A search of the ASTIS database for "SISN 76221/76262" has found the following 42 records, which are sorted in descending order of year.

Change and variability in sea ice during the 2007-2008 Canadian International Polar Year program   /   Barber, D.G.   Asplin, M.G.   Raddatz, R.L.   Candlish, L.M.   Nickels, S.   Meakin, S.   Hochheim, K.P.   Lukovich, J.V.   Galley, R.J.   Prinsenberg, S.J.
(Science results from the Canadian International Polar Year 2007-2008 / Edited by T. Kulkarni, J.M. Watkins, D.S. Lemmen and S. Nickels. Climatic change, v.115, no. 1, Nov. 2012, p. 115-133, ill., maps)
References.
ASTIS record 76252.
Languages: English
Web: doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0477-6
Libraries: ACU

In this paper we describe sea ice change and variability during the Canadian International Polar Year (IPY) program and examine several regional and hemispheric causes of this change. In a companion paper (Barber et al., Climate Change 2012) we present an overview of the consequences of this observed change and variability on ecosystem function, climatically relevant gas exchange, habitats of primary and apex predators, and impacts on northern peoples. Sea ice-themed research projects within the fourth IPY were designed to be among the most diverse international science programs. They greatly enhanced the exchange of Inuit knowledge and scientific ideas across nations and disciplines. This interdisciplinary and cultural exchange helped to explain and communicate the impacts of a transition of the Arctic Ocean and ecosystem to a seasonally ice-free state, the commensurate replacement of perennial with annual sea ice types and the causes and consequences of this globally significant metamorphosis. This paper presents a synthesis of scientific sea ice research and traditional knowledge results from Canadian-led IPY projects between 2007 and 2009. In particular, a summary of sea ice trends, basin-wide and regional, is presented in conjunction with Inuit knowledge of sea ice, gathered from communities in northern Canada. We focus on the recent observed changes in sea ice and discuss some of the causes of this change including atmospheric and oceanic forcing of both dynamic and thermodynamic forcing on the ice. Pertinent results include: 1) In the Amundsen Gulf, at the western end of the Northwest Passage, open water persists longer than normal and winter sea ice is thinner and more mobile. 2) Large areas of summer sea ice are becoming heavily decayed during summer and can be broken up by long-period waves being generated in the now extensive open water areas of the Chukchi Sea. 3) Cyclones play an important role in flaw leads - regions of open water between pack ice and land-fast ice. They delay the formation of new ice and the growth of multi-year ice. 4) Feedbacks involving the increased period of open water, long-period wave generation, increased open-ocean roughness, and the precipitation of autumn snow are all partially responsible for the observed reduction in multiyear sea ice. 5) The atmosphere is observed as remaining generally stable throughout the winter, preventing vertical entrainment of moisture above the surface. (Au)

G, E, J, D, T, R
Albedo; Atmospheric humidity; Atmospheric pressure; Atmospheric temperature; Boundary layers; Breakup; Climate change; Clouds; Effects of climate on ice; Environmental impacts; Fast ice; Formation; Fracturing; Growth; Ice cover; Ice leads; Inuit; Melting; Movement; Ocean currents; Ocean waves; Ocean-atmosphere interaction; Pack ice; Passive microwave remote sensing; Pressure ridges; Sea ice; Seasonal variations; Social surveys; Solar radiation; Spatial distribution; Synoptic climatology; Temporal variations; Thermal regimes; Thickness; Tides; Traditional knowledge; Winds

G07, G0815, G09, G0814, G02
Amundsen Gulf, N.W.T.; Arctic waters; Baffin Bay-Davis Strait; Canadian Arctic Islands waters; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Hudson Bay; North Water Polynya, Baffin Bay

RESEARCH PROJECT
Archaeological resources impact assessment of the 2012 realignments of the proposed Freegold Road extension (km 0 to km 132 - previously known as Freegold Road km 60 to km 196)   /   Mooney, J.P. [Investigator]   Ecofor Consulting Ltd. [Affiliation]   Northern Freegold Resources Ltd. [Sponsor]
(Yukon Archaeological Sites Regulations Permit, no. 12-01)
This research project description is based on information collected by the Yukon Heritage Resources Unit under the Yukon Archaeological Sites Regulations.
Year: 2012.
Investigator's address: James P. Mooney, Ecofor Consulting Ltd., Whitehorse, Yukon.
ASTIS record 76250.
Languages: English

U, P, L
Archaeology; Design and construction; Gold; Mining; Research project descriptions; Roads; Yukon Archaeological Sites Regulations Permits

