Hélène Boivin Author

Thierry Rodon is a full professor in the Department of Political Science at Laval University and Research Chair on Sustainable Development in the North. He is also director of the Interuniversity Center for Indigenous Studies and Research (CIERA), and directs MinErAL, an international research network on the relationship between extractive industries and Indigenous communities. The author of numerous publications on Aboriginal politics, treaties, and self-government in Canada, he studies Aboriginal and northern politics in Canada and in the circumpolar world.

Hélène Boivin is a member of the Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation, one of the nine Innu First Nations of the province of Québec, located in Mashteuiatsh on the northwest shore of Lac Saint Jean. She is currently Director of the Indigenous Centre for Cumulative Effects and Consultant specializing in historical and contemporary issues and realities of Canadian First Nations. She was the director of intergovernmental affairs for the community and has been involved in land claim negotiations since 1995.