Table of Contents
Summary of Key Locations and Characteristics of Case Study Mine Sites
Introduction (Arn Keeling and John Sandlos)
The Complex Legacy of Mining in Northern Canada
1| Arn Keeling and Patricia Boulter
From Igloo to Mine Shaft: Inuit Labour and Memory at the Rankin Inlet Nickel Mine
2| Sarah M. Gordon
Narratives Unearthed, or, How an Abandoned Mine Doesn’t Really Abandon You
3| Alexandra Winton and Joella Hogan
“It’s Just Natural”: First Nation Family History and the Keno Hill Silver Mine
4|Jane Hammond
Gender, Labour, and Community in a Remote Mining Town
5| John Sandlos
“A Mix of the Good and the Bad”: Community Memory and the Pine Point Mine
Section 2: History, Politics, and Mining Policy
6| Jean-Sébastien Boutet
The Revival of Québec’s Iron Ore Industry: Perspectives on Mining, Development, and History
7| Hereward Longley
Indigenous Battles for Environmental Protectionand Economic Benefits during the Commercialization of the Alberta Oil Sands, 1967–1986
8| Andrea Procter
Uranium, Inuit Rights, and Emergent Neoliberalism in Labrador, 1956–2012
9| Tyler Levitan and Emilie Cameron
Privatizing Consent? Impact and Benefit Agreements and the Neoliberalization of Mineral Development in the Canadian North
Section 3: Navigating Mine Closure
10| Scott Midgley
Contesting Closure: Science, Politics, and Community Responses to Closing the Nanisivik Mine, Nunavut
11| Heather Green
“There Is No Memory of It Here”: Closure and Memory of the Polaris Mine in Resolute Bay, 1973–2012
12|Kevin O’Reilly
Liability, Legacy, and Perpetual Care: Government Ownership and Management of the Giant Mine, 1999–2015