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

Prior to European contact, Indigenous Peoples lived 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.

Blog PostChidi OguamanamMarch 16, 2023Indigenous, Canada, Traditional Knowledge, access and benefit sharing, consultation, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Reconciliation, University of Ottawa

The 46th IGC, the 2024 Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources: Uncertain Times Ahead Chidi Oguamanam

Delegates and experts reconvened in Geneva for the 46th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC 46).

Blog PostChidi OguamanamFebruary 22, 2023Genetic Resources, Research Ethics, Traditional Knowledge, access and benefit sharing, IP and Knowledge Governance, IGC 43, WIPO, United Nations, Geneva, United States, Lilyclaire Bellamy, Chamber of Commerce, IGC 46

WIPO-IGC 45: Bold and Strategic Moves Toward TK and TCE Text(s)

Delegates to the 45th Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) continued negotiations on Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions.

Blog PostChidi OguamanamDecember 12, 2022Genetic Resources, Research Ethics, Traditional Knowledge, access and benefit sharing, IP and Knowledge Governance, IGC 43, WIPO, United Nations, Ukraine, Geneva

WIPO-IGC 43: Logjam Over Two Genetic Resources Texts

Delegates met at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva to resume the second round of negotiations for the 2022-23 biennium of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (WIPO-IGC).

Blog PostChidi OguamanamJune 10, 2022Genetic Resources, Research Ethics, Traditional Knowledge, Research Funding, access and benefit sharing, IP and Knowledge Governance, IGC 43, WIPO, United Nations, Ukraine, Geneva

Re-Making the Landscape for Indigenous Research in Truth and Reconciliation

Indigenous peoples and many other local and marginalized communities have been proverbial guinea pigs for researchers, being ‘used’ as research subjects whose rights were abused without consequences.

Blog PostChidi OguamanamApril 12, 2022Genetic Resources, Research Ethics, Traditional Knowledge, SSHRC, Research Funding, OCAP Principles, access and benefit sharing, IP and Knowledge Governance

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.

Blog PostChidi OguamanamMarch 28, 2022Indigenous, Canada, Traditional Knowledge, Innu, Inuit, Newfoundland and Labrador, Muskrat Falls, access and benefit sharing, consultation

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