G0811
Freegold Road region, Yukon

RESEARCH PROJECT
Analysis of ground ice and loess sediment on a Pleistocene age terrace of Engineer Creek, northern Yukon   /   Lauriol, B. [Investigator]   University of Ottawa [Affiliation]
(Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licence, no. 12-20)
This research project description is based on information collected by the Yukon Heritage Resources Unit under the Yukon Scientists and Explorers Act.
Year: 2012.
Investigator's address: Dr. Bernard Lauriol, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.
ASTIS record 76248.
Languages: English

C, A, B
Ground ice; Loess; Pleistocene epoch; Research project descriptions; Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licences

G0811
Engineer Creek region, Yukon

RESEARCH PROJECT
Best management practices for riparian forest in the southern lakes, Yukon   /   Cooke, H. [Investigator]   Wildlife Conservation Society Canada [Affiliation]
(Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licence, no. 12-19)
This research project description is based on information collected by the Yukon Heritage Resources Unit under the Yukon Scientists and Explorers Act.
Year: 2012.
Investigator's address: Dr. Hilary Cooke, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada.
ASTIS record 76247.
Languages: English

H, N, F, I
Forestry; Lakes; Natural resource management; Research project descriptions; Shorelines; Wildlife habitat; Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licences

G0811
Yukon

RESEARCH PROJECT
Ecological structure of northern arthropods : adaptation to a changing environment   /   Buddle, C. [Investigator]   McGill University [Affiliation]
(Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licence, no. 12-18)
This research project description is based on information collected by the Yukon Heritage Resources Unit under the Yukon Scientists and Explorers Act.
Year: 2012.
Investigator's address: Chris Buddle, McGill University, Montreal, Québec.
ASTIS record 76246.
Languages: English

I, J, E
Adaptation (Biology); Animal distribution; Animal ecology; Animal population; Arthropoda; Bioclimatology; Research project descriptions; Tundra ecology; Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licences

G0811
Yukon

RESEARCH PROJECT
Quantifying deformation and erosion at the Yakutat Plate corner (SE Alaska and Yukon) with integrated thermochronology and numerical modeling   /   Enkelmann, E. [Investigator]   University of Turbingen [Affiliation]
(Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licence, no. 12-17)
This research project description is based on information collected by the Yukon Heritage Resources Unit under the Yukon Scientists and Explorers Act.
Year: 2012.
Investigator's address: Eva Enkelmann, University of Tubingen, Germany.
ASTIS record 76245.
Languages: English

B
Deformation; Erosion; Geological time; Mathematical models; Plate tectonics; Research project descriptions; Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licences

G0811, G06
Alaska, Southeastern; Yukon

RESEARCH PROJECT
Muskrats, environmental change and traditional use of the Old Crow Flats, northern Yukon   /   Humphries, M. [Investigator]   McGill University [Affiliation]
(Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licence, no. 12-16)
This research project description is based on information collected by the Yukon Heritage Resources Unit under the Yukon Scientists and Explorers Act.
Year: 2012.
Investigator's address: Murray Humphries, McGill University, Montreal, Québec.
ASTIS record 76244.
Languages: English

I, J, E, T, N
Animal ecology; Climate change; Environmental impacts; Gwich'in Indians; Muskrats; Research project descriptions; Subsistence; Traditional land use and occupancy; Trapping; Tundra ecology; Wildlife habitat; Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licences

G0811
Old Crow Flats, Yukon

RESEARCH PROJECT
Experimental analysis of vertebrate community dynamics in the boreal forest of the southwestern Yukon   /   Krebs, C.J. [Investigator]   University of British Columbia [Affiliation]
(Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licence, no. 12-15)
This research project description is based on information collected by the Yukon Heritage Resources Unit under the Yukon Scientists and Explorers Act.
Year: 2012.
Investigator's address: Charles J. Krebs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
ASTIS record 76243.
Languages: English

I, J
Animal ecology; Research project descriptions; Taiga ecology; Vertebrates; Wildlife habitat; Yukon Scientists and Explorers Licences

G0811
Yukon

Oil and gas exploration & development activity forecast, Canadian Beaufort Sea 2012-2027   /   LTLC Consulting   Callow, L.   Salmo Consulting Inc.   Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment [Sponsor]   Canada. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada [Sponsor]
[Canada] : LTLC Consulting : Salmo Consulting, 2012.
ii, 43 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
References.
Report date: April 2012.
Cover title.
Indexed a PDF file from the Web.
ASTIS record 76241.
Languages: English
Web: http://www.beaufortrea.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Beaufort-Sea-OG-activity-forecast-2012-2017.pdf

... This report is intended to provide a general description of potential oil and gas activities in the Beaufort Sea in the short to medium time period (15 years). It is to provide the BREA Steering Committee, its working groups and arctic researchers with a forecast of industry activity they can use when assessing the priorities, scope and timing of Beaufort Sea research. It is also intended to help with understanding the implications of BREA research findings. ... (Au)

Q, B, V, R
Artificial islands; Bottom-founded structures; Caisson-retained islands; Costs; Drilling barges; Drillships; Forecasting; Gas fields; Geological exploration; Government regulations; History; Ice platforms; Kulluk; Licences; Molikpaq; Offshore oil well drilling; Offshore oil wells; Offshore seismic surveys; Oil fields; Petroleum leases; Planning; SSDC

G07, G0812
Canadian Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T.

