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Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

5 ways to improve security governance and prevent future illegal mining tragedies from happening

Andrew Grant, Queen's University, Ontario; Benjamin Ofosu-Atuahene, Queen's University, Ontario, and Olusola Ogunnubi, Queen's University, Ontario

Security governance at abandoned or closed mining sites must be improved and inclusive policies that address employment needs must be implemented.
People hold rally signs during a Toronto rally raising concerns and opposition to the Ontario provincial government’s plans to expand mining operations in the so-called Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario in July 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Indigenous consultation is key to the Ring of Fire becoming Canada’s economic superpower

Andrew Grant, Queen's University, Ontario; Badriyya Yusuf, Queen's University, Ontario; Dimitrios Panagos, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Matthew I. Mitchell, University of Saskatchewan

Ontario’s Ring of Fire could make Canada a minerals superpower, but Indigenous consultation is essential to ensure doing so does not harm reconciliation or Canada’s global reputation.