Contemporary Indigenous Issues

This episode discusses the Mary River mine expansion protest led by the Nuluujaat Land Guardians, and takes a bigger look at food insecurity in Canada's Northern communities.

Sources

https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/mary-river-mine-protesters-announce-end-to-blockade/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mine-blockade-sparks-solidarity-protests-across-nunavut-1.5906285

http://www.themanitoban.com/2020/11/nutrition-north-canada-riddled-with-problems/40909/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/20-hamburgers-and-2-bananas-the-cost-of-food-insecurity-in-canada-s-north-1.5154743

https://www.nutritionnorthcanada.gc.ca/eng/1415385762263/1415385790537

www.nunavutfoodsecurity.ca/Rates

wwf.ca/stories/inuit-speak-out-against-expansion-of-arctic-iron-mine/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/baffinland-protestors-open-letter-1.5910951

https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2021/02/15/nunavut-hunters-end-blockades-mine-pushes-ahead-with-injunction-against-them/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/nutrition-north-failing-to-keep-food-healthy-and-affordable-study-1.3188786 

Galloway, Tracey. “Canada’s northern food subsidy Nutrition North Canada: a comprehensive program evaluation.”  International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2017, Taylor & Francis Online, DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2017.1279451