Enabling Community Well-being Self-Monitoring in the Context of Mining: The Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach
The Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach is an Aboriginal community located in northern Quebec near the Labrador Border. Given the region’s rich iron deposits, the Naskapi Nation has considerable experience with major mineral development, first in the 1950s to the 1980s, and again in the past decade as...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5988059c2f45460c908741878c2538f4 2023-10-29T02:37:55+01:00 Enabling Community Well-being Self-Monitoring in the Context of Mining: The Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach Robert Klinck Ben Bradshaw Ruby Sandy Silas Nabinacaboo Mannie Mameanskum Minnie Guanish Phil Einish George Guanish Stella Pien 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v1i2.115 https://doaj.org/article/5988059c2f45460c908741878c2538f4 EN eng University of Saskatchewan https://esj.usask.ca/index.php/esj/article/view/61396 https://doaj.org/toc/2369-1190 https://doaj.org/toc/2368-416X doi:10.15402/esj.v1i2.115 2369-1190 2368-416X https://doaj.org/article/5988059c2f45460c908741878c2538f4 Engaged Scholar Journal, Vol 1, Iss 2 (2016) community well-being mining Aboriginal communities self monitoring Communities. Classes. Races HT51-1595 Education (General) L7-991 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v1i2.115 2023-10-01T00:39:38Z The Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach is an Aboriginal community located in northern Quebec near the Labrador Border. Given the region’s rich iron deposits, the Naskapi Nation has considerable experience with major mineral development, first in the 1950s to the 1980s, and again in the past decade as companies implement plans for further extraction. This has raised concerns regarding a range of environmental and socio-economic impacts that may be caused by renewed development. These concerns have led to an interest among the Naskapi to develop a means to track community well-being over time using indicators of their own design. Exemplifying community-engaged research, this paper describes the beginning development of such a tool in fall 2012—the creation of a baseline of community well-being against which mining-induced change can be identified. Its development owes much to the remarkable and sustained contribution of many key members of the Naskapi Nation. If on-going surveying is completed based on the chosen indicators, the Nation will be better positioned to recognize shifts in its well-being and to communicate these shifts to its partners. In addition, long-term monitoring will allow the Naskapi Nation to contribute to more universal understanding of the impacts of mining for Indigenous peoples. Article in Journal/Newspaper naskapi Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning 1 2 |
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The Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach is an Aboriginal community located in northern Quebec near the Labrador Border. Given the region’s rich iron deposits, the Naskapi Nation has considerable experience with major mineral development, first in the 1950s to the 1980s, and again in the past decade as companies implement plans for further extraction. This has raised concerns regarding a range of environmental and socio-economic impacts that may be caused by renewed development. These concerns have led to an interest among the Naskapi to develop a means to track community well-being over time using indicators of their own design. Exemplifying community-engaged research, this paper describes the beginning development of such a tool in fall 2012—the creation of a baseline of community well-being against which mining-induced change can be identified. Its development owes much to the remarkable and sustained contribution of many key members of the Naskapi Nation. If on-going surveying is completed based on the chosen indicators, the Nation will be better positioned to recognize shifts in its well-being and to communicate these shifts to its partners. In addition, long-term monitoring will allow the Naskapi Nation to contribute to more universal understanding of the impacts of mining for Indigenous peoples. |
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Enabling Community Well-being Self-Monitoring in the Context of Mining: The Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach |
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