Lessons learned : achieving positive educational outcomes in northern communities   /   Sisco, A.   Caron-Vuotari, M.   Stonebridge, C.   Sutherland, G.   Rhéaume, G.
Ottawa : Conference Board of Canada, 2012.
[6], iii, [1], 43, [1] p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
(Publication - Conference Board of Canada, no. 12-212)
Appendix A: Bibliography - Appendix B: Interview guide and interviewee breakdown.
Cover title.
Report date: January 2012.
Indexed a PDF file from the Web.
ASTIS record 76225.
Languages: English
Web: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-library/abstract.aspx?did=4658
Libraries: ACU

Preface: Education is a strong determinant of opportunity and prosperity, and contributes to individual and community well-being. Education is an area in which Canada excels in many ways, but this success is uneven. Northerners lag behind their Southern counterparts in terms of educational attainment. But, at the same time, cutting-edge educational practices and models are emerging in some parts of the North. This report examines education in the context of Northern communities. Its primary objective is to explore Northern experiences and share lessons learned and practices and models that Northerners believe are having a positive impact on educational outcomes. By sharing examples of Northern educational practices and models that could be adopted more broadly throughout the North, the report offers insights and ideas on ways to tackle the challenges identified. (Au)

R, T
Capacity building; Community development; Culture (Anthropology); Education; Government; Health care workers; Higher education; Identity; Local government; Management; Native peoples; Nordicity; Occupational training; Public opinion; Quality assurance; Schools; Social conditions; Social surveys; Sustainable economic development; Teachers; Youth

G081
Canadian Arctic

10|11 ArcticNet [annual report = rapport annuel]   /   ArcticNet Inc.
Québec, Québec : ArcticNet, Université Laval, 2012.
111 p. : ill., maps ; 20 × 28 cm.
Cover title.
Abstract taken from the message from the Chair of the Board, Scientific Director and Executive Director.
Also available on the Web.
Text in English, followed by Inuktitut and French text in parallel columns.
ASTIS record 76224.
Languages: English, French and Inuktitut
Web: http://www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca/pdf/media/AR2011.pdf
Libraries: ACU

In 2010-2011, the Scientific and Executive Directors, the Board of Directors, the Research Management Committee, and the Administrative Centre focused their collective efforts on the renewal of ArcticNet for a second 7-year cycle. The Network further aligned its research program to support the four pillars of Canada's Northern Strategy: sovereignty, economic development, environment, and governance. The resulting Strategic Plan proposes an extremely rich and exciting roadmap for our next cycle that convinced the International Evaluation Committee and Network Investigators and their teams did not await the renewal announcement to further advance the scientific and strategic objectives of ArcticNet in many and often spectacular ways. As a reflection of the successful implementation of ArcticNet's research plan over Cycle I, ArcticNet members delivered over 1030 scientific publications, including 423 in refereed journals in the last year alone. The constant progression of ArcticNet publications illustrates the expansion of our understanding of the ongoing transformation of the Arctic and its impact on northern societies, industries and economic development. ArcticNet's seventh Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2010) attracted over 550 participants and showcased 150 oral presentations and 170 scientific posters from all fields of Arctic research, reflecting the tremendous research effort supported by ArcticNet and the highly multidisciplinary nature of its program. The year 2010-2011 also saw the continuation of major research partnerships with the oil and gas sector in the Beaufort Sea. These partnerships, which the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans of the Commons qualified as "exemplary", are helping us assess the technical challenges and environmental baselines in an area awarded for exploration drilling at the edge of the continental shelf in the offshore Beaufort Sea. Building on the capacity and expertise they developed in the Beaufort Sea over the last decade, ArcticNet researchers were successful at securing funding for research projects that form the core of the new Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment (BREA) multi-stakeholder initiative to gather new information vital to the future management of the region. ArcticNet researchers will receive over $5M over the next 4 years (2011-2015) to lead four of the currently funded BREA research projects, with three of them conducted as part of the ArcticNet annual expedition to the Beaufort Sea onboard the CCGS Amundsen. In 2010-2011, over $1,000,000 was allocated towards 12 new ArcticNet research projects in human health and social sciences. Covering topics such as K-12 and higher education, arctic shipping, sovereignty, food security and industrial development, these exciting new projects brought 35 new Network Investigators and dozens of graduate students to ArcticNet. Providing major insights on the causes and consequences of the difficult transition of Inuit to modernity, these projects are now included in the core NCE funded research program for Phase III of ArcticNet (2011-2015). The Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) process, which is at the core of the trans-sector integration of the research program of ArcticNet, came of age in 2010-2011. IRIS 4 (eastern sub-Arctic) made major progress towards the publication of its first assessment for Nunavik and Nunatsiavut. IRIS 1 (Western High Arctic) and IRIS 2 (Eastern High Arctic) advanced their first assessment through meetings with stakeholders and initiating the redaction of chapters. The ArcticNet IRIS process is attracting increasing international attention as a tool to inform policy and decision at the regional scale. ... During the last year, ArcticNet teamed up with the Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS) to create a searchable ArcticNet Publications Database that describes publications from ArcticNet and its two predecessor marine research programs: the Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study (CASES: 2002-2007) and the International North Water Polynya Study (NOW: 1997-2002). The database provides complete coverage of more than 1,000 refereed publications and partial coverage of over 800 non-refereed publications. The database, available at www.aina.ucalgary.ca/arcticnet/, will be updated annually over ArcticNet's second cycle (2011-2018). ASTIS, Canada's national northern database, is a project of the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary. ... (Au)

