Mining and Communities in Northern Canada

History, Politics, and Memory

Arn Keeling, John Sandlos

• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781552388075
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

For indigenous communities throughout the globe, mining has been a historical forerunner of colonialism, introducing new, and often disruptive, settlement patterns and economic arrangements. Although indigenous communities may benefit from and adapt to the wage labour and training opportunities provided by new mining operations, they are also often left to navigate the complicated process of remediating the long-term ecological changes associated with industrial mining. In this regard, the mining often inscribes colonialism as a broad set of physical and ecological changes to indigenous lands. Mining and Communities in Northern Canada examines historical and contemporary social, economic, and environmental impacts of mining on Aboriginal communities in northern Canada. Combining oral history research with intensive archival study, this work juxtaposes the perspectives of government and industry with the perspectives of local communities. The oral history and ethnographic material provides an extremely significant record of local Aboriginal perspectives on histories of mining and development in their regions.With contributions by: Patricia BoulterJean-Sébastien BoutetEmilie CameronSarah GordonHeather GreenJane HammondJoella HoganArn KeelingTyler LevitanHereward LongleyScott MidgleyKevin O'ReillyAndrea ProcterJohn SandlosAlexandra Winton

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Glossary of Key Mining Terms
• Introduction: The Complex Legacy of Mining in Northern Canada - Arn Keeling and John Sandlos
• Section 1 Mining and Memory
• Arn Keeling and Patricia Boulter - From Igloo to Mine Shaft: Inuit Labour and Memory at the Rankin Inlet Nickel Mine
• Sarah M. Gordon - Narratives Unearthed, or, How an Abandoned Mine Doesn’t Really Abandon You
• Alexandra Winton and Joella Hogan - “It’s Just Natural”: First Nation Family History and the Keno Hill Silver Mine
• Jane Hammond - Gender, Labour, and Community in a Remote Mining Town
• John Sandlos - “A Mix of the Good and the Bad”: Community Memory and the Pine Point Mine
• Section 2 History, Politics, and Mining Policy
• Jean-Sébastien Boutet - The Revival of Québec’s Iron Ore Industry: Perspectives on Mining, Development, and History
• Hereward Longley - Indigenous Battles for Environmental Protection and Economic Benefits during the Commercialization of the Alberta Oil Sands, 1967–1986
• Andrea Procter - Uranium, Inuit Rights, and Emergent Neoliberalism in Labrador, 1956–2012
• Tyler Levitan and Emilie Cameron - Privatizing Consent? Impact and Benefit Agreements and the Neoliberalization of Mineral Development in the Canadian North
• Section 3 Navigating Mine Closure
• Scott Midgley - Contesting Closure: Science, Politics, and Community Responses to Closing the Nanisivik Mine, Nunavut
• Heather Green - “There Is No Memory of It Here”: Closure and Memory of the Polaris Mine in Resolute Bay, 1973–2012
• Kevin O’Reilly - Liability, Legacy, and Perpetual Care: Government Ownership and Management of the Giant Mine, 1999–2015
• Conclusion
• Notes on Contributors
• Bibliography
• Index