Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Glossary of Key Mining Terms xi
5. The Complex Legacy of Mining in Northern Canada 1
6. Mining and Memory
7. From Igloo to Mine Shaft: Inuit Labour and Memory at the Rankin Inlet Nickel Mine 35
8. Narratives Unearthed, or, How an Abandoned Mine Doesn’t Really Abandon You 59
9. “It’s Just Natural”: First Nation Family History and the Keno Hill Silver Mine 87
10. Gender, Labour, and Community in a Remote Mining Town 117
11. “A Mix of the Good and the Bad”: Community Memory and the Pine Point Mine 137
12. History, Politics, and Mining Policy
13. The Revival of Québec’s Iron Ore Industry: Perspectives on Mining, Development, and History 169
14. Indigenous Battles for Environmental Protection and Economic Benefits during the Commercialization of the Alberta Oil Sands, 1967–1986 207
15. Uranium, Inuit Rights, and Emergent Neoliberalism in Labrador, 1956–2012 233
16. Privatizing Consent? Impact and Benefit Agreements and the Neoliberalization of Mineral Development in the Canadian North 259
17. Navigating Mine Closure
18. Contesting Closure: Science, Politics, and Community Responses to Closing the Nanisivik Mine, Nunavut 293
19. “There Is No Memory of It Here”: Closure and Memory of the Polaris Mine in Resolute Bay, 1973–2012 315
20. Liability, Legacy, and Perpetual Care: Government Ownership and Management of the Giant Mine, 1999–2015 341
21. Conclusion 377
22. Notes on Contributors 383
23. Bibliography 387
24. Index 425