J, E, R, T, D, G, L, K, I, H, Y, C, Q, N, F
Adaptability (Psychology); Amundsen (Ship); Animal distribution; Arctic char; ArcticNet Inc.; Bioclimatology; Biological sampling; Climate change; Coast changes; Communication; Education; Effects monitoring; Environmental impacts; Finance; Food; Forecasting; Health; Hydroelectric power; Hydrology; Ice cover; Ice leads; Ice shelves; Icebreakers; Inuit; Lipids; Marine mammals; Maritime law; Melting; Mercury; Microbial ecology; Native organizations; Occupational training; Ocean-atmosphere interaction; Oceanography; Offshore oil well drilling; Permafrost; Pollution; Public participation; Radio tracking of animals; Research; Research funding; Research organizations; Research personnel; Sea ice; Social change; Socio-economic effects; Sovereignty; Subsistence; Sustainable economic development; Temporal variations; Traditional knowledge; Transportation; Tundra ecology; Tundra ponds; Universities

G0813, G0812, G0826, G0827, G0815, G07, G09, G03
Baffin Bay-Davis Strait; Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean; Canadian Arctic Islands waters; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Hudson Bay; Inuvialuit Settlement Region, N.W.T./Yukon; Labrador Sea; Northwest Passage; Nunatsiavut, Labrador; Nunavik, Québec; Nunavut

Workshop on dispersant use in the Canadian Beaufort Sea   /   S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd.   Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment [Sponsor]   Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers [Sponsor]
Ottawa : S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd., 2011.
30, 2, 5, 5, [5], 7, 7, [7], 9, [15], 10, [5], 7, [8], 2, 3 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Appendices.
References.
Workshop held in Inuvik, NWT, 25-28 July 2011.
Report date: October 31, 2011.
The final 97 pages contain print-outs of the PowerPoint presentations given at the workshop.
Indexed a PDF file from the Web.
ASTIS record 76251.
Languages: English
Web: http://www.beaufortrea.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BREA-Dispersant-Workshop-Final-Report-October2011.pdf

The "Workshop on Dispersant Use in the Canadian Beaufort Sea", sponsored by the Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Working Group of the Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment, was held in Inuvik, NWT on July 26-28, 2011. The general objectives were: a. To inform regional stakeholders about dispersants and the implications of including them as a response tool for cleaning potential oil spills in the Canadian Beaufort Sea; and b. To help identify paths forward for planning for including chemical oil spill dispersants in the"toolbox" of spill response countermeasures available to responders in the Beaufort Sea, along with mechanical containment and recovery, in-situ burning, and shoreline cleanup. While recognizing that the primary aim of oil and gas proponents of exploratory drilling is to prevent accidental spills from happening, it is clear that the risk of accidental spills is always present. That being the case, it is important to be prepared to respond to them. Spill response methods in the Arctic, as elsewhere in the world, include: a. Controlling the spill source; b. Monitoring the movements and fate of the spilled oil; c. Selecting the appropriate spill countermeasure(s) from the following, based on factors such as safety and environmental protection: i. Containing and recovering as much of the oil as possible; ii. Chemically-dispersing and burning (in-situ burning) as much of the oil as possible in offshore areas before it can contaminate shorelines or ice-edges; and iii. Cleaning up shorelines and ice edges if and when they become oiled. Information about most spill response technologies other than dispersants (e.g., mechanical containment) had been provided to stakeholders in recent months. The objective of this workshop was to deal with dispersants, so the workshop focused narrowly on this countermeasure. To that end the workshop aimed to provide stakeholders with an understanding of: a. The fundamentals of dispersants as a means of responding to oil spills; b. The capabilities and limitations of dispersants and dispersant operations; c. The potential environmental risks from oil spills and dispersant use; d. The use of Net Environmental Benefits Analysis (NEBA) in spill response planning; and e. Dispersant regulation and planning in Canada and dispersant guidelines, regulations and planning in other jurisdictions. Participants included more than 50 persons from key stakeholder organizations, including the Inuvialuit communities, government and the oil industry (Appendix 1). The workshop agenda (Table 1.1) included: a. A series of presentations designed to inform participants on critical dispersant subjects, including important recent developments in dispersant research, particularly regarding, b. Tabletop exercises were used to illustrate the practical use of the information provided in the presentations. c. The workshop concluded with brief statements from the major stakeholder groups regarding their view of the next steps needed to plan for dispersant use spill response in the Beaufort Sea. These are provided in their entirety below. ... (Au)

