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Extractive Industry and the Sustainability of Canada’s Arctic Communities |
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A look into whether extractive industries can help, rather than hurt, the long-term sustainability of Canada’s Arctic communities.
Modern treaties, increased self-government, new environmental assessment rules, co-management bodies, and increased recognition and respect of Indigenous rights make it possible for northern communities to exert some control over extractive industries. Whether these industries can increase the well-being and sustainability of Canada’s Arctic communities, however, is still open to question.
Extractive Industry and the Sustainability of Canada’s Arctic Communities delves into the final research findings of the Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic project which attempted to determine what was required for extractive industry to benefit northern communities. Drawing on case studies, this book explores how northern communities can capture and distribute a fairer share of financial benefits, how they can use extractive activities for business development, the problems and possibilities of employment and training opportunities, and the impacts on gender relations. It also considers fly-in fly-out work patterns, subsistence activities, housing, post-mine clean-up activities, waste management, and ways of monitoring positive and negative impacts. While extractive industries could potentially help improve the sustainability of Canada’s Arctic, many issues stand in the way, most notably power imbalances that limit the ability of Indigenous Peoples to equitably participate in their governance.
Extractive Industry and the Sustainability of Canada’s Arctic Communities emphasizes the general need to determine how new institutions and processes, which are largely imported from the south, can be adapted to allow for a more authentic participation from the Indigenous Peoples of Canada’s Arctic.
Extractive Industry and the Sustainability of Canada’s Arctic Communities delves into the final research findings of the Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic project which attempted to determine what was required for extractive industry to benefit northern communities. Drawing on case studies, this book explores how northern communities can capture and distribute a fairer share of financial benefits, how they can use extractive activities for business development, the problems and possibilities of employment and training opportunities, and the impacts on gender relations. It also considers fly-in fly-out work patterns, subsistence activities, housing, post-mine clean-up activities, waste management, and ways of monitoring positive and negative impacts. While extractive industries could potentially help improve the sustainability of Canada’s Arctic, many issues stand in the way, most notably power imbalances that limit the ability of Indigenous Peoples to equitably participate in their governance.
Extractive Industry and the Sustainability of Canada’s Arctic Communities emphasizes the general need to determine how new institutions and processes, which are largely imported from the south, can be adapted to allow for a more authentic participation from the Indigenous Peoples of Canada’s Arctic.
Details
384 Pages, 6 x 9
35 photos, 11 tables
ISBN 9780228011552
September 2022
Formats: Cloth, Paperback, eBook
“This well-written volume addresses challenges common to many Arctic communities with a timely focus on Arctic resource development and Indigenous lands. It is a thoroughly enjoyable read.” Anne Merrild Hansen, Aalborg University and co-editor of Collaborative Research Methods in the Arctic: Experiences from Greenland
Chris Southcott is a professor of sociology at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Frances Abele is Chancellor’s Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University.
Dave Natcher is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan.
Brenda Parlee, former Canada Research Chair, is a professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta.
Frances Abele is Chancellor’s Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University.
Dave Natcher is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan.
Brenda Parlee, former Canada Research Chair, is a professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta.
