Making Change: Economic Development in Pond Inlet, 1987 to 1997

This longitudinal survey of local economic changes in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, is based on two extensive economic studies from the mid-1980s and data gathered in 1997. This comparison allows an examination of the changing importance of some sectors of the local economy and leads to a discussion of the f...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Myers, Heather, Forrest, Scott
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2000
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/63900 2025-06-15T14:15:42+00:00 Making Change: Economic Development in Pond Inlet, 1987 to 1997 Myers, Heather Forrest, Scott 2000-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63900 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63900/47835 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63900 ARCTIC; Vol. 53 No. 2 (2000): June: 101–212; 134-145 1923-1245 0004-0843 Pond Inlet business economic development employment formal economy Inuit entreprise développement économique emploi économie officielle info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2000 ftunivcalgaryojs 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z This longitudinal survey of local economic changes in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, is based on two extensive economic studies from the mid-1980s and data gathered in 1997. This comparison allows an examination of the changing importance of some sectors of the local economy and leads to a discussion of the factors contributing to both changes and lack of change in the community's economy. Job opportunities for the growing population in Pond Inlet are still limited, but along with expectations for increased government employment as a result of the new Nunavut government, local enterprise development is occurring. Many of the obstacles to development that were identified in 1987 still persist, including lack of infrastructure, insufficient local control of economic forces, and sometimes inappropriate development models. Cette enquête longitudinale des changements économiques locaux à Pond Inlet, au Nunavut, s'appuie sur deux grandes études économiques menées vers le milieu des années 1980 et sur des données recueillies en 1997. Cette comparaison permet un examen de l'importance changeante de certains secteurs de l'économie locale et mène à une discussion des facteurs qui contribuent à la fois aux changements et à l'absence de changements dans l'économie de la collectivité. Les perspectives d'emploi pour la population en croissance de Pond Inlet sont encore limitées, mais, parallèlement aux attentes concernant une augmentation des emplois dans la fonction publique découlant de la création du gouvernement du Nunavut, on assiste à la naissance d'entreprises locales. Bien des obstacles au développement identifiés en 1987 subsistent, y compris le manque d'infrastructures, l'insuffisance du contrôle local des forces économiques et parfois l'utilisation de modèles de développement inappropriés. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit Nunavut Pond Inlet Unknown Nunavut Pond Inlet ENVELOPE(-77.960,-77.960,72.699,72.699) ARCTIC 53 2
spellingShingle Pond Inlet
business
economic development
employment
formal economy
Inuit
entreprise
développement économique
emploi
économie officielle
Myers, Heather
Forrest, Scott
Making Change: Economic Development in Pond Inlet, 1987 to 1997
title Making Change: Economic Development in Pond Inlet, 1987 to 1997
title_full Making Change: Economic Development in Pond Inlet, 1987 to 1997
title_fullStr Making Change: Economic Development in Pond Inlet, 1987 to 1997
title_full_unstemmed Making Change: Economic Development in Pond Inlet, 1987 to 1997
title_short Making Change: Economic Development in Pond Inlet, 1987 to 1997
title_sort making change: economic development in pond inlet, 1987 to 1997
topic Pond Inlet
business
economic development
employment
formal economy
Inuit
entreprise
développement économique
emploi
économie officielle
topic_facet Pond Inlet
business
economic development
employment
formal economy
Inuit
entreprise
développement économique
emploi
économie officielle
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