Q, R, J, I, H, T, D, E
Animal mortality; Biodegradation; Birds; Emergency planning; Environmental impacts; Environmental policy; Environmental protection; Fishes; Government; Government regulations; Inuit; Marine fauna; Marine mammals; Marine oil spills; Marine pollution; Movement; Ocean currents; Ocean waves; Offshore oil well blowouts; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spill dispersants; Planning; Public participation; Risk assessment; Safety; Size; Spatial distribution; Specifications; Tankers; Temporal variations; Toxicity; Viscosity; Weathering; Wildlife habitat; Winds

G07, G05, G11
Alaskan Beaufort Sea; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Mexico, Gulf of; North Atlantic Ocean; North Sea

Estimating economic activity in Canada's northern regions   /   Palladini, J.
Ottawa : Conference Board of Canada, 2011.
11, [3] p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
(Publication - Conference Board of Canada, no. 11-201)
Appendix.
References.
Cover title.
Briefing date: February 2011.
Indexed a PDF file from the Web.
ASTIS record 76231.
Languages: English
Web: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-library/abstract.aspx?did=4029
Libraries: ACU

Real GDP in Canada's Northern regions was $84.8 billion in 2009. Strength in mining, oil, and the public sector has been offset in some regions by the troubled forest industry. DOCUMENT HIGHTLIGHTS. The North's share of national GDP has declined steadily over the past decade, from 7.6 per cent in 1999 to 6.6 per cent in 2009 - slightly less than its share of Canada's population. The main economic drivers are the mining, forestry, oil, and natural gas industries, as well as the public sector (government, health, education, and social services). The Northern economies of Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba have struggled over the past decade. Economic growth has been the fastest in the three territories and in Northern Newfoundland and Labrador, ranging from 3 to 3.6 per cent on average between 1999 and 2009. The North's GDP per capita stood at $33,500 in 2009, ranging from $17,900 in Northern Manitoba to $71,200 in the Northwest Territories, due to NWT's relatively low population and large diamond mining industry. [From the Conference Board of Canada's website.] (Au)

R, N, P, Q, L
Agriculture; Construction industry; Diamonds; Economic conditions; Education; Employment; Finance; Fishing; Forestry; Government; Health care; Hunting; Industries; Insurance; Labour supply; Manufacturing industries; Mining; Petroleum industry; Population; Temporal variations; Transportation; Utilities; Welfare; Wholesale trade

G0811, G0812, G0813, G0826, G0827, G0825, G0824, G0823, G0822, G0821
Alberta, Northern; British Columbia, Northern; Labrador; Manitoba, Northern; N.W.T.; Nouveau-Québec; Nunavik, Québec; Nunavut; Ontario, Northern; Saskatchewan, Northern; Yukon

Striking a balance : impacts of major natural resource projects in the North   /   Pulla, S.
Ottawa : Conference Board of Canada, 2011.
19, [5] p. : map ; 28 cm.
(Publication - Conference Board of Canada, no. 12-129)
References.
Cover title.
Briefing date: November 2011.
Indexed a PDF file from the Web.
ASTIS record 76227.
Languages: English
Web: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-library/abstract.aspx?did=4519
Libraries: ACU

This briefing reviews how stakeholders are trying to balance the economic benefits of major natural resource projects in the North with their social and environmental costs. DOCUMENT HIGHLIGHTS. Major natural resource projects in the North are by their nature large, capital intensive, and of finite duration. This briefing reviews how stakeholders are trying to balance the economic benefits of major natural resource projects in the North with their social and environmental costs. It looks at the impact and benefit agreements used by industry to address the social, economic, cultural, and environmental concerns of Aboriginal communities impacted by major resource projects; at the regulatory processes that aim to balance the costs and benefits; and at innovative practices that are emerging to enhance the benefits of major resource projects while mitigating their negative impacts. [From the Conference Board of Canada's website.] (Au)

