Viviane
Weitzner joined The North-South Institute in April,
2001 and is the manager of NSI’s research project
“Exploring Indigenous Perspectives to Consultation
and Engagement within the Mining Sector of Latin America
and the Caribbean.” Her research interests
focus on community-based natural resources management
(especially co-management), community-to-community
exchanges and development (Indigenous partnerships
in particular), conflict management and public participation
processes. Viviane’s project work has highlighted
communities in conflict over natural resources, ranging
from hydroelectric development affecting Cree peoples
in Canada’s north, to protected areas affecting
Afro-Caribbeans in Costa Rica and Indigenous peoples
in Canada’s Arctic. She has a Master’s in
Natural Resources Management from the Natural Resources
Institute, University of Manitoba.
