Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Craft, Aimée, 1980-
2. Blakley, Jill

Description

1. xvii, 422 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

1. "Beginning with the Grand Rapids Dam in the 1960s, hydroelectric development has dramatically altered the social, political, and physical landscape of northern Manitoba. The Nelson River has been cut up into segments and fractured by a string of dams, for which the Churchill River had to be diverted and new inflow points from Lake Winnipeg created to manage their capacity. Historic mighty rapids have shrivelled into dry river beds. Manitoba Hydro's Keeyask dam and generating station will expand the existing network of 15 dams and 13,800 km of transmission lines. In Our Backyard tells the story of the Keeyask dam and accompanying development on the Nelson River from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, academics, scientists, and regulators. It builds on the rich environmental and economic evaluations documented in the Clean Environment Commission's public hearings on Keeyask in 2012. It amplifies Indigenous voices that environmental assessment and regulatory processes have often failed to incorporate and provides a basis for ongoing decision-making and scholarship relating to Keeyask and resource development more generally. It considers cumulative, regional, and strategic impact assessments; Indigenous worldviews and laws within the regulatory and decision-making process; the economics of development; models for monitoring and management; consideration of affected species; and cultural and social impacts. With a provincial and federal regulatory regime that is struggling with important questions around the balance between development and sustainability, and in light of the inherent rights of Indigenous people to land, livelihoods, and self-determination, In Our Backyard offers critical reflections that highlight the need for purposeful dialogue, principled decision making, and a better legacy of northern development in the future."--

Uniform title

1. In our backyard (2022)

Subject

1. Dams > Manitoba
2. Dams > Environmental aspects > Manitoba
3. Dams > Social aspects > Manitoba
4. Indigenous peoples > Civil rights > Manitoba
5. Indigenous peoples > Manitoba > Government relations
6. Indigenous peoples > Land tenure > Manitoba
7. Natural resources > Manitoba > Management
8. Barrages > Manitoba
9. Barrages > Aspect de l'environnement > Manitoba
10. Barrages > Aspect social > Manitoba
11. Autochtones > Droits > Manitoba
12. Autochtones > Manitoba > Relations avec l'État
13. Autochtones > Terres > Manitoba
14. Ressources naturelles > Manitoba > Gestion
15. Dams
16. Dams > Environmental aspects
17. Dams > Social aspects
18. Indigenous peoples > Civil rights
19. Indigenous peoples > Government relations
20. Indigenous peoples > Land tenure
21. Natural resources > Management
22. Manitoba

Contents

1. The evolution of hydroelectric development in northern Manitoba -- Impacts of hydroelectric development in northern Manitoba -- Partnership building and hydroelectric development -- What is good development? legacy building in the north.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Additional formats (note)

1. Issued also in electronic formats.