Protecting the Health of First Nation Personnel at Contaminated Sites: A Case Study of Mid-Canada Radar Line Site 050 in Northern Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Tsuji, Leonard J.S., Wainman, Bruce C., Weber, Jean-Philippe, Sutherland, Celine, Katapatuk, Billy, Nieboer, Evert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: Mid-Canada Radar Line; remediation; First Nations; PCBs; occupational health; ligne radar Mid-Canada; assainissement; Premières nations; PCB; santé au travail; Canada; Fort Albany; Arctic; Premières Nations; subarctique*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63485

Recently, First Nation (FN) organizations have entered into agreements with federal and provincial government representatives to remediate radar-line sites in Ontario. These agreements stipulated that FN people would take part in the site delineation and remediation process to gain job experience an...