Nunavut

Crossroads on the Tundra: Baker Lake struggles under pressure to allow uranium mining
Monday, June 6, 2011

Baker Lake, Nunavut, is the geographic centre of Canada, but it’s rarely the centre of attention for most Canadians. And yet what’s going on here is nothing less than a test of democracy in Canada’s newest territory. A huge complex of uranium mines is being proposed for the tundra west of Baker Lake, in the middle of important caribou habitat.

Areva/Cogema, Nunavut, Environmental Planning, Newsletter 30: Spring 2011, Uranium
MiningWatch to Participate in Kiggavik Uranium Project EIS Guidelines Workshop, Government of Nunavut Consultations on Uranium Mining
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Media Advisory: (Ottawa/Iqaluit) MiningWatch Canada’s Canada Program Coordinator, Ramsey Hart, is on his way to Iqaluit today on the request of the Nunavut non-profit group Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit (Makita for short). Over the next ten days he will be participating with Makita in two different consultation processes on uranium mining in Nunavut.

Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Areva/Cogema, Nunavut, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment, Uranium
Uranium Hype Hits Indigenous Opposition Globally, Provokes Conflict in the North
Friday, February 2, 2007

The Indigenous World Uranium Summit

The Indigenous World Uranium Summit, held in Window Rock, Arizona, on November 30 to December 2, 2006, was a vindication of the Navajo Nation’s ban on uranium mining in Navajo Nation Territory and a regrouping of Indigenous opposition to uranium mining globally. People from Indigenous communities around the world spoke about their experiences living with the effects of the mining and use of uranium, from Fiji to India to the North America.

Labrador, Nevada, Newfoundland & Labrador, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, United States, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, South Dakota, Areva/Cogema, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Free Entry/Land Access, Indigenous Rights, Newsletter 24: Winter 2006-2007, Cameco, Denison, Uranium
There Are No Clean Diamonds: What You Need to Know About Canadian Diamonds
Wednesday, December 6, 2006

There are no clean diamonds. Exploring for them, digging them out of the ground and selling them requires sacrifices from the natural environment, from the wildlife and fish that live on it, and from the Aboriginal people who depend on it.

We want to ensure that the public understand that Canada’s Aboriginal communities are engaged in a daily power struggle to ensure that the mines benefit their people, and to ensure that these mines do not irreversibly damage the intricate web of life on which we all depend.

Canada, Congo - Democratic Republic, Victor Project, Africa, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Diamonds, BHP-Billiton, De Beers, Rio Tinto
The Betrayal of Environmental Assessment
Wednesday, September 7, 2005

If anyone still thought that the environmental assessment process was there to ensure that development projects would not destroy the environment and local economies, it's time to wake up and smell the bulldozers' diesel exhaust.

Victor Project, Nunavut, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment, Newsletter 19: Summer 2005
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aboriginal Communities and Mining
Monday, September 13, 1999

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aboriginal Communities and MiningThe Innu Nation and MiningWatch Canada convened a workshop in Ottawa, Ontario on September 10-12, 1999 entitled "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aboriginal Communities and Mining".

Canada, British Columbia, Newfoundland & Labrador, Northwest Territories, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Economic Development, Saskatchewan, Yukon, BHP-Billiton, Impact on Communities, Indigenous Rights, Publications, Vale (incl. Inco), Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)

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