Baffinland

Full story at baffinlandwitness.com May 27, 2012. “I’m upset about those who are opposed to the mine.… En savoir plus

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)… En savoir plus

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:… En savoir plus

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… En savoir plus

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)… En savoir plus

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)… En savoir plus

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.

baffinlandwitness.com/2012/05/22/interactive-map-nunavut-active-mineral-exploration/

Baffinland Witness has posted an interactive map of mining projects in Nunavut from past and present projects to future potential explorations.

 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):

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.… En savoir plus

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.