Bernard Soubry

Baffinland officially asked the government and Inuit organizations for permission to develop the Mary River mine in 2008. Why did NIRB decide that an environmental assessment was needed? Josie Tucktoo-Lacasse is a staff member at the Nunavut Impact Review Board. She explains why NIRB decided to send the project to a public review.

In Nunavut, decisions about the land are not made only by the land owners. Decisions are also made by the Nunavut Impact Review Board, who has the power to make recommendations about land use activities across Nunavut. John Merritt talks about how land ownership and decision-making by the Nunavut Impact Review Board work together to give Inuit a voice in decision-making.

Zacharias Kunuk spoke to the producers of Nipivut Nunatinnii in English about Digital Indigenous Democracy and the significance of the Mary River project for Inuit. We liked the interview so much we had it translated into Inuktitut.

The human rights impact assessment will focus on the rights of workers, the rights of people in the community to health, food and water, and how a company manages its environmental impacts. In the context of the Qikiqtani region, it is also important to address the Inuit right to be consulted on development taking place on their land.… Uqalimakkanirit

We often talk about the environmental and socio-economic impacts of mining projects, but what about their effects on people’s human rights? In this clip, Montreal-based human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett talks about why human rights are important in the context of the Mary River Project.… Uqalimakkanirit

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