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Baffinland Witness is a collection of my impressions and experiences surrounding Canada’s largest-ever resource development proposal—Baffinland Iron Mines’ Mary River project—in the context of mining in general in Nunavut and Canada, both present and historic.

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Baffinland Witness is a collection of my impressions and experiences surrounding Canada’s largest-ever resource development proposal—Baffinland Iron Mines’ Mary River project—in the context of mining in general in Nunavut and Canada, both present and historic. While the project moves through the final stages of its review process before the Nunavut Impact Review Board, I will be talking to Inuit and non-Inuit throughout the region and posting their insights here. I hope my updates will outline, in a few vivid details, what it’s like to live in a region so important to Canada’s future, but which so few Canadians ever see.

I am grateful to IsumaTV’s Digital Indigenous Democracy project for the funding to produce this blog. Though IsumaTV graciously provided travel and accommodations support, this blog itself is voluntary. DID created the opportunity for me to observe the review process and connect what I see with the experiences of other indigenous communities, but I am not paid for my observations. I have no editor or publisher and my opinions are entirely my own. I hope you find them helpful.

Ashleigh Gaul

You can find more of my writing at ashleighgaul.tumblr.com

 
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Lien vers: Makivik had time to engage in Mary River review, Baffinland says: final hearings, day 4
In its final hearing presentation yesterday, Makivik said it believes Baffinland’s 330m-long, double-hulled icebreaking ships could easily veer more than 30km from the...
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2012-07-20 07:02
Lien vers: Mary River hearing, day 3: QIA pushes for marine, terrestrial, socioeconomic monitoring groups
Mostly North Baffin Inuit from Igloolik, Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay and Clyde River remained at Iqaluit’s Cadet Hall last night to hear the end of government intervenors...
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2012-07-20 06:58
Lien vers: QIA requests more studies, monitoring and discussion in Igloolik on fuel storage at Steensby
In contrast to NTI’s nine-minute contribution to final hearings on the Mary River project (NIRB allotted 20 minutes for its presentation), QIA took a thorough, critical...
Portrait de Ashleigh Gaul
2012-07-18 12:51
Lien vers: Socioeconomic impacts, uncertain benefits in Mary River’s second day of hearings
Hearing discussions on the Mary River project’s second day shifted focus from wildlife and environmental impacts to the project’s potential ramifications on...
Portrait de Ashleigh Gaul
2012-07-18 12:43
Lien vers: Mary River's final hearings: Iqaluit, day 1
After over ten hours of presentations and discussions, the first day of Mary River’s final hearings closed at 9:30pm, two items behind schedule, with the intimation of...
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2012-07-18 12:34
Lien vers: What's in Mary River's IIBA? A plain language summary
Last Tuesday, QIA negotiator Paul Quassa spoke over Igloolik community radio to summarize the 24-article Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement (IIBA) offer the association made...
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2012-07-04 15:56
Lien vers: Q&A with Igloolik mayor Nick Arnatsiaq
BW: You’ve been mayor of Igloolik since January. Can you tell me a little bit about your background?My real profession is interpreter-translator—I had a private...
Portrait de Ashleigh Gaul
2012-06-29 16:22
Lien vers: What is an IIBA? (And why is it confidential?)
WHAT IS AN IBA?Impact and benefit agreements (IBAs) are privately negotiated contracts between companies proposing to explore, develop or extract resources from any land...
Portrait de Ashleigh Gaul
2012-06-26 14:23
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