TABLE OF CONTENTS

Agenda (PDF)
First Nations Longhouse Map (NOT INCLUDED)
University of British Columbia Campus Map (NOT INCLUDED)

Conference Primer (PDF)

Part 1    The United Nations System Flow Chart
Part 2    Glossary of Useful Key Terms, Concepts and United Nations Acronyms
Part 3    List of Key International Legal Instruments
Part 4    Excerpts of Key International Legal Instruments
                           Section 1 - Assorted Excerpts
                           Section 2 - Mataatua Declaration
                           Section 3 - Convention on Biological Diversity
                           Section 4 - TRIPs Agreement
Part 5    Excerpts of Various National Legislation
                           Section 1 - Philippines - Indigenous Peoples Rights Act
                           Section 2 - United States - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Part 6    Summary of an Investor-Related Policy
Part 7    A Snapshot of Forestry and Mining in British Columbia
Part 8    Directory of Contacts:  U.N. Agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations

Speaker: Abstracts and Backgrounds (PDF)

Speaker Contact Information (PDF)

Conference and Background Papers

1. Discussion Paper on Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property: Scoping the Definitions and Issues.

   Dr. Eber Hampton President, Saskatchewan Indian Federated College	Sakej Henderson Director, Native Law Centre of Canada
   Not available on the web. Please contact the following for availablity: Research and Analysis Directorate Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Suite 510 10 Wellington Street Hull, Quebec  K1A 0H4 Tel: (819) 994-7594 Fax: (819) 994-7595

2. Intellectual Property and Aboriginal People: A Working Paper
   http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/ra/intpro/intpro_e.html

   Contractors: Simon Brascoupé Aboriginal Consultant, artist and university lecturer Karin Endemann President, Keystone International

   Editors: Michael Cassidy President, Ginger Group Consultants Jock Langford Senior Policy Officer, Intellectual Property Policy Directorate, Industry Canada

3. Aboriginal Rights to Cultural Property in Canada

   Catherine Bell Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta	Robert K. Paterson Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia
   Not available on the web. Please view the following: International Journal of Cultural Property Volume 8, No. 1, 1999.  pp. 167-211

4. Aboriginal Custom, Copyright and the Canadian Constitution (PDF)

   David Robbins Woodward & Company, Victoria BC

5. An Economic Strategy to Develop Non-Timber Forest Products and Services in British Columbia
   http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/rw_brief.htm

   Russel M. Wills and Richard G. Lipsey Cognetics International Research Inc., Bowen Island, BC

6. Indigenous Peoples and the Use of Intellectual Property Rights in Canada: Case Studies Relating to Intellectual Property Rights and The Protection of Biodiversity
   http://www.bco.ec.gc.ca/ProjectsReportsIndig07_e.cfm

   Howard Mann International and Environmental Law and Policy, Ottawa, Ontario

7. Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Resource Rights: A Basis for Equitable Relationships (PDF)

   Dr. Darrell Addison Posey Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

8. The “Balance Sheet” and the “Sacred Balance”: Valuing the Knowledge of Indigenous and Traditional Peoples (PDF)

   Dr. Darrell Addison Posey Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

9. Mind the Gaps: Identifying Commonalities and Divergences between Indigenous Peoples and Farmer Groups (PDF)

   Dr. Darrell Addison Posey Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

10. Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples in Latin America (PDF)

    Dr. Darrell Addison Posey Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

11. Biodiversity, Genetic Resources and Indigenous Peoples in Amazonia: (Re)Discovering the Wealth of Traditional Resources of Native Amazonians (PDF) 

    Dr. Darrell Addison Posey Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

12. By Design: The Protection of Intellectual and Creative Rights (PDF)

    Lou-Ann Neel & Dianne Biin Consortium of Indigenous Arts, Victoria BC

13. Sacred Balance (PDF)

    Aroha Te Pareake Mead Foreign Policy Convenor & Deputy Convenor, Maori Congress, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

14. Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific  (PDF)

    Aroha Te Pareake Mead Foreign Policy Convenor & Deputy Convenor, Maori Congress, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

15. A Brief History on the Convention on Biological Diversity (PDF)

    Fred Fortier Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, Kamloops, BC

16. International Human Rights Overview: Basic Information and Legal Provisions (PDF)

    Shelley Wright Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

17. Our Culture: Our Future – Report on Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights
    http://icip.lawnet.com.au/index.html

    Terri Janke Michael Frankel & Company, Melbourne, Australia

18. The Proper Role of Technology in the Determination of Cultural Affiliation (PDF)

    Brett Lee Shelton Indigenous Peoples Council of Biocolonialism, Nixon, Nevada

    Jhon Goes In Centre Native Spatial Information Masonville, Colorado

    Bryan A. Marozas Native Mapping Consultant Edgewood, New Mexico

19. Roundtable on Intellectual Property And Traditional Knowledge Protection of Traditional Knowledge: A Global Intellectual Property Issue, Geneva, November 1 and 2, 1999
    http://www.wipo.org/eng/meetings/1999/folklore/index_rt.htm

20. Roundtable on Intellectual Property And Indigenous Peoples, Geneva, July 23 and 24, 1998
    http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/1998/indip/index.htm