R, T, N, P, Q, L
Capacity building; Community development; Costs; Design and construction; Education; Effects monitoring; Employment; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental impacts; Environmental protection; Licences; Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry (Canada); Management; Mining; Native land claims; Native peoples; Natural resources; Occupational training; Public relations; Quality of life; Regulatory agencies; Socio-economic effects; Specifications; Standard of living; Subsistence; Substance abuse; Sustainable economic development; Traditional knowledge; Transportation; Wages

G081, G0811, G0812, G0813
Canadian Arctic; N.W.T.; Nunavut; Yukon

Northern assets : transportation infrastructure in remote communities   /   Bristow, M.   Gill, V.
Ottawa : Conference Board of Canada, 2011.
[6], iv, 66, [2] p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
(Publication - Conference Board of Canada, no. 12-139)
Appendix A: Bibliography - Appendix B: List of Interviews.
Cover title.
Report date: December 2011.
Indexed a PDF file from the Web.
ASTIS record 76226.
Languages: English
Web: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-library/abstract.aspx?did=4567
Libraries: ACU

Preface: Transportation infrastructure plays an integral role in the socio-economic well-being of Northern communities in Canada. It improves commercial prospects, strengthens regional connections, provides access to key health and social services, and facilitates the flow of people and goods. Moreover, it benefits all Canadians through its contribution to national sovereignty, safety, and security. Yet the challenges of developing transportation infrastructure in Northern communities, separated in many cases by vast distances, are particularly acute. The negative effects of climate change, such as permafrost degradation, are exacerbating these challenges. This report examines the role of Northern transportation infrastructure development in creating community links, enhancing commercial prospects, and facilitating economic growth. It features a case study of Churchill, Manitoba, to look at lessons learned and to analyze the implications of transportation infrastructure development that are relevant for other Northern communities. It also identifies policy issues and gaps in transportation infrastructure, as well as areas for further research. (Au)

L, R, T, C, E, J, G, N
Accidents; Air transportation; Climate change; Community development; Costs; Design and construction; Economic development; Economic policy; Environmental impacts; Harbours; Maintenance; Marine transportation; Native development corporations; Native peoples; Nordicity; Permafrost; Railroads; Risk assessment; Roads; Safety; Sea ice; Socio-economic effects; Sovereignty; Subsistence; Transportation

G08
Canada; Churchill, Manitoba; N.W.T.; Nunavik, Québec; Nunavut

Building labour force capacity in Canada's North   /   Martin, H.
Ottawa : Conference Board of Canada, 2011.
[6], iii, [1], 47, [3] p. : map ; 28 cm.
(Publication - Conference Board of Canada, no. 12-140)
Appendix A: Interview participants - Appendix B: Business and community profiles - Appendix C: Cameco Math and Science Bursary Program - Appendix D: Bibliography.
Cover title.
Indexed a PDF file from the Web.
Report date: November 2011.
ASTIS record 76223.
Languages: English
Web: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-library/abstract.aspx?did=4538
Libraries: ACU

Preface: Canada's North is a vast region, dotted with diverse communities. In many regions of this massive area, there is a lack of labour force capacity among the local population. Building Labour Force Capacity in Canada's North attempts to answer the question: Given the multiple and often unique challenges in the North, how are organizations and communities building labour force capacity among the local population? According to results of the Centre for the North's Survey of Northerners' Outlooks and Wants (SNOW), Northerners feel that more employment opportunities are the number one way to make their communities better places in which to live. (Au)

R, T
Businesses; Capacity building; Community development; Culture (Anthropology); Economic conditions; Economic development; Education; Employment; Funding for education; Labour supply; Local government; Management; Mining; Native peoples; Occupational training; Population; Social surveys

G081
Canadian Arctic

Les premiers Canadiens, Canadiens en premiers : stratégie nationale sur la scholarisation des Inuits 2011   /   National Committee on Inuit Education
Ottawa : Published for the National Committee on Inuit Education by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2011.
53 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Indexed a PDF file from the Web.
Cover title.
Appendices.
References.
Also available in Inuktitut and English under title: First Canadian, Canadians first : national strategy on Inuit education 2011. See ASTIS record 76221.
ASTIS record 76222.
Languages: French
Web: http://www.itk.ca/sites/default/files/Strategie-Nationale-sur-la-Scholarisation-des-Inuits.pdf
Libraries: ACU

