DID News Alert“The mine had already started before they started talking about it. So what do you do? The decision has already been made.” see more at baffinlandwitness.com.
Louis Uttak is one of Igloolik's six members of the 42-member Baffinland Working Committee representing the seven impacted communities of Igloolik, Hall Beach, Arctic Bay, Pond Inlet, Clyde River, Kimmirut and Cape Dorset. Louis talks about the land and the animals, how things have changed since he was a child and how it can be affected by the mining that is going on.… En savoir plus
Zacharias Kunuk talks about Inuit concerns with the proposed $6 billion Baffinland Iron Mine in Nunavut. Kunuk was born in 1957 at Kapuivik, in the middle of the Baffinland impact region. He is an award-winning filmmaker, [former] Igloolik Hamlet Councilor and Officer of the Order of Canada. Filmed in 2012.
DID News Alert May 18, 2012. The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) has sent out a list of the key issues that will be discussed during the final community hearings in July.… En savoir plus
“NIRB operates under the principle that public participation is an important element of an open, honest and balanced review process. Effective public participation strengthens the quality of the review process and helps to avoid potentialmisunderstandings and conflict.… En savoir plus
Listen tonight to Episode 4 of Nipivut Nunatinnii Our Voice at Home, the open-line call-in radio series on Baffinland and Inuit rights, on Igloolik Community Radio Online, May 16, 2012, starting at 8 pm EST until approximately 10:30 pm ONLINE at at www.isuma.tv/DID/radio/igloolik.
May 16, 2012 8pm EST. Discussion of Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) and its role in relation to the Baffinland Iron Mine project going through environmental review. Hosted by Lucasie Ivalu and Abraham Tagalik, guests include Amanda Hanson, NIRB; Sandra Inutiq, Inuit lawyer; Lloyd Lipsett, human rights lawyer; with call-in questions and comments from Inuit about NIRB and Baffinland.… En savoir plus
DID News Alert May 14, 2012. This past week, Iqaluit was the stage for Baffinland’s three-day technical meetings regarding the Mary River iron mine and it’s potential impacts.… En savoir plus
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.
Click on www.isuma.tv/hi/en/did/radio/igloolik/program2 to download or listen to podcast of Zacharias Kunuk and Human Rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett on Igloolik public radio call-in show about the Baffinland Iron Mine, the NIRB Public Hearings and Inuit Human Rights.… En savoir plus
DID News Alert May 10, 2012. I thought I would shed a little light on who the owner of ArcelorMittal is, the company that owns Baffinland. The chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal is Lakshimi Mittal. According to Forbes magazine, he is the 21st richest person in the world and the 47th most powerful. He has a net worth of $20.7 billion dollars.
