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The National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Advisory Committee was struck in March 2002 at the request of Canadian Mines Ministers that a multi-stakeholder advisory committee be set up to study various issues and initiatives relating to the development of partnerships in the implementation of remediation programs across Canada.

The Advisory Committee takes direction from Mines Ministers and reports back to Mines Ministers via the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Mineral Industry (IGWG).

Responsibilities of the NOAMI Advisory Committee include:

  1. Providing strategic direction and implementing Action Plans endorsed by Mines Ministers at their annual conference;
  2. Preparing status reports and recommendations for Mines Ministers;
  3. Reviewing and adopting status reports and recommendations received from Task Groups;
  4. Developing an annual work plan for the Initiative and tracking progress;
  5. Securing funding for the Initiative;
  6. Establishing Task Groups and approving funding for Task Group activities;
  7. Reviewing and approving publications, documents and information generated by the Initiative for internal/external distribution;
    Assisting in technology transfer activities;
  8. Ensuring that correspondence between members of the Advisory Committee, as well as outside experts (i.e., contractors), is copied to the Secretariat.
Membership

The Advisory Committee consists of representatives of federal/provincial/territorial governments, the Canadian mining industry, environmental non-governmental organizations and Aboriginal peoples and their communities. Committee members are responsible for communication with their constituencies. Members include:

  1. Christine Kaszycki (Chair) - Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM)
  2. Gilles Tremblay (Secretariat) - CANMET, Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratory, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
  3. Ernest Armitt/John Fox - Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines
  4. Louis Bienvenu - Ministère des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
  5. Cindy Blancher-Smith - MNDM
  6. Philip Bousquet/Gerald Harper - Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
  7. Ron Bronstein/Diane Howe - British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (BC MEMPR)
  8. Claudia David/Joanna Ankersmit - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
  9. Chris Doiron/Charles Dumaresq - Environment Canada (EC)
  10. Elizabeth Gardiner - The Mining Association of Canada (MAC)
  11. Chris Hodgson/Adrianna Stech - Ontario Mining Association (OMA)
  12. Charlene Hogan (Secretariat) - CANMET, Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratory, NRCan
  13. Robert Holmes - Yukon Ministry of Energy, Mines and Resources
  14. Lise-Aurore Lapalme - Policy Branch, NRCan
  15. Chief Glenn Nolan - Missanabie Cree First Nation
  16. Gregg Stewart - British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
  17. Joan Kuyek - MiningWatch Canada, Canadian Environmental Network
  18. Brennain Lloyd - Northwatch, Canadian Environmental Network
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