Anyone who is interested in the Baffinland hearing process, or anything realting to the Baffinland Mary River project, should really follow this blog baffinlandwitness.com/.
DID News Alert May 11, 2012. For anyone who is interested in reading the Nunavut Impact Review Board's (NIRB) official policies and standards, particularly relating to the July community hearings, this is their document where all that information is. It is 27 pages.
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.… En savoir plus
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.… En savoir plus
A channel of commentary and documents by Lloyd Lipsett, human rights lawyer and leader of a 2012-13 Human Rights Impact Assessment of the $6 billion Baffinland Iron Mine proposed development in the middle of north Baffin Island.
In April, Premier Eva Aariak signed a memorandum with mining company Agnico-Eagle, who operate the Meadowbank gold mine near Baker Lake, to invest in mining-related curriculum for Nunavut high schools. Aariak has stated that since there are new job opportunities for Nunavummiut in the mining sector, schools should team up with companies to offer training.… En savoir plus