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New report urges slowdown at Nunavut’s Mary River iron mine by Nunatsiaq News

uploaded by: Gabriela Gamez

channel: DID News

NEWS 5 MARCH, 2019 – 2:30 PM EST
New report urges slowdown at Nunavut’s Mary River iron mine
"Ramping up production in the short term will result to significant loss of benefits to Inuit in particular and the territory more generally"
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uploaded date: 07-03-2019
Inuit Views Presented at the Economist's Canada Summit

uploaded by: Cara Di Staulo

channel: DID News

Duane Smith of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) was invited by The Economist to present the views of Inuit at its premier Canadian event held here today, called The Canada Summit: Confronting the Big Questions.
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uploaded date: 04-12-2014
NIRB Requests comments on Baffinland's latest changes to the Mary River Project

uploaded by: Cara Di Staulo

channel: DID News

The Nunavut Impact Review Board has released a formal letter requesting comments on Baffinland’s latest proposal to implement year-round shipping from the Mary River iron mine.
In letter from Chairperson Elizabeth Copland, the NIRM explains:
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uploaded date: 07-11-2014
ICC inspired by strong global support at high level UN indigenous peoples conference; disappointed with dissenting voice from Canadian government

uploaded by: Cara Di Staulo

channel: DID News

The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) expressed its excitement today over an Outcome Document emanating from the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, a high level United Nations event that ended yesterday in New York.
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uploaded date: 29-09-2014
KIA requests more traditional knowledge for Meliadine gold mine's impact statement

uploaded by: Cara Di Staulo

channel: DID News

Meliadine gold mine’s environmental impact statement short on traditional knowledge: KIA
“Inuit communities of the Kivalliq region have many generations of accumulated observation"
NUNATSIAQ NEWS
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uploaded date: 29-07-2014
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Inuit Impact Benefit Agreement

uploaded by: Carol Kunnuk

channel: Igloolik | ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ

QIA and Baffinland sign the Inuit Impact and Benifit Agreement for the Mary Rvier mining project in Iqaluit on September 6, 2013.
Camera: Aacharias Kunuk
Editor: Carol Kunnuk
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uploaded date: 09-10-2013
Mary River Project: IIBA

uploaded by: Cara Di Staulo

channel: DID News

The Qikiqtani Inuit Association realsed on September 6th, 2013 this summary of their Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement (I… Read more

uploaded date: 09-09-2013
Winning iron at the Olympics. Fresh charges of conflict of interest over giant Arctic iron mine

uploaded by: samcc

channel: My Father's Land website

MINING.com, Frik Els | August 9, 2012, Mining Watch Canada, an NPO, tells the CBC that the Qikiqtani Inuit Association needs to adopt a code of conduct to rule out any conflicts of interest because the organization’s president is on a junket at the London Olympics as a guest of ArcelorMittal this week.
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uploaded date: 14-08-2012
Baffinland hosts QIA President on free trip to London Olympics

uploaded by: samcc

channel: My Father's Land website

Mary River project owner bankrolls Olympic trip for three Inuit org reps, DAVID MURPHY, nunatsiaqonline, August 3, 2012. See below with 56 comments. Download PDF version with comments at left.
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uploaded date: 09-08-2012
Final Baffinland hearings wrap up in Nunavut, Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk is in the middle, cbc.ca

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channel: My Father's Land website

The final hearings into Baffinland's project wrapped up on the weekend.... Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk is in the middle of capturing the life and land of Nunavut on film. "What I want to do is record the wildlife, the land, the beauty of the land," he said.… Read more

uploaded date: 01-08-2012
The mayor of Igloolik, Nunavut, announced he will step down from his position due to a potential conflict of interest, cbc.ca

uploaded by: samcc

channel: My Father's Land website

July 31, 2012, The mayor of Igloolik, Nunavut, announced he will step down from his position due to a potential conflict of interest. Nicolas Arnatsiaq was elected mayor in December. He's also an employee of Baffinland Iron Mines, which is proposing to build a massive iron ore mine at Mary River, and Igloolik will be one of the affected communities if the mine gets approved.… Read more

uploaded date: 01-08-2012
Iqaluit Mayor, Nunavut officials register concerns at Baffinland hearings

uploaded by: samcc

channel: DID News

Nunavut officials register concerns at Baffinland hearings: Overall, the Nunavut Government says it supports the mega-project, but it has concerns about potential impacts on wildlife and ...see Full Story
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uploaded date: 30-07-2012