Reconciling Heritage: Working at the Intersection of Intellectual Property, Indigenous Heritage, and Human Rights
Le CPPI accueille George Nicholas, professeur d'arch茅ologie 脿 l'Universit茅 Simon Fraser, dont la pr茅sentation comprendra une discussion sur les savoirs traditionnels en tant que propri茅t茅 intellectuelle indig猫ne, la recherche communautaire et l'activisme.
Le conf茅rencier
[En anglais seulement] George Nicholas is Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. His research focuses on intellectual property rights and archaeology, Indigenous archaeology, the archaeology and human ecology of wetlands, hunter-gatherers past and present, and archaeological theory.
From 1991 to 2005, he developed and directed SFU鈥檚 internationally known Indigenous Archaeology Program in Kamloops, BC. He has worked closely with the Secwepemc and other First Nations in Canada, the United States, Australia, and elsewhere.
Nicholas was the director of Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCHP project (2008鈥�2016),聽an international collaboration of archaeologists, Indigenous organizations, lawyers, anthropologists, ethicists, policy makers, and others, working to explore and facilitate fair and equitable exchanges of knowledge relating to heritage.聽
He is past editor of the聽Canadian Journal of Archaeology聽(2000鈥�2007) and past co-editor (with Julie Hollowell) of the World Archaeological Congress鈥櫬燫esearch Handbooks in Archaeology聽series (Left Coast Press). Nicholas is also an adjunct faculty member at Flinders University in South Australia.聽
In 2013, Nicholas and the IPinCH team were the first recipients of SSHRC鈥檚 Partnership Impact Award.
