Grant: Operating Grant

The current mine approval process in BC and Canada has resulted in many successful applications for mining projects even though health impact assessments have often been inadequate so that impacts on community health, for the duration of a project (i.e. in some cases, over a quarter century from exploration to reclamation), are unknown. There is an urgent need to develop the research foundation, policy and knowledge translation (KT) tools to: 1) better inform the mine planning and development process, 2) improve community health monitoring and the potential to mitigate community health impacts associated with mining, and; 3) ensure economic benefits from mining specifically from provincial revenue sharing agreements and impact benefit agreements) lead to sustainable social and economic community prosperity beyond mining. The overall objective of this project is to develop; using a multi-method integrated KT approach, a collaborative framework that will serve to mitigate the impacts of mine development on the health of communities associated with mine projects and, to maximize mining-related health, social, and economic benefits.