Inuit Seal Hunting in Canada: Emerging Narratives in an Old Controversy
Seal hunting in Canada is a historically controversial topic. Animal rights groups have campaigned that AtlanticCanadians inhumanely slaughter thousands of “baby” seals every year. The work of these animal rights groups has led to changes in national fisheries regulations and markets. The market cha...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/69833 2023-05-15T14:19:02+02:00 Inuit Seal Hunting in Canada: Emerging Narratives in an Old Controversy Farquhar, Samantha D. 2020-03-18 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/69833 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/69833/53928 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/69833 Copyright (c) 2020 ARCTIC ARCTIC; Vol. 73 No. 1 (2020): March: 1-140; 13-19 1923-1245 0004-0843 seal hunting Canada Inuit Indigenous activism narratives animal rights Arctic resources fisheries management market access sealskin products chasse au phoque activisme autochtone récit droits des animaux ressources arctiques gestion des pêches accès au marché produits en peau de phoque info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2020 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-07-03T17:29:58Z Seal hunting in Canada is a historically controversial topic. Animal rights groups have campaigned that AtlanticCanadians inhumanely slaughter thousands of “baby” seals every year. The work of these animal rights groups has led to changes in national fisheries regulations and markets. The market changes have greatly affected the livelihoods of many Atlantic Canadians, but even more so of the Inuit who also hunt seals in Canada’s Arctic regions. Animal rights groups largely excluded and ignored the Inuit who depended on the larger Atlantic Canadian seal market. However, Inuit have recently mobilized though social media to reclaim the narrative surrounding seal hunting. Their campaign has helped change national policy. The Government of Canada has since created a scheme to increase market access to Inuit-harvested seals. Yet, littleinformation is available for this scheme and its effectiveness needs to be further investigated. Au Canada, la chasse au phoque est un sujet qui porte à controverse depuis fort longtemps. Des groupes dedéfense des animaux ont mené une campagne soutenant que les Canadiens de la région atlantique massacrent inhumainement des milliers de « bébés » phoques chaque année. Le travail de ces groupes de défense des droits des animaux a mené à des modifications à la réglementation et aux marchés de la pêche au niveau national. L’évolution du marché a eu une grande incidence sur les moyens de subsistance de nombreux Canadiens de la région de l’Atlantique, mais encore plus sur les Inuits qui chassent également le phoque dans les régions arctiques du Canada. Les groupes de défense des animaux ne se sont à peu près pas préoccupés des Inuits qui dépendaient du marché canadien du phoque de la région atlantique dans son ensemble. Cependant, les Inuits se sont mobilisés récemment par l’intermédiaire des médias sociaux pour récupérer le récit entourant la chasse au phoque. Leur campagne a favorisé la modification de la politique nationale. Depuis, le gouvernement du Canada a créé un mécanisme visant à ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctique* inuit inuits University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Canada Phoques ENVELOPE(141.396,141.396,-66.814,-66.814) Slaughter ENVELOPE(-85.633,-85.633,-78.617,-78.617) ARCTIC 73 1 13 19 |
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Seal hunting in Canada is a historically controversial topic. Animal rights groups have campaigned that AtlanticCanadians inhumanely slaughter thousands of “baby” seals every year. The work of these animal rights groups has led to changes in national fisheries regulations and markets. The market changes have greatly affected the livelihoods of many Atlantic Canadians, but even more so of the Inuit who also hunt seals in Canada’s Arctic regions. Animal rights groups largely excluded and ignored the Inuit who depended on the larger Atlantic Canadian seal market. However, Inuit have recently mobilized though social media to reclaim the narrative surrounding seal hunting. Their campaign has helped change national policy. The Government of Canada has since created a scheme to increase market access to Inuit-harvested seals. Yet, littleinformation is available for this scheme and its effectiveness needs to be further investigated. Au Canada, la chasse au phoque est un sujet qui porte à controverse depuis fort longtemps. Des groupes dedéfense des animaux ont mené une campagne soutenant que les Canadiens de la région atlantique massacrent inhumainement des milliers de « bébés » phoques chaque année. Le travail de ces groupes de défense des droits des animaux a mené à des modifications à la réglementation et aux marchés de la pêche au niveau national. L’évolution du marché a eu une grande incidence sur les moyens de subsistance de nombreux Canadiens de la région de l’Atlantique, mais encore plus sur les Inuits qui chassent également le phoque dans les régions arctiques du Canada. Les groupes de défense des animaux ne se sont à peu près pas préoccupés des Inuits qui dépendaient du marché canadien du phoque de la région atlantique dans son ensemble. Cependant, les Inuits se sont mobilisés récemment par l’intermédiaire des médias sociaux pour récupérer le récit entourant la chasse au phoque. Leur campagne a favorisé la modification de la politique nationale. Depuis, le gouvernement du Canada a créé un mécanisme visant à ... |
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