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Historic Timeline

2023 - FEBRUARY

Baffinland CEO Brian Penney announces plan to ship ore from its Mary River mine in Nunavut using a railway south to Steensby Inlet, approved in Phase 1.

2022 - NOVEMBER

Northern Affairs minister rejects Baffinland Iron Mine Corporation’s Phase 2 Expansion

2022 - MAY

Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) rejects Baffinland’s 2018 request, stating the expansion of the mine would potentially incur “ significant and lasting negative effects on marine mammals and marine environment, fish, caribou and other territorial wildlife, vegetation and fresh water”, and that “ these negative effects could also impact Inuit harvesting, culture, land use and food security”.

2021 – JANUARY AND FEBRUARY

Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) public hearings on Phase 2 are heald physically and remotely in Pond Inlet and Iqaluit. Isuma records and broadcasts LIVE on Uvagut TV the entire NIRB hearings of 2021 on Phase 2.

2020

1.0 global temperature anomaly

2019 – NOVEMBER

NIRB public hearings on Phase 2 is held in Iqaluit. Isuma records and broadcasts live Iron Ore valued at 84.98

    • 2h 4m 55s

      NIRB Hearings Day 4 (PM #3)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 4 Evening session of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 5, 2019). 2:20 - beginning of session. Q & A session (including community questions).

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      uploaded date: 05-11-2019

    • 3h 47m 56s

      NIRB Hearings Day 4 (PM #2)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 4 Afternoon session #2 of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 5, 2019). 8:34 - beginning of session. Result re: motion re: keep hearing record open until Igloolik Working Group workshop for 5 most-affected communities can take place. Motion is granted.… Read more

      uploaded date: 05-11-2019

    • 1h 11m 3s

      NIRB Hearings Day 4 (PM #1)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 4 Afternoon session #1 of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 5, 2019). 0:18 - beginning of session. Q & A session continued (including community questions from the floor).

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      uploaded date: 05-11-2019

    • 1h 37m 9s

      NIRB Hearings Day 4 (AM)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 4 Morning session of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 5, 2019). 10:31 - beginning of session. Motion re: keep hearing record open until Igloolik Working Group workshop for 5 most-affected communities can take place. 39:28 - Q & A session.

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      uploaded date: 05-11-2019

    • 2h 32m 29s

      NIRB Hearings Day 3 (PM #3)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 3 Evening session of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 4, 2019). 8:30 - beginning of session. Q & A session.

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      uploaded date: 04-11-2019

    • 1h 45m 45s

      NIRB Hearings Day 3 (PM #2)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 3 Afternoon session #2 of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 4, 2019). 5:29 - beginning of session. Baffinland "Alternatives Assessment" & "Terrestrial Environment" technical presentations.

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      uploaded date: 04-11-2019

    • 1h 50m 52s

      NIRB Hearings Day 3 (PM #1)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 3 Afternoon session #1 of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 4, 2019). 1:19 - beginning of session. Q & A session.

      … Read more

      uploaded date: 04-11-2019

    • 3h 2m 26s

      NIRB Hearings Day 3 (AM)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 3 Morning session of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 4, 2019). 12:50 - beginning of session. Q & A session.

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      uploaded date: 04-11-2019

    • 2h 36m 49s

      NIRB Hearings Day 2 (PM)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 2 Evening session of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 3, 2019). 11:37 - beginning of session. Continuation of Baffinland "Public Consultation" technical presentation. 22:06: Q & A session.

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      uploaded date: 03-11-2019

    • NIRB Hearings Day 2 (AM)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 2 Morning session of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 3, 2019). 8:25: Beginning of session. 14:22 - Q & A session. 3:09:08 - NIRB decision re: motions presented to the board. 3:17:48 - Baffinland technical presentation.

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      uploaded date: 03-11-2019

    • 2h 49m 21s

      NIRB Hearings Day 1 (PM #3)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 1 Evening session of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 2, 2019). 13:12 - Beginning of session. 14:07: Poll of parties responding to Baffinland's motion re: economic summary document in confidence. 29:43 - motion re: community round table in Pond Inlet. 51:11 - Baffinland response to motion.

