Our Research Vision
“[W]e must better understand the role of metals and
Philippe D. Tortell, “Introduction”, in Philippe D. Tortell, ed, Heavy Metal: Earth’s Minerals and the Future of Sustainable Societies, (Cambridge:
minerals in our daily lives, seeing more clearly the invisible resources that are buried
underground or in the gadgets we carry in our pockets. The stakes could not be higher,
and failure is not an option.”
Open Book Publishers, 2024).
List of Previous Research Publications
| Title | Cluster Authors | Authors | Publication Date |
| Heavy Metal: Earth’s Minerals and Future of Sustainable Societies | Philippe D. Tortell, Allen Edzerza, Werner Antweiler, Shaun Barker, Sara Ghebremusse, Maria E. Holuszko, Erik Eberhardt, Roger Beckie, Nadja Kunz, Carol Liao, Allison M. Macfarlane & Dave Porter. | Tortell, P. D., Edzerza, A., Porter, D., Antweiler, W., Barker, S., Wiltshire, J., Russell, S., Mokal, R., Dey Nuttall, A., Nuttall, M., Burtynsky, E., Ghebremusse, S., Liao, C., Mackay, Melanie, M., Viega, M., Delgado-Jimenez, J. A., Dunbar, W. S., Fraser, J., Macfarlance, A., Puccini Jr., D., Carrabré, T. P., Valle, V., Chen, Y., Levin, V. I., Thomas, A. R., Morales-Manzanares, R., Sainsbury, C., Chafe, C., Eberhardt, E., Groat, L. A., Kunz, N., Beckie, R., Southam, G., Holuszko, M. & Klein, N. | 2024 |
| A New Future for B.C. Mineral Claims (Op-Ed). | Sara Ghebremusse, Allen Edzerza, Carol Liao & Phillipe D. Tortell. | Ghebremusse, S., Edzerza, A., Liao, C. & Tortell, P. D. | 2023 |
| Challenging Colonial Mining Laws: First Nations Fight for Indigenous Consent (Op-Ed). | Sara Ghebremusse, Allen Edzerza, Carol Liao, Nadja Kunz & Philippe D. Tortell. | Ghebremusse, S., Edzerza, A., Liao, C., Kunz, N. & Tortell, P. D. | 2023 |
| A Critical Look at Critical Minerals (Op-Ed). | Philippe D. Tortell, Nadja Kunz, Allen Edzerza & Dave Porter. | Tortell, P. D., Kunz, N., Edzerza, A. & Porter, D. | 2023 |