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"People across Canada's North have created vibrant community institutions to serve a wide range of social and economic needs. Neither state-driven nor profit-oriented, these organizations form a relatively under-studied third sector of the economy. Researchers from the Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada explore this sector through fifteen case studies, encompassing artistic, recreational, cultural, political, business, and economic development organizations that are crucial to the health and vitality of their communities. Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada's Northern Social Economy shows the innovative diversity and utter necessity of home-grown institutions in communities across Labrador, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon. Readers, researchers, and students interested in social economy, Aboriginal studies, and northern communities will find much to enjoy and value in this book."--

The circumpolar north has long been the subject of conflicting national aspirations and border disputes, and with the end of the cold war and the coming era of potential resource scarcity, its importance will only grow over the next several decades. Anticipating that renewed prominence, Globalization and the Circumpolar North brings together an array of scholars to explore the effects of this increased attention, from the new opportunities offered by globalization to the potential damage to long-isolated northern communities and peoples.

The circumpolar north has long been the subject of conflicting national aspirations and border disputes, and with the end of the cold war and the coming era of potential resource scarcity, its importance will only grow over the next several decades. Anticipating that renewed prominence, "Globalization of the Circumpolar North" brings together an array of scholars to explore the effects of this increased attention, from the new opportunities offered by globalization to the potential damage to long-isolated northern communities and peoples

The circumpolar north has long been the subject of conflicting national aspirations and border disputes, and with the end of the cold war and the coming era of potential resource scarcity, its importance will only grow over the next several decades. Anticipating that renewed prominence, "Globalization of the Circumpolar North" brings together an array of scholars to explore the effects of this increased attention, from the new opportunities offered by globalization to the potential damage to long-isolated northern communities and peoples

Cet article examine la relation entre le secteur dans lequel les individus travaillent et le niveau de leur profession, d'une part, et, d'autre part, le rapport qu'ils entretiennent avec les médias, y compris Internet, en fonction des usages qu'ils en font. Il se penche aussi sur l'identité sociale, en mettant diverses manifestations en relation avec la manière dont les individus vivent leur rapport aux médias. Il remet en question l'hypothèse d'une forte association entre le niveau professionnel et le rapport aux médias. Il met en évidence des phénomènes complexes d'homogénéisation et de différenciation sociales. Les données proviennent d'un échantillon de travailleurs qui ont répondu à un questionnaire centré sur le rapport aux médias.This article examines the link between the domain and level of occupation, on the one hand, and use of media, including internet, on the other. It adds to this investigation an analysis of identity in its relation to media use and accessibility. It challenges the hypothesis of a strong correlation between level of occupation and use and accessibility to media. It reveals complex phenomena of social homogenization and differentiation. Data is extracted from a sample of workers who completed a questionnaire which focused on use of media.

This collection delves into the final research findings of the SSHRC-sponsored MCRI project "Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic," which attempted to determine what was required for extractive industry to benefit northern communities, and advocates for a more authentic participation from the Indigenous peoples of Canada's Arctic.

The history and historiography of natural resource development in the Arctic : the state of the literature / Ken Coates -- Social impacts of non-renewable resource development on indigenous communities in Alaska, Greenland, and Russia / Peter Schweitzer, Florian Stammler, Cecilie Ebsen, Aytalina Ivanova, and Irina Litvina -- Northern environmental assessment : a gap analysis and research / Bram Noble, Kevin Hanna, and Jill Gunn -- From narrative to evidence : socio-economic impacts of mining in northern Canada / Thierry Rodon and Francis Lévesque -- Measuring impacts : a review of frameworks, methodologies and indicators for assessing socio-economic impacts of resource activity in the Arctic / Andrey N. Petrov, Jessica Graybill, Matthew Berman, Philip Cavin, Vera Kuklina, Rasmus Ole Rasmussen and Matthew Cooney -- Resource development and well-being in northern / Brenda Parlee -- Resource revenue regimes around the circumpolar North : a gap analysis / Lee Huskey and Chris Southcott -- Regional development in the circumpolar North : what else do we need to know? / Frances Abele -- Knowledge, sustainability and the environmental legacies of resource development in northern Canada / Arn Keeling, John Sandlos, Jean-Sébastien Boutet, and Hereward Longley -- Impact benefit agreements and northern resource governance : what we know and what we still need to figure out / Ben Bradshaw, Courtney Fidler and Adam Wright -- Normalizing aboriginal subsistence economies in the Canadian North / David Natcher -- Traditional knowledge and resource development / Henry Huntington -- Gender in research on northern resource development / Suzanne Mills, Martha Dowsley and David Cox -- Resource development and climate change : a gap analysis / Chris Southcott -- How can extractive industry help rather than hurt Arctic communities? / Chris Southcott, Frances Abele, Dave Natcher, and Brenda Parlee

People across Canada's North have created vibrant community institutions to serve a wide range of social and economic needs. Neither state-driven nor profit-oriented, these organizations form a relatively under-studied third sector of the economy. Researchers from the Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada explore this sector through fifteen case studies, encompassing artistic, recreational, cultural, political, business, and economic development organizations that are crucial to the health and vitality of their communities. Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada's Northern Social Economy shows the innovative diversity and utter necessity of home-grown institutions in communities across Labrador, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon. Readers, researchers, and students interested in social economy, Aboriginal studies, and northern communities will find much to enjoy and value in this book.

"….Taking the structure and functioning of the Arctic regional economies and the degree of economic dependence as a point of departure, these region's self-reliance and comparative socio-economic performance is analyzed. The fundamental problem is still the dependency Arctic regions have on their mother economies in the south" "….the impact from climate changes and the global economy strongly influence the self-sufficiency constraints and potentials of the Arctic societies. Traditional approaches to economic valuation may not be sufficient to capture these relationships. Neo-classical economics and the trade off model look upon nature as a good commensurable with all other goods, and henceforward there is a substitution possibility. The rational self-interest and 'homo economicus' is however, not the same as responsible self-interest included in ecological economics. This suggests broader approaches to environmental uncertainties, which take into account ethical values and conflicts of interest". Contributors: Hans Aage, Iulie Aslaksen, Andrée Caron, Gérard Duhaime, Solveig Glomsröd, Jón Haukur Ingimundarson, Ivar Jonsson, Jack Kruse, Joan Nymand Larsen, Svein Mathiesen, Anna Ingeborg Myhr, Birger Poppel, Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, Erik Reinert, Hugo Reinert, Chris Southcott, Gorm Winther, Lyudmila Zalkind.