Well-being and Mining in Baker Lake, Nunavut: Inuit Values, Practices and Strategies in the Transition to an Industrial Economy
Rapid expansion of mining across Northern Canada carries huge implications for Aboriginal communities that have limited prior experience with development on this scale. The Hamlet of Baker Lake, Nunavut has experienced unprecedented development with the construction and opening of Agnico-Eagle’s Mea...
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ftunivguelph:oai:atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca:10214/7853 2024-06-23T07:50:56+00:00 Well-being and Mining in Baker Lake, Nunavut: Inuit Values, Practices and Strategies in the Transition to an Industrial Economy Maksimowski, Sophie Kawano, Satsuki 2014-02-07 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10214/7853 en eng University of Guelph http://hdl.handle.net/10214/7853 All items in the Atrium are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. Mining Northern Canada Aboriginal communities Gold mine Community responses Thesis 2014 ftunivguelph 2024-05-29T00:04:34Z Rapid expansion of mining across Northern Canada carries huge implications for Aboriginal communities that have limited prior experience with development on this scale. The Hamlet of Baker Lake, Nunavut has experienced unprecedented development with the construction and opening of Agnico-Eagle’s Meadowbank gold mine, located 100 km away by all-weather road. This research explores the values, practices and conditions that shape individual, family and community well-being in the context of mining in Baker Lake. Findings from 45 semi-structured interviews and 2 focus groups reveal that Inuit well-being is primarily defined through relationships to the land, family and community and shaped by historical processes of colonization and socioeconomic transition. Baker Lake’s mineral economy significantly shapes Inuit relationships and hence well-being as defined by and through these relationships. This research further reveals individual and community responses to this transition, as defined through practices and strategies of cultural continuity, moderation, adaptation, and self-determination. Living well in Baker Lake today requires the maintenance of traditional practices but also a transition of values in coping with rapid changes from ongoing processes of modernity. Mitacs ArcticNet Thesis ArcticNet Baker Lake inuit Nunavut University of Guelph: DSpace digital archive Nunavut Canada |
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Rapid expansion of mining across Northern Canada carries huge implications for Aboriginal communities that have limited prior experience with development on this scale. The Hamlet of Baker Lake, Nunavut has experienced unprecedented development with the construction and opening of Agnico-Eagle’s Meadowbank gold mine, located 100 km away by all-weather road. This research explores the values, practices and conditions that shape individual, family and community well-being in the context of mining in Baker Lake. Findings from 45 semi-structured interviews and 2 focus groups reveal that Inuit well-being is primarily defined through relationships to the land, family and community and shaped by historical processes of colonization and socioeconomic transition. Baker Lake’s mineral economy significantly shapes Inuit relationships and hence well-being as defined by and through these relationships. This research further reveals individual and community responses to this transition, as defined through practices and strategies of cultural continuity, moderation, adaptation, and self-determination. Living well in Baker Lake today requires the maintenance of traditional practices but also a transition of values in coping with rapid changes from ongoing processes of modernity. Mitacs ArcticNet |
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Well-being and Mining in Baker Lake, Nunavut: Inuit Values, Practices and Strategies in the Transition to an Industrial Economy |
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