BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200119T0518Z-1579411086.5573-EO-32922-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240329T075657Z CREATED:20200116T195149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200116T231844Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200122T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200122T140000 SUMMARY: Children’s Rights and the Mining Sector DESCRIPTION: To learn more about this important aspect of the global Busine ss and Human Rights agenda\, join Simon Chorley\, International Programs Ma nager at UNICEF Canada\, in conversation with Dr. Priya Bala-Miller\, Direc tor of Partnerships and Program Development at CIRDI\, on how these princip les have been applied in the Mining Sector\, and with what results. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The last few decades have seen a shift in society’s understanding a nd awareness of the impact and role of business in society. However\, viewi ng children as stakeholders with legitimate rights claims in the context of responsible business conduct is a relatively recent development. This deve lopment is both timely and necessary in light of global commitments to chil dren’s rights\, as part of the global UN Sustainable Development Goals. Non etheless\, as UNICEF observes\, children have not been adequately considere d by the business sector\, and governments across many countries have not a dequately taken the steps that are necessary to prevent and address abuses of children’s rights that may have resulted from business activities.
Following the release of the Children’s Rights and Busi ness Principles (the Principles) in 2012\, UNICEF has worked to raise a wareness of children and youth as key stakeholders of business and has enga ged in activities to better understand how the Principles should be applied in different sectors.
To learn more about this important aspect of t he global Business and Human Rights agenda\, join Simon Chorley\, Internati onal Programs Manager at UNICEF Canada\, in conversation wit h Dr. Priya Bala-Miller\, Director of Partnerships and Program Development at the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute \ , on how these principles have been applied in the Mining Sector\, and with what results.
Audience participation welcome\, Q & A to follow.
Light refreshments will be served.
Th e Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) is a centre of expertise on natural resource governance\, housed at t he School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA). This seminar\, a s part of a cross-campus seminar series on Mining and Minerals Extr action in a New Global Landscape. It is hosted by CIRDI with finan cial support from the SPPGA\, and promotional support from the Peter P. D hillon Centre for Business Ethics\, within the Sauder School of Busines s\, and the Norman B Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering. p>
Simon Chorley is the Internatio nal Programs Manager at UNICEF Canada. He leads the organization’s engageme nt with the Canadian private sector and the Government of Canada on corpora te responsibility\, sustainability\, innovations and innovative financing. He has thirteen years of experience in human rights and international devel opment\, having previously worked for an international anti-human trafficki ng organization in London. He was born in England\, grew up in East Africa\ , and lives in Ontario with his wife and two children.
Dr. Pr iya Bala-Miller is the Director of Partnerships and Program Develo pment at CIRDI. She has over seventeen years of professional experience in sustainable development with specialist expertise on gender equality\, huma n rights and sustainable finance. She has previously worked with UN agencie s\, NGOs and the private sector to advance corporate social responsibility from a rights-based lens in a variety of industry sectors. She earned an MA in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Roads University\, where he r dissertation evaluated the role of global companies in the trade of confl ict minerals originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo. More recent ly\, she was awarded a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Br itish Columbia for a thesis that examined the human rights policies and pra ctices of large institutional investors\, with case illustrations covering extractives projects in Burma\, Sudan\, Papua New Guinea and Western Sahara .
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