndigenous, Canada, Traditional Knowledge, Innu, Inuit, Newfoundland and Labrador, Muskrat Falls, access and benefit sharing, consultation
At Resumed ‘Post-Pandemic’ IGC Negotiations, Change in Committee Leadership Leaves Delegates Between Two Genetic Resources Texts
At Resumed ‘Post-Pandemic’ IGC Negotiations, Change in Committee Leadership Leaves Delegates Between Two Genetic Resources Texts

February 28-March 4, 2020: Delegates met virtually and in-person at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva to resume the first round of negotiations for the 2022-23 biennium of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC). The meeting was in continuation of more than two-decades of work, most of which has been dedicated to negotiations of legal instrument(s) for the protection of traditional knowledge (TK) traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) and genetic resources (GR).

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamIndigenous, IP and Knowledge Governance, WIPO, IGC 42, United Nations, Genetic Resources, European Union, United States, Japan, Canada, Traditional Knowledge
Access and Benefit Sharing in Canada – Stunted Efforts, New Opportunities
Access and Benefit Sharing in Canada – Stunted Efforts, New Opportunities

Canada lacks a comprehensive federal Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) system for governing genetic resources and the associated traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples, despite years of advocacy. While there is currently an interdepartmental committee on ABS at the federal level that collaborates with provincial and territorial jurisdictions and a lot more diverse initiatives related to ABS, little progress has been made.

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamIndigenous, Traditional Culture, Politics, Canada, IP and Knowledge Governance, Nagoya Protocol, CBD
Canada: Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy Among Indigenous Peoples
Canada: Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy Among Indigenous Peoples

Medical racism against Indigenous peoples is a fact in the Canadian healthcare system. As a direct result of this experience, many Indigenous peoples lack trust in the healthcare system, and they limit their engagement with the system as much as possible. This has caused many detrimental impacts on Indigenous peoples, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted an area of key concern – vaccine hesitancy within Indigenous peoples.

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamCOVID-19, Vaccine, Indigenous, Traditional Culture, Health Law and Medical Ethics, Politics, Canada
Expedited COVID-19 R&D: Indigenous Knowledge and ABS Imperative
Expedited COVID-19 R&D: Indigenous Knowledge and ABS Imperative

With the world on edge as the COVID-19 crisis progresses, the scientific community has sprung into gear in search of an effective treatment. R&D is progressing at unprecedented speeds, abridging the projected length for the completion of a vaccine from over a decade to just over a year. Amidst this rapid development, traditional knowledge plays a significant role in scientific endeavours. Through traditional knowledge, medical researchers can gain guidance and inspiration and bypass prolonged and expensive scatter-gun approaches to R&D.

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamCOVID-19, Health Law and Medical Ethics, Madagascar, China, WHO, Costa Rica, IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Nagoya Protocol, Biotechnology, Politics, Canada
COVID-19 and the Amazon: Indigenous Peoples, Conservation Under Threat
COVID-19 and the Amazon: Indigenous Peoples, Conservation Under Threat

The COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly having an effect on the human population around the world, but its impact on the environment, especially in terms of conservation, is less publicized. The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest. According to scientists, its preservation is vital to combat global warming. However, illegal logging practices continue to jeopardize the integrity of the rainforest at this time.

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamAmazon, Brazil, Agriculture and Biodiversity, Colombia, Africa, COVID-19, Indigenous, Technology, Health Law and Medical Ethics, South America, Vatican
Canada Steps Up at WIPO IGC, Links it with Reconciliation and Boosts Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Participation
Canada Steps Up at WIPO IGC, Links it with Reconciliation and Boosts Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Participation

The WIPO IGC is tasked with the mandate to engage in text-based negotiations for the effective protection of genetic resources (GRs), traditional knowledge (TK), and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs). The need for a special international regime of protection for TK/TCEs is based on many gaps in the global intellectual property and knowledge governance order.

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamIP and Knowledge Governance, Canada, International, Indigenous