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category: History
published: Nov 2015
ISBN:9781552388044
publisher: University of Calgary Press

Mining and Communities in Northern Canada

History, Politics, and Memory

contributions by Arn Keeling; John Sandlos; Patricia Boulter; Jean-Sebastien Boutet; Emilie Cameron; Sarah Gordon; Heather Green; Jane Hammond; Joella Hogan; Tyler Levitan; Hereward Longley; Scott Midgley; Kevin O’Reilly; Andrea Procter & Alexandra Winton

tagged: native american studies, historical geography, environmental science, cultural, geography
Description

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.

About the Authors

Arn Keeling

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


John Sandlos

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Patricia Boulter

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Jean-Sebastien Boutet

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Emilie Cameron

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Sarah Gordon

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Heather Green

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Jane Hammond

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Joella Hogan

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Tyler Levitan

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Hereward Longley

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Scott Midgley

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Kevin O’Reilly

ARN KEELING is a historical geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His teaching and research focuses on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Andrea Procter is a historical anthropologist who focuses on settler colonialism and community-driven research. She has authored several books with Inuit partners, including TautukKonik: A Portrait of Inuit Life in Northern Labrador, 1969–1986 (Memorial University Press, 2022), and A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland (Memorial University Press, 2020), winner of the 2021 Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing, the CLIO Prize (Atlantic), and the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Non-Fiction. She earned a PhD from Memorial University and lives, hikes, and kayaks in St. John’s with her family.


Andrea Procter is a historical anthropologist who focuses on settler colonialism and community-driven research. She has authored several books with Inuit partners, including TautukKonik: A Portrait of Inuit Life in Northern Labrador, 1969–1986 (Memorial University Press, 2022), and A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland (Memorial University Press, 2020), winner of the 2021 Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing, the CLIO Prize (Atlantic), and the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Non-Fiction. She earned a PhD from Memorial University and lives, hikes, and kayaks in St. John’s with her family.

Awards
  • Winner, CSN-REC Best Edited Collection in Canadian Studies
Editorial Reviews

Intertwining historical research with an impressive collection of oral histories, Mining and Communities in Northern Canada successfully amplifies the voices of First Nations communities that have been routinely left voiceless in mining history and in policy decisions regarding mineral exploration and development. It is an important collection of meaningful scholarship, and should serve as a jumping-off point for future studies exploring the historical negotiations between indigenous communities, mining companies, policy makers, and the broader political ecology of remote resource extraction.

 

—John Baeten, Michigan State University


Mining and Communities raises key questions about the value of minerals to contemporary society in light of their impacts on community economics and the environment… This book should also be praised as a model of collaborative scholarship and research mobilization… This is a solid compilation that brings Indigenous voices and interests to the forefront.

—Susan Roy, Oral History Forum d’histoire oraled

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