Principal Investigator:Hall, Rebecca J Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
Objectives for this project are to:
1) reveal community development goals and strategies in communities navigating the closure of an extractive project through talking circles and interviews; and,
2) facilitate vision and knowledge sharing between and within extraction-affected communities through talking circles, and community presentations.
The primary mode of data collection will be activi...
Principal Investigator:Noakes, Jamie L Licensed Year(s):
2007
Summary:
The objectives of this study are to: examine conditions of the resource development leading to diamond tourism and existing conditions in the development of diamond tourism; identify the opportunities and constraints of diamond tourism in Yellowknife; describe the outcomes in the social economy that result from the development of diamond tourism.
The researcher will initially be contacting betw...
Principal Investigator:Whitney, Candace Licensed Year(s):
2000
Summary:
The Coppermine River basin has significant mineral resources including diamonds as well as base and precious metals. In the early 1990s, the Slave Geological Province experienced a dramatic increase in mining activity when diamonds were discovered in the middle of the West Kitikmeot/Slave area at Lac de Gras. Northern ecological systems are particularly at risk to impacts of mining and other land...