... La Stratégie nationale sur l'éducation des Inuits répond aux réalités d'aujourd'hui. Il s'agit du tout premier effort national axé sur l'amélioration des résultats scolaires des Inuits. ... Trois principes clés ont guidé le processus d'élaboration de la Stratégie nationale : 1) le respect des champs de compétence de chaque région pour la prestation de programmes d'éducation; 2) l'action collective par les Inuits pour élaborer des objectifs d'envergure nationale; 3) un accent placé sur l'établissement de pratiques exemplaires et sur les mesures à prendre pour combler les lacunes communes à toutes les régions. La vision en matière d'éducation des Inuits dans le cadre de cette stratégie est de produire des diplômés inuits bilingues qui parlent la langue des Inuits et au moins l'une des deux langues officielles du Canada, et munis des compétences et des connaissances nécessaires pour contribuer avec fierté et confiance au 21e siècle. ... Afin de continuer sur la lancée des dernières années et de mieux organiser et coordonner les investissements, le Comité national a aussi recommandé la création d'un secrétariat sur l'éducation des Inuits conseillé par le Comité national sur l'éducation des Inuits. La Stratégie nationale a le potentiel de renforcer l'éducation dans l'ensemble du Nunangat inuit. Le fait de se concentrer sur des secteurs essentiels aidera les régions à éviter le chevauchement des efforts dans le travail onéreux d'élaboration de matières se rapportant aux programmes d'études, de ressources pédagogiques bilingues et de programmes de langues axés sur les Inuits. La Stratégie nationale peut aussi consolider les forces et les pratiques exemplaires existantes, miser sur elles et les partager dans l'ensemble des régions. Une initiative nationale visant l'amélioration des résultats dans le secteur de l'éducation des Inuits sensibilisera le public aux lacunes dans l'éducation des Inuits et lui fera prendre conscience de la nécessité de transformer de manière continue les écoles inuites. La Stratégie nationale augmente la possibilité d'attirer des investissements de multiples sources qui seraient susceptibles de ne pas être disponibles dans les régions individuelles. De plus, l'investissement dans la surveillance et la recherche de pratiques exemplaires fournira les données nécessaires pour évaluer ce qui fonctionne et quelles pratiques n'améliorent pas les résultats. Voici les recommandations du Comité national sur l'éducation des Inuits. La mise en œuvre des recommandations se ferait par étapes sur une période de cinq à dix ans et verrait la participation des gouvernements, des conseils scolaires, des organisations régionales et nationales inuites et d'autres organismes à titre de partenaires de financement ou de programmes. ... (Au)

T, R
Capacity building; Education; Education policy; Inuit

G081, G0812, G0813, G0826, G0827
Canada; Inuvialuit Settlement Region, N.W.T./Yukon; Nunatsiavut, Labrador; Nunavik, Québec; Nunavut

First Canadians, Canadians first : national strategy on Inuit education 2011   /   National Committee on Inuit Education
Ottawa : Published for the National Committee on Inuit Education by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2011.
100 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Cover title.
Appendices.
References.
See ASTIS record 76222 for report available in French under title: Les premiers Canadiens, Canadiens en premiers : stratégie nationale sur la scholarisation des Inuits 2011. Only the synopsis appears in French in this version of the report.
ASTIS record 76221.
Languages: English and Inuktitut
Web: http://www.itk.ca/sites/default/files/National-Strategy-on-Inuit-Education-2011_0.pdf
Web: http://www.itk.ca/sites/default/files/Nanituinnak-Nunaliujuni-Kanuilingausitsak-Inuit-Ilinniagusinginnut.pdf
Web: http://www.itk.ca/sites/default/files/National-Strategy-on-Inuit-Education%20-Inuktitut-Syllabics.pdf
Libraries: ACU

... The National Strategy on Inuit Education responds to today's realities. It is the first-ever national effort focused on improving outcomes in Inuit education. ... Three key principles guided the process of developing the National Strategy: 1) Respect for the jurisdictional authority of each region to deliver education programs. 2) Collective action among Inuit to produce goals of a national scope. 3) Focus on building on best practices and addressing key gaps common to all regions. The vision for Inuit education set out in this Strategy is to graduate bilingual Inuit children who speak the Inuit language and at least one of Canada's two official languages, and who possess the skills and knowledge to contribute with pride and confidence to the 21st century. ... To continue the momentum of the past several years and to further organize and coordinate investments, the National Committee also recommends the creation of an Inuit Education Secretariat advised by the National Committee on Inuit Education. A National Strategy has the potential to strengthen education across Inuit Nunangat. Focusing on the core areas will help regions avoid duplication of effort in the costly work of developing Inuit-centred curriculum materials, bilingual learning resources and language programs. A National Strategy can also consolidate and build on existing strengths and best practices, and share these across regions. A national initiative for improving outcomes in Inuit education will raise public awareness about the deficit in Inuit education and bring focus to the need for ongoing transformation in Inuit schools. A National Strategy increases the potential for attracting investments from multiple sources that may not otherwise be available to individual regions. Furthermore, investing in monitoring and research of best practices will provide the information needed to evaluate what's working and what practices are not improving outcomes. Below are the recommendations of the National Committee on Inuit Education. Implementation of the recommendations would be incremental, over a period of five to ten years and involve the participation of governments, school boards, regional and national Inuit organizations and other agencies as funding and program partners. (Au)

