As BC mining accelerates, Fair Mining Collaborative joins with First Nations people and local communities in British Columbia in the quest to shape the future for families, land, water, and wildlife. Fair Mining Collaborative provides technical and practical assistance around the issues and impacts of mining. We spend time in communities to provide two-way knowledge sharing for strengthening local capacity to manage the full spectrum of mining concerns: mapping traditional resource inventories and raising awareness of social impacts; staking, permitting, exploration; and operation, closure and reclamation.

Stan Tomandl: Archivist, Facilitator, Community Circuit Rider

Stan Tomandl, MA, PWD (Process Work Diplomate) brings his decades of experience, deep knowledge of BC mining in general, and love of the Transboundary region to our cause, and informs all of FMC’s work. Stan legacy of group process facilitation work has served FMC (and many others) for decades, and grounds FMC with the strength to endure the challenges, and the wisdom to rejoice in the victories. Stan has studied for 60 years in the school of life while ranching, wilderness homesteading, commercial fishing, raising seven children, navigating remote rivers in northern Canada, and now enjoys the wilds of city life.

stan@fairmining.ca

Board of Directors

A group of dedicated and knowledgeable individuals serve on the Board of Directors of Fair Mining Collaborative, supporting the organization to help preserve the earth and waterways and keep resource developments respectful to the needs of communities and the environment.

Alan Young

Alan continues to be instrumental in assisting with our strategic plan, fundraising, program development and implementation. Alan is the Corporate Program Director of the Canadian Boreal Initiative.

Brent England

Treasurer Brent provides financial oversight as a Certified Public Accountant.

Alan is an Adjunct Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Victoria who assists FMC with determining the costs and benefits of mining.

Stan Tomandl

Stan has been involved with people and environmental issues, land use planning, and community engagement for over 25 years as consultant, counsellor, educator and group facilitator; devoted to individuals, families, and communities during times of transition.

Mission Statement

Fair Mining Collaborative (FMC) provides values based, credible technical and strategic guidance to communities, First Nation Leadership groups, and political decision makers with the intention of building capacity to make informed land-use decisions that foster healthy sustainable communities and ecosystems.

We are a Charitable foundation who partners with our clients to build knowledge of mining impacts and benefits so they can fully participate in fair land-use decision making processes that affect their future. We assist communities with reaching their intended outcomes, we don’t advocate for a particular outcome.