Tables and Figures vii
1 Extractive Industry and the Sustainability of Canada’s Arctic Communities: An Introduction 3
Chris Southcott, Frances Abele, David Natcher, and Brenda Parlee
2 Resource Revenue Allocation Strategies and Indigenous Community Sustainable Development 24
Thierry Rodon, Isabel Lemus-Lauzon, Jean-Marc Séguin, and Stephan Schott
3 Mining Economies, Mining Families: The Impacts of Extractive Industries on Economic and Human Development in the Eastern Sub-Arctic 53
Stephan Schott, Anteneh Belayneh, Jean-Sébastien Boutet, Thierry Rodon, and Jean-Marc Séguin
4 Local Benefits of Education, Training, and Employment with Resource Industries 78
Andrew Hodgkins
5 Finding Space for Subsistence and Extractive Resource Development in Northern Canada 103
Rebecca Rooke, Harvey Lemelin, and David Natcher
6 The FIFO Social Overlap: Success and Pitfalls of Long-Distance Commuting in the Mining Sector 123
Gertrude Saxinger
7 Reframing Benefits: Indigenous Women and Resource Governance in Northern Canada 146
Suzanne Mills, Deborah Simmons, Leon Andrew, and Johanna Tuglavina
8 “It’s a precarious situation”: Situating Housing First Within the Resource Dependent Economy in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 172
Lisa Freeman and Julia Christensen
9 Environmental Legacies: Mine Remediation Policy and Practice in Northern Canada 196
Anne Dance, Miranda Monosky, Arn Keeling, and John Sandlos
10 Facilitating Sustainable Waste Management in a Northern Community and Resource Development Context at Happy Valley- Goose Bay, Labrador 231
Catherine Keske
11 The Social Economy and Resource Governance in Nunavut 253
Joshua Gladstone and Sheena Kennedy Dalseg
12 Impacts of Mining on Well-Being : A Disconnect between Theory and Practice 278
Brenda Parlee
13 Measuring the Social and Economic Impacts of Extractive Industry in the Arctic: Developing Baseline Social Indicators for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region 310
Andrey N. Petrov, Chris Southcott, Philip Cavin, and Bob Simpson
14 Measuring Social Impacts: Building Tools for Understanding Community Well-Being 335
Todd Godfrey and Bruno Wichmann
15 What Must Happen for Extractive Industry to Help the Sustainability of Northern Communities? 357
Chris Southcott, Frances Abele, David Natcher, and Brenda Parlee
Contributors 369
1 Extractive Industry and the Sustainability of Canada’s Arctic Communities: An Introduction 3
Chris Southcott, Frances Abele, David Natcher, and Brenda Parlee
2 Resource Revenue Allocation Strategies and Indigenous Community Sustainable Development 24
Thierry Rodon, Isabel Lemus-Lauzon, Jean-Marc Séguin, and Stephan Schott
3 Mining Economies, Mining Families: The Impacts of Extractive Industries on Economic and Human Development in the Eastern Sub-Arctic 53
Stephan Schott, Anteneh Belayneh, Jean-Sébastien Boutet, Thierry Rodon, and Jean-Marc Séguin
4 Local Benefits of Education, Training, and Employment with Resource Industries 78
Andrew Hodgkins
5 Finding Space for Subsistence and Extractive Resource Development in Northern Canada 103
Rebecca Rooke, Harvey Lemelin, and David Natcher
6 The FIFO Social Overlap: Success and Pitfalls of Long-Distance Commuting in the Mining Sector 123
Gertrude Saxinger
7 Reframing Benefits: Indigenous Women and Resource Governance in Northern Canada 146
Suzanne Mills, Deborah Simmons, Leon Andrew, and Johanna Tuglavina
8 “It’s a precarious situation”: Situating Housing First Within the Resource Dependent Economy in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 172
Lisa Freeman and Julia Christensen
9 Environmental Legacies: Mine Remediation Policy and Practice in Northern Canada 196
Anne Dance, Miranda Monosky, Arn Keeling, and John Sandlos
10 Facilitating Sustainable Waste Management in a Northern Community and Resource Development Context at Happy Valley- Goose Bay, Labrador 231
Catherine Keske
11 The Social Economy and Resource Governance in Nunavut 253
Joshua Gladstone and Sheena Kennedy Dalseg
12 Impacts of Mining on Well-Being : A Disconnect between Theory and Practice 278
Brenda Parlee
13 Measuring the Social and Economic Impacts of Extractive Industry in the Arctic: Developing Baseline Social Indicators for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region 310
Andrey N. Petrov, Chris Southcott, Philip Cavin, and Bob Simpson
14 Measuring Social Impacts: Building Tools for Understanding Community Well-Being 335
Todd Godfrey and Bruno Wichmann
15 What Must Happen for Extractive Industry to Help the Sustainability of Northern Communities? 357
Chris Southcott, Frances Abele, David Natcher, and Brenda Parlee
Contributors 369
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