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LACE - Labour Mobility and Community Participation in the Extractive Industry - Yukon

Gerti Eilmsteiner-Saxinger, University of Vienna Chris Southcott, Lakehead University Susanna Gartler, University of Vienna Valoree Walker, Yukon College/YRC Affiliated: Tara Cater, Carleton University ReSDA Workshop, Happy Valley Goose Bay, October 4, 2014 Presented by Peter Schweitzer, Ph.D. Supervisor University of Vienna

• FUNDING
• SSHRC – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
• Yukon Government – Department for Economic Development
• University of Vienna

Research Program

ReSDA – Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic

• PARTNERS
• Yukon College
• Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
• University of Vienna, Austria

Canadian – Austrian Project

LACE - Labour Mobility and Community Participation in the Extractive Industry - Yukon

• Product: Mobility Companion Guide (MCG)
• How do people cope with rotational shift work, camp life and off-duty time?
• How does working in the mining sector on rotational shifts

impact traditional activities such as hunting, fishing, trapping, etc.?

• What are the motivations and objections of Fly-in/Fly-out workers

from other provinces to move to the Yukon on a permanent basis?

• Optional product: Youth Multi-Media Video project

Project aims and research interests

• Location: Mayo (Na-Cho Nyak Dun FN) // Ross River (Kaska Dena FN)
• Start: 2014 June
• End: May 2017
• Optional YMM 2015 or 2016
• Method/discipline: Anthropology

long-term field research

• Funding: SSHRC, Yukon Government – Department for Economic Development, University
• f Vienna, Additional Funding to be raised

Project Structure and Funding

• Local community researcher in Mayo

Mining liaison person of the NND people  joint activities: interviews, analysis, co-authorship

• Presentations and workshops
• Access to mining sites possible,

but permits take very long and are unpredictable

• Taking part in research is good PR activity for companies

Community involvement & attitude of companies

LACE - Labour Mobility and Community Participation in the Extractive Industry - Yukon

• Employment in mining – a sustainable path for the community?
• Gaining knowledge of contemporary examples of community involvement in the mining

industry  benefits and negative impacts

• MCG as a support tool for young people and early career mining workers and their

families

Communities see the following benefits

LACE - Labour Mobility and Community Participation in the Extractive Industry - Yukon