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2014 Community Wellbeing & Resource Development Fourth Annual ReSDA Workshop Report ReSDA Community Report #5 Prepared by Valoree Walker & Bronwyn Beairsto Hotel North 2 Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL October 2-4, 2014 Community wellbeing & resource development Resources and Fourth Annual ReSDA Research Workshop Sustainable Development in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Arctic (ReSDA) The ReSDA network would like to thank the many groups and individuals that ReSDA is a research supported and contributed to the success of the event: network that brings A special thank you to Minister Keith Russell, Happy Valley Goose Bay together researchers Mayor Jamie Snook and the President of NunatuKavut Community from a broad range of disciplines and Council, Todd Russell for taking time to welcome everyone and sharing organizations some insightful comments to start the discussions of the workshop. representing We would also like to thank the Labrador workshop coordinating communities, committee: government, the private . Morgon Mills (Labrador Institute) sector and non-profit . Ron Sparkes (Labrador Institute) organizations. Through partnerships and . Harry Borlase (Nunatsiavut) collaborations we . Patricia Nash (NunatuKavut) conduct and mobilize . Michelle Watkins (Labrador Affairs Office, research aimed at the Government of Newfoundland & Labrador) sustainable Also a special thank you to Morgon Mills for making all the local development of Arctic arrangements and ensuring that the people of Labrador were well natural resources in a manner that will represented at this event. improve the health and The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada wellbeing of northern (SSHRC) for providing core funding for both ReSDA and this workshop. communities while The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) for providing preserving the region's funding to support the workshop and northern participant travel. unique environment. Thanks to Scott Neilsen and Morgon Mills (Labrador Institute) for webcasting and video recordings of these sessions. All the presenters and panel members who provided their experiences and insights on community wellbeing, research and relationships to More information: resource developments. Visit us on the web at www.resda.ca Most importantly thank you to all the workshop participants who took Check us out on Facebook and time away from their work and family to contribute to the discussions Twitter and recommendations on community well-being issues. These contributions have allowed for the start of shared contributions from community groups, governments, industry and researchers to support the ongoing development of meaningful research for the North. Their extensive support helped produce a very successful event. Thank you! ReSDA | Fourth Annual Workshop Proceedings (DRAFT) Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL October 2-4, 2014 Page 1 of 85 Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Background ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Day 1 ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 Welcoming remarks .................................................................................................................................. 8 Minister Keith Russell ........................................................................................................................... 8 Mayor of Happy Valley Goose Bay, Jamie Snook .................................................................................. 8 Todd Russell, President of NunatuKavut Community Council. ............................................................. 9 Introductions ........................................................................................................................................... 10 ReSDA and Workshop Overview ......................................................................................................... 10 Community Well-Being ....................................................................................................................... 11 Session 1 – Community Notions of Wellbeing in the North ................................................................... 12 Community Well-Being, Department of Health and Social Development, Nunatsiavut .................... 12 Claiming our Place: Women’s Relationship with Rivers ..................................................................... 14 Well-being in the North: Community Perspectives from the Yukon .................................................. 17 Community Well-being –Perspectives from Nunavut ........................................................................ 19 Community Wellbeing – Perspectives from Nunavik ......................................................................... 20 Questions and Discussion ................................................................................................................... 20 Session 2: Researchers – Wellbeing context........................................................................................... 22 Arctic Social Indicators Project (ASI) ................................................................................................... 22 Wellbeing in the Eurasian Arctic, Research Perspectives ................................................................... 25 Wellbeing Research in Northwest Alaska: Local Economic Benefits of Resource Development ....... 27 Notions of Wellbeing in the Canadian North: Research Perspectives ................................................ 30 Questions & Discussion ....................................................................................................................... 32 Session 3 – Wellbeing in Labrador .......................................................................................................... 32 Wellbeing in NunatuKavut .................................................................................................................. 32 A Community Vitality Index for Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador .................................................. 34 Community Wellbeing and Resource Development – Nunatsiavut ................................................... 35 The Social Infrastructure of Labrador’s Emerging Running Culture ................................................... 37 ReSDA | Fourth Annual Workshop Proceedings (DRAFT) Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL October 2-4, 2014 Page 2 of 85 Questions and Discussion ................................................................................................................... 38 Session 4 – Community Well Being and Resource Development: Research Perspectives ..................... 40 Well-being in Resource Communities of Western Labrador .............................................................. 40 Individual and Collective Well-being in the Arctic .............................................................................. 42 Measuring Well-Being ......................................................................................................................... 45 Community Wellbeing & Resource Development - Research Perspective from Lutsel K’e, NT ......... 47 Questions and Discussion ................................................................................................................... 49 Session 5 -Industry Panel: Industry Perspectives on Research Needs .................................................... 50 Tom Paddon, Baffinlands and Perry Tripper, Stantec ......................................................................... 50 Aurora Energy: Michelin project and uranium exploration in Northern Labrador ............................. 51 Questions and Discussion ................................................................................................................... 54 Session 6 -ReSDA Research ..................................................................................................................... 57 Mining, Community Wealth and Wellbeing: Evidence from Salluit and Angiqsujuak, Nunavik ......... 57 Overview of ReSDA Research .............................................................................................................. 60 Gender relation at the resource development/traditional economic interface ................................ 61 Augmenting the Utility of IBAs for Northern Aboriginal Communities .............................................. 64 Environmental legacies, resource development, and remediation in the Arctic ............................... 67 LACE – Labour Mobility and Community Participation in the Extractive Industry- Yukon ................. 69 Indigenous peoples rights and resource development ...................................................................... 70 Group Discussions: What needs to be done for resource development to improve wellbeing? ........... 72 Questions/Discussion .............................................................................................................................. 73 Session 7: ReSDA and related communication projects .......................................................................