Communities, Corporations and the Crown: Pursuing indigenous empowerment through the conceptual ambiguity of Impact and Benefit Agreements

• Main Author: Verrier, Hugh
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Bradshaw; Canada; Hicks; Indian; Kennett; Strathcona; inuit
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.8766; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/263424

The historical role of extractive industries in global economic development is complex and controversial. Although mines and oil wells can be forces for prosperity, the wealth they generate comes at great costs: environmental degradation, vulnerability to economic boom/bust cycles, and the exploitat...