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      uploaded date: 02-11-2019

    • 1h 31m 38s

      NIRB Hearings Day 1 (PM #2)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 1 Afternoon session #2 of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 2, 2019). 3:25 - Beginning of session. Written motions presented by NIRB chair. 18:35 - Oceans North response. 23:00 - Baffinland counsel response. 33:18 - NIRB legal counsel statement & facilitation. 34:25 - Ocean North response.… Read more

      uploaded date: 02-11-2019

    • 1h 59m 6s

      NIRB Hearings Day 1 (PM #1)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 1 Afternoon session #1 of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 2, 2019). 6:53 - beginning of session. Continuation of Baffinland Introductory Presentation. 44:04 - Q & A.

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      uploaded date: 02-11-2019

    • 2h 53m 18s

      NIRB Hearings Day 1 (AM)

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Hearings

      DAY 1 Morning session of the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board) hearings discussing the Mary River Phase 2 proposal in Iqaluit (Nov. 2, 2019). 11:24 - Beginning of proceedings.

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      uploaded date: 02-11-2019

2019 – MAY AND AUGUST

Zacharias Kunuk discusses with people from five Baffin Island communities the expansion of the Mary River Mine and presents the Silakut TV series. In some episodes guests from Clyde River, Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay and Igloolik tell stories about the Baffin region, how they used to live and what animals they saw and hunted. They talk about the history of the Baffin region before mining started.

    • 1h 5m 13s

      Episode 10 - Celebration of Music part 2

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Silakut Series Episodes

      In the second part of the live concert from Igloolik, award winning singers perform – Kelly Frazer and Angela Amarualik.

      ᐃᓚᖓᓂ 2 ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᑦ ᖁᖏᐊᕐᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ, ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᖏᕐᑎ ᐃᖏᕐᖢᓂ ᑭᓕ ᕗᕋᐃᔪ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓐᔨᓚ ᐊᒪᕈᐊᓕᒃ.

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      uploaded date: 18-09-2019

    • 1h 4m

      Episode 8 - Options for Mining

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Silakut Series Episodes

      Zacharias Kunuk and his guests from Clyde River, Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay and Igloolik share their opinions on the Mary River mine and discuss what they want to see changed.

      ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ ᖃᐃᖁᓯᒪᔭᖏᓪᓗ ᑲᖏᕐᑐᒑᐱᒃᒥᑦ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᑦ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑲᑕᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᓘᔮᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᑕᕐᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᓱᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᓪᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᑐᓂᒃ.

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      uploaded date: 24-08-2019

    • 59m 51s

      Episode 7 - Impacts of Mining

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Silakut Series Episodes

      Zacharias Kunuk and his guests from Clyde River, Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay and Igloolik discuss the mine and how mining has affected their region.

      ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ ᖃᐃᖁᓯᒪᔭᖏᓪᓗ ᑲᖏᕐᑐᒑᐱᒃᒥᑦ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᑦ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑲᑕᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑦ ᒥᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓇᐅᑎᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᑦ.

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      uploaded date: 22-08-2019

    • 56m 56s

      Silakut Live From the Floe Edge - Episode 6 - Baseline Before Mining

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Silakut Series Episodes

      ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ ᖃᐃᖁᓯᒪᔭᖏᓪᓗ ᑲᖏᕐᑐᒑᐱᒃᒥᑦ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᑦ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑲᑕᒃᑐᑦ ᕿᑭᕐᑖᓘᑉ ᒥᒃᓴᓄᑦ, ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃᓗ ᑕᑯᕙᓚᐅᕐᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᐸᓚᐅᕐᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃᓗ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᑐᑦ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᕙᓚᐅᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᕿᑭᕐᑖᓗᒃᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖏᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

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      uploaded date: 21-08-2019

    • 1h 7s

      Silakut Live From the Floe Edge. Episode 5 - Living with a Mine

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Silakut Series Episodes

      ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᕆᔭᐅᑎᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᑐᖓᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᕕᖓᐅᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᑎᓕᓐ ᐃᕙᓘᑉ ᑐᐱᖓ ᒥᕐᓱᕐᑐᑦ ᐸᓚᐅᒑᓕᐅᕐᑐᓪᓗ. ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ ᑐᖓᓴᐃᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᐃᖁᓯᒪᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑦ ᒥᒃᓴᓄᑦ.

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      uploaded date: 11-05-2019

    • 1h 18s

      Episode 4 – Stories and Bannock

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Silakut Series Episodes

      Gathered in the large tent, Zacharias Kunuk and his guests tell stories, drum dance, and play string games. Later, in the show we visit Susan Avingaq and Madeline Ivalu's tent where we watch Susan make bannock, while Madeline plays string games and sews.

