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The Sustainable Development Goals call for the effective governance of shared natural resources in ways that support inclusive growth, safeguard the integrity of the natural and physical environment, and promote health and well-being for all. For large-scale resource extraction projects -- e.g. in the mining sector -- environmental regulations and in particular environmental impact assessments (EIA) provide an important but insufficiently developed avenue to ensure that wider sustainable development issues, such as health, have been considered prior to the permitting of projects. In recognition of the opportunity provided in EIA to influence the extent to which health issues would be addressed in the design and delivery of mining projects, an international and intersectoral partnership, with the support of WHO and public funds from Canadian sources, engaged over a period of six years in a series of capacity development activities and knowledge translation/dissemination events aimed at influencing policy change in the extractives sector so as to include consideration of human health impacts. Early efforts significantly increased awareness of the need to include health considerations in EIAs. Coupling effective knowledge translation about health in EIA with the development of networks that fostered good intersectoral partnerships, this awareness supported the development and implementation of key pieces of legislation. These results show that intersectoral collaboration is essential, and must be supported by an effective conceptual understanding about which methods and models of impact assessment, particularly for health, lend themselves to integration within EIA. The results of our partnership demonstrate that when specific conditions are met, integrating health into the EIA system represents a promising avenue to ensure that mining activities contribute to wider sustainable development goals and objectives. ; Canadian Institutes of Health Research || WHO || Canadian International Development Agency

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Health and Health Care in Northern Canada -- Section I: Social and Ecological Dimensions of Health and Wellness in the North -- Introduction -- 1 Education and Health: Education as a Social Determinant of Health for Inuit in Nunavut -- 2 Food and Health: Food Security, Food Systems, and Health in Northern Canada -- 3 Housing and Health: Housing and Health Challenges in Rural and Remote Communities -- 4 Determinants of Infectious Diseases: Agent, Host, and Environmental Factors in Infectious Diseases -- 5 Women's Health: What Does It Mean to "Be Well"? A Qualitative Case Study to Explore Inuit Women's Conceptions of Wellness -- 6 Assessing the Health Impacts of a Mine: Attending to the Prevailing Epistemology and Erasure of Indigenous Peoples' Well-Being -- Section II: Health Care in Northern Canada -- Introduction -- 7 Recruitment and Retention of Physicians: Physician Supply and Sufciency -- 8 Nursing in the North: Recruitment and Retention of Nurses -- 9 Maternal Health Care: Maternal Health in Manitoba Northern First Nations Communities – Challenges, Barriers, and Solutions -- 10 Elder Health and Long-Term Care: Northern Indigenous Elders and Long-Term-Care Services -- 11 Mental Health and Addictions Care: A Path towards Mental Health Care with Northern Indigenous Peoples -- 12 Climate Change and Health: Remote Northern Community Health Service Provision in a Rapidly Changing Climate -- 13 Suicide Prevention: A Sociocultural Approach to Understanding Suicide among Inuit – Issues and Prevention Strategies -- Section III: New Directions – Innovation, Collaboration, and Resilience -- Introduction -- 14 Youth Resilience: Resilience among Indigenous Youth in Northern Canada -- 15 Innovation for Northern Mental Health and Addiction Services: Indigenous Frameworks -- 16 Te Evolving Role of Telehealth: From Tackle Box Emergency Kits to Telemedicine -- 17 Cultural Safety Training and Education for Health Care Providers: Unsettling Health Care with Inuit in Canada -- 18 Integrating Traditional Healing and Northern Health Care: Indigenous Conceptions of Living Well -- 19 Health and Health Care Research Ethics: Health Research Ethics in Northern Canada -- 20 Patchy and Southern Centric: Rewriting Health Policies for Northern and Indigenous Canadians -- Conclusions: Achieving Health Equity in Northern Canada -- List of Contributors -- Index