What is an HRIA? Part 1: Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) of Baffinland's Mary River Project, May 17, 2012 (Download complete PDF at left)… Uqalimakkanirit
What is the methodology to conduct an HRIA?Part 2: Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) of Baffinland's Mary River Project, May 17, 2012 (Download complete PDF at left) In the conduct of the assessment, the key stages are as follows:… Uqalimakkanirit
What standards and criteria will the HRIA apply?Part 3: Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) of Baffinland's Mary River Project, May 17, 2012 (Download complete PDF at left) International human rights law… Uqalimakkanirit
Will the HRIA be balanced and fair?Part 4: Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) of Baffinland's Mary River Project, May 17, 2012 (Download complete PDF at left)… Uqalimakkanirit
Who is conducting the HRIA?Part 5: Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) of Baffinland's Mary River Project, May 17, 2012 (Download complete PDF at left)… Uqalimakkanirit
DID News Alert On May 15th the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), an independent economic regulator under the authority of the Canadian Parliament that regulates air, rail and marine transportation according to the Canada Transport Act, met to discuss the Baffinland Mary River project’s railway and marine transportation plan.
A working map of mining exploration projects in Nunavut, pointing out some of the past (Nanisivik), present (Meadowbank) and possible (Baffinland, Kiggavik) projects I will be writing about through the summer. Click on a marker to learn more about a project and the company running it (I'll be updating and adding information periodically):
Igloolik Radio Call-in May 23, 2012 8pm EST. PART TWO of Discussion of Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) and its role in relation to the Baffinland Iron Mine project going through environmental review.… Uqalimakkanirit
Listen LIVE online to Igloolik Community Radio Wednesday May 23rd at 8PM for a follow-up show on NIRB and the upcoming Public Hearings in July, with NIRB's Amanda Hanson and human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett answering questions live online. Follow link here: www.isuma.tv/hi/en/did/radio/igloolik
A floor-to-ceiling wall of pelts guards the entrance to the Igloolik Elders’ centre. The air is thick and sour with a mix of curing fish and seal meat, fox fur and a caribou skin stretched out on a wooden frame in front of the hall coat closet.… Uqalimakkanirit
This chapter is from a book edited by Greg Inwood and Carolyn Johns called Commissions of Inquiry and Policy Change: A Comparative Analysis. The book has been submitted to University of Toronto Press and is currently under peer review. The unpublished chapter appears on our website by permission of U of T Press and the editors.
DID News Alert“The mine had already started before they started talking about it. So what do you do? The decision has already been made.” see more at baffinlandwitness.com.