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      uploaded date: 11-05-2019

    • 1h 18s

      Silakut Live From the Floe Edge Episode 3, Life at the Floe Edge

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Silakut Series Episodes

      ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᑦ ᖃᐃᖁᓯᒪᔭᖏᓪᓗ ᓯᓈᖓᓂ ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᒃᑐᑦ. ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᕕᖓᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᑎᓕᓐ ᐃᕙᓗ ᐱᓚᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᕿᓯᒃᓂᒃ.

      The cameras follow Zacharias Kunuk and his guests to the floe edge where they seal hunt. Zacharias talks to Susan Avingaq and Madeline Ivalu about seal skinning.

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      uploaded date: 10-05-2019

    • 1h 1m 59s

      Silakut Live From the Floe Edge Episode 2: Where We Used to Live

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Silakut Series Episodes

      ᑕᓐᓇ ᓴᕿᔮᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓ 2 ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᐱᖑᐊᕐᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᔭᕌᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᐱᖃᑖᓂ ᐃᓚᖓᓂ ᓴᕿᔮᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᖏᕐᑐᒑᐱᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖑᐊᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑲᑕᒃᖢᑎᒃᓗ ᓄᓇᒋᕙᓚᐅᕐᑕᒥᒃᓂᒃ.

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      uploaded date: 09-05-2019

    • 1h 2m 26s

      Silakut Live From the Floe Edge. Episode 1 - Connection to the Land

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Silakut Series Episodes

      ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ ᑐᖓᓴᐃᔪᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᖁᔨᓪᓗᓂ ᓱᓴᓐ ᐊᕕᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᔭᕌᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᐱᖃᑖᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓴᕿᔮᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᖏᕐᑐᒑᐱᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓴᕕᒃᓴᖅ ᐅᓯᑲᕐᑕᕐᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐹᕕᓐᓛᓐᑦ ᓄᓘᔮᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᑕᕐᑐ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓇᐅᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ.

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      uploaded date: 08-05-2019

2019 – AUGUST

Qaisut. Zacharias Kunuk and his guests from Clyde River, Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay and Igloolik discuss the mine and how mining has affected their region. And community members from the North Baffin region tell stories about how they used to live and what animals they saw and hunted. They talk about the history of the Baffin region before mining started.

    • 2h 55m 1s

      Livestream Qaisut #2

      uploaded by: dandietzel

      channel: Mary River Discussions (Foxe Basin & Qaisut)

      Zacharias Kunuk and his guests from Clyde River, Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay and Igloolik discuss the mine and how mining has affected their region.

      ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ ᖃᐃᖁᓯᒪᔭᖏᓪᓗ ᑲᖏᕐᑐᒑᐱᒃᒥᑦ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᑦ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑲᑕᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑦ ᒥᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓇᐅᑎᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᑦ.

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      uploaded date: 22-08-2019

    • 2h 26m 26s

      Livestream Qaisut #3

      uploaded by: IsumaTV

      channel: Mary River Discussions (Foxe Basin & Qaisut)

      Zacharias Kunuk and his guests from Clyde River, Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay and Igloolik share their opinions on the Mary River mine and discuss what they want to see changed.

      ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ ᖃᐃᖁᓯᒪᔭᖏᓪᓗ ᑲᖏᕐᑐᒑᐱᒃᒥᑦ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᑦ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑲᑕᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᓘᔮᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᑕᕐᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᓱᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᓪᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᑐᓂᒃ.

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      uploaded date: 29-08-2019

2019 – MAY

Fox Basin. Members from the five affected communities of the Mary River Mine expansion meet to discuss the future of their communities. Accompanying this discussion are storytelling, drum dancing and singing . Sewing and making bannock, elders also invite us into their tents and show us their traditional life.

2019

Isuma’s film My Father's Land (Ataatama Nunanga) is released. The film mixes scenes from past and present and looks at the meanings between Inuit history and modern mining in North Baffin Island; how new media is used to inform and consult Inuit leading up to July 2012 Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) Final Public Hearings on Baffinland's $6 billion Mary River proposal to build the world's largest iron mine on Inuit land between Igloolik and Pond Inlet. An Igloolik Isuma Productions and Kingulliit Productions.

