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“We really want to be the kind of organization that builds bridges in a landscape that's pretty divided…where #Indigenous communities and #mining companies could meet as partners to enable safe dialogue...”

#FirstNations #economy #FPIC #CAMA

First Nation engineer named new president of national mining organization

Kaella-Marie Earle, a member of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, has been named president of the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association (CAMA), a group founded in 1992 but one that had been on hiatus since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020.Hans Matthews, a member of Wahnapitae First Nation in northern Ontario, founded CAMA and served as its only previous president. He stepped back from his position for personal reasons roughly the same time the pandemic was happening. 

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