The goal of the research project is to help shift the debate from arguing for or against mining, towards understanding the complex forces – environmental, cultural, economic, social, political, and historical – that influence the quality of mining company-community relationship to establish a profile of corporate, policy and community responses that maximize the economic, social and environmental benefits and minimize the negative impacts of mining. Funding is from an Insight Grant of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Jointly pursuing the project are University of Guelph, University of Saskatchewan, University of Montreal, the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association, and TWSC.