    • My Father's Land (Ataatama Nunanga)

      uploaded by: Zacharias Kunuk

      channel: My Father's Land

      Mixing scenes from past and present, My Father's Land (Ataatama Nunanga) looks at the meanings between Inuit history and modern mining in North Baffin Island; how new media is used to inform and consult Inuit leading up to July 2012 Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) Final Public Hearings on Baffinland's $6 billion Mary River proposal to build the world's largest iron mine on Inuit land between… Read more

      uploaded date: 26-04-2019

2018

Baffinland Iron Mine Corporation starts exploration on Eqe Bay (located on the west cost of Baffin Island).

2018

Baffinland proposes Mary River Project Phase 2 Iron Ore valued at 66.10

2015

Isuma launches the Qikiqtani Voices project to help facilitate ongoing dialogue and consultation about Mary River through new media.

2014 – MAY

Baffinland Iron Mine Mary River Early Revenue Phase approved May 29, 2014 Iron Ore valued at 100.56

2014 – JANUARY

The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) public hearings are held in Pond Inlet. Isuma records and broadcasts live on cable TV.

2013

Baffinland presents Early Revenue Phase to NIRB for approval

2013

Isuma makes public the Human Rights Impact Assessment done by human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett within the Digital Indigenous Democracy project.

    • Human Rights Impact Assessment

      uploaded by: Gabriela Gamez

      September 2012 - June 2013

      The assessment of the human rights situation for the Mary River mine begins with a review of how government protects human rights in Canada. According to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, governments must protect against human rights abuse within their territory, including by companies.… Read more

      uploaded date: 18-12-2018

2012 – DECEMBER

Baffinland Iron Mine Mary River project approved Dec 3rd, 2012 Iron Ore valued at 128.51

2012 – JULY 16TH TO 18TH

The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) Final Public Hearings on the Baffinland Mary River Project environmental review holds community Round-table sessions in Iqaluit, Igloolik and Pond Inlet. Isuma records records comments from Inuit at Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) Public Hearings TV. http://www.isuma.tv/DID/HumanRights/NIRBHearings/Iqaluit

2012 – JUNE 8TH

Zacharias Kunuk Formal Intervention to Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB).

2012 – APRIL TO JULY

Isuma collective, through its Digital Indigenous Democracy (DID) project, consults with Inuit interviewing them on video. Using video to consult Inuit, allows people to think and speak their concerns in their own Inuktitut language. Isuma made these videos available on it’s website www.isuma.tv/did to allow Inuit in any community to watch and listen to a wide range of views in a language they understand. DID allowed anyone to respond, comment or upload their own videos. This interactive network of discussion adapted modern media technology to the traditional Inuit value of consensus decision-making. All videos on this channel were filed to the NIRB Public Hearings on Baffinland's Mary River Environmental Impact Statement as part of Zacharias Kunuk's Formal Intervention ‘My Father's Land’ to become part of the permanent formal record of the environmental review.

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      Using video to consult Inuit, allows people to think and speak their concerns in their own Inuktitut language. Uploading videos to DID allows Inuit in any community to watch and listen to a wide range of views in a language they understand. DID allows anyone to respond, comment or upload their own video.… Read more

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2012

Isuma launches Our Baffinland project an interactive map showcasing videos about Inuit knowledge regarding mining in Nunavut.

2012

Isuma launches Digital Indigenous Democracy website, delivering Inuktitut media by internet in a Human Rights legal framework to the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB).

2010

The Meadowbank Gold Mine opens in the Kivalliq district of Nunavut, Canada.

2010

Arnait Video Collective launches its film Show me on the Map where Inuit citizens voice their concerns and expose their points of view about mining industry development on their territories.

2010– NOVEMBER

Isuma records Inuit testimonies on the Uranium mine at the Iqaluit conference.

2010 – OCTOBER

Isuma launches Inuit knowledge and Climate Change film and website. The world’s first Inuktitut language film on the topic.

2009

At the 2009 NIRB public hearings in Igloolik—which is near the proposed marine shipping route from the proposed Steensby Inlet port—the major concern was the impact of the icebreakers operating year-round on marine life in particular, and the environment in general.

2008 – JUNE

Oil Spill in June 2008 of “about 5,000 litres of jet fuel” from the mine site’s tank farm in Milne Inlet.

