The United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, spoke at Lakehead University at a lecture on Free, Prior and Informed Consent: A Local and Global Issue. br br The Special Rapporteur’s visit is part of an unofficial visit to Canada and a part of a research project bringing together over thirty Indigenous leaders and researchers from Canada, Peru and Chile to share their experiences and perspectives with a focus on Ontario's Ring of Fire mining project and other Pan America mining projects.