2008

Jericho Mine Diamond mine closes. (from Wikipedia)

2007 – APRIL

Public consultations for Mary River Iron Mine are held in April 2007 in Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, Cape Dorset, Clyde River, Igloolik, Hall Beach, and Kimmirut—the hamlets that were "most impacted" by the project. (from Wikipedia) Iron Ore valued at 195.09

2006

Jericho Mine Diamond mine opens. (from Wikipedia)

2005

Lupin gold mine closed again in February 2005. (from Wikipedia)

2004

Lupin gold mine was restarted in early 2004 to recover old stope pillars with a reduced crew. (from Wikipedia)

2003– AUGUST

Lupin gold mine ceased production briefly in August 2003. (from Wikipedia)

2002– JULY

The Polaris mine closed in July 2002 following more than twenty years of zinc production. (from Wikipedia)

2002

Nanisivik Mine closes. (from Wikipedia)

2000

0.6 global temperature anomaly

1999– APRIL

Nunavut creation. Nunavut (‘Our Land’ in Inuktitut) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which provided this territory to the Inuit for independent government. (from Wikipedia) Iron ore valued at 27.59

1993– MAY

Nunavut land claims agreement signed on May 25, 1993, in Iqaluit by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Northwest Territories Government Leader Nellie Cournoyea, and Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut President Paul Quassa.

1992– MAY

A majority of voters in the Northwest Territories approves the boundary that will divide the territory into two distinct territories: the Northwest Territories (west) and Nunavut (east).

1990

Signing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement-in-Principle.

1985

In 1985, Zacharias Kunuk broke the race barrier at Canada Council for the Arts when his Inuktitut-language video, From Inuk Point of View, was the first work by an Inuit or Aboriginal artist deemed eligible to apply for a professional artist's grant. Kunuk was the video's director and producer; Norman Cohn cameraman; Paul Apak Angilirq editor; and elder Pauloosie Qulitalik as narrator. By 1990, the four partners had formed Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc. to produce independent video art from an Inuit point of view. ISUMA, meaning ‘to think,’ is a collective of Inuit-owned related companies based since 1990 in Igloolik, Nunavut with a southern office in Montreal.

1984

The Inuvialuit reach a land claims agreement (The Inuvialuit Final Agreement) with the Federal government.

1982

The Inuit of the Eastern Canadian Arctic create the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN) to negotiate a land claims and the creation of Nunavut with the federal government, it replaces ITC.

1982

Polaris Mine opens near Resolute Bay area. Polaris zinc mine was a former underground mine on Little Cornwallis Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The Polaris zinc mine was located 1,120 km (700 mi) north of the Arctic Circle, and 96 km (60 mi) north of the community of Resolute. (from Wikipedia)

1982

Lupin Mine, a gold mine in Nunavut, Canada, opened in 1982. (from Wikipedia)

1980

0.3 global temperature anomaly

1979

The Baker Lake Case asserts native rights, mostly through immemorial occupation of the land and oral tradition, where there has been no precedent legislation or treaty signed.

1977

Berger’s initial report was released in June 1977. (from Wikipedia)

1976

Nanisivik Mine opened on 15 October 1976 in Nanisivik (Nunavut) a now-abandoned company town which was built in 1975 to support the lead-zinc mining and mineral processing operations for the Nanisivik Mine. (from Wikipedia) It is considered the first large scale operation in Nunavut.

1976

Inuit Tapirisat of Canada presents its first proposition for the creation of Nunavut in a working paper entitled Nunavut: A Proposal for the Settlement of Inuit Lands in the Northwest Territories.

1974

Berger Inquiry was commissioned by the Government of Canada on March 21, 1974. (from Wikipedia)

1972

Bernard Saladin d'Anglure films made in Igloolik between 1972 and 1974. His yearly visits to Nunavut allowed him to remain attuned to the people of the North, with whom he discussed topics related to traditional and contemporary Inuit thought. Professor Saladin d'Anglure spoke Inuktitut fluently. To maintain a scientifically valid anthropology and out of respect for Inuit rights, he involved the Inuit in his research and turned over to them the data gathered from them.

1971

Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) is created.

1962

The North Rankin Nickel Mine closes

1960

0.0 global temperature anomaly

1957

The North Rankin Nickel Mine opens. It was the first mine to operate in what is now Nunavut.

1940

0.2 global temperature anomaly

1940

Starting in the 1940s, the federal government begins forcing Inuit in the Eastern Arctic to move off the land and relocate into permanent settlements. They are given E-5 numbers (Eskimo Tags), and parents are told they must send their kids to school to learn Qallunnaat ways. At the same time, miners and prospectors spread across the north, looking for precious metals.