T, R
Capacity building; Education; Education policy; Inuit

G081, G0812, G0813, G0826, G0827
Canada; Inuvialuit Settlement Region, N.W.T./Yukon; Nunatsiavut, Labrador; Nunavik, Québec; Nunavut

Territorial outlook : economic forecast   /   Conference Board of Canada
Jan. 2010- .
Ottawa : Conference Board of Canada, 2010- .
v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
(Publication - Conference Board of Canada)
Bi-annual.
Based on the first issue, January 2010 (publication no. 10-135).
Cover title.
Indexed a PDF file from the Web.
All the Territorial Outlook publications can be found by searching the Conference Board of Canada's e-library.
ASTIS record 76228.
Languages: English
Web: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-library/default.aspx
Libraries: ACU

... The forecast for the three territories and the accompanying report will be prepared biannually. The report examines the economic and fiscal outlook for each of the territories [Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon], including output by industry, labour market conditions, and the demographic make-up of each territory. ... (Au)

R, T, P, Q, N, L, K
Age; Construction industry; Costs; Design and construction; Economic development; Employment; Forecasting; Gold; Government; Health care; Housing; Income; Industries; Internal migration; Inuit; Labour supply; Manufacturing industries; Mining; Petroleum industry; Petroleum pipelines; Population; Prices; Serials; Subsistence; Taxation; Transportation; Unemployed; Utilities; Wages

G0811, G0812, G0813
N.W.T.; Nunavut; Yukon

Assessment and remediation of abandoned mining exploration sites in Nunavik : progress report for year 2005-2006 of the project   /   Kativik Regional Government. Renewable Resources Department   Séquin, J.-M. [Project coordinator]
Kuujjuaq, Québec : Kativik Regional Government, 2006.
vi, 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps (4 folded) ; 28 cm.
Cover title.
Appendices.
References.
ASTIS record 76235.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

This progress report presents the activities carried out as a follow-up to the Assessment and Prioritization of Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites in Nunavik study conducted by the Kativik Regional Government (KRG) and the Makivik Corporation in 2001 and 2002. The study revealed that there remain 403 non-validated abandoned mining xploration sites in northern Quebec. Based on projections from the fieldwork, it is expected that an additional 7 major, 68 intermediate and 95 minor sites, established with the criteria adapted from the National Classification System for Contaminated Sites, will be found. The four-year contribution agreement will make it possible to complete the assessment of these sites. The methodology used will be the one recommended in the March 2003 report. Following recommendations from the KRG's two-year inventory report, a remediation plan was prepared and conducted on one abandoned mining exploration site. The site KAW-35 located in the Schefferville area, on the shores of Blue Lake, has been validated and characterized as a major site with a high prioritization for remediation. Clean-up procedures were developed and equipment was purchased to carry out the restoration of the site. This report presents the coordination of the work and describes all the remedial measures carried out on the site KAW-35 in July 2005. Considering the immediate threat to the environment of Blue Lake, this experimental project is a prelude to a more ambitious clean-up project of abandoned mining exploration sites found throughout the Northern Quebec territory. Participants directly involved in the remedial measures of the site KAW-35 were contacted during spring 2005. The Naskapi Nation Council of Kawawachikamach, and the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John, the air charter NORPAQ which provided transportation logistics, soil remediation experts from the Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parçs du Québec (MDDEP), Adoschaouna Naskapi Services suppliers for remedial measures equipment, and chemical product treatment centers were all informed and aware of the remedial project. The coordination of the pilot project for the major site KAW-35 involved a remediation team of six (6) people hired within the Naskapi community of Kawawachikamach and two (2) from the Innu Nation of Matimekush-LacJohn for a total of ten (10) workers on site, including the project coordinator and the Environment Canada advisor. The remediation team, the project coordinator and environmental advisor from Environment Canada conducted a 20-day fieldwork campaign, from July 4th to July 23rd 2005, in order to safely and effectively remove hazardous materials from the site in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. During this first phase of the clean up work, the technicians received training and instructions on hazardous material handling as well as equipment operation. All of the hazardous materials and debris collected were transported by air charter and properly stored in the local northern community of Schefferville. The hazardous materials were then transported by train to an authorized hazardous waste management centre in southern Quebec. The Economic Development Department of the Makivik Corporation communicated with the KRG in June 2005 concerning the intention of Cruise North Expeditions (CNE) to be involved in abandoned mining site remediation efforts in Nunavik. One of the more accessible sites (PJ-17) was designated and on September a voluntary team of 21 passengers of the CNE vessel got to the site and participated in the removal of hazardous materials and barrels. All the residual materials collected were brought on the vessel where they were stored until their final destination in St-John, Newfoundland, for proper disposal. The KRG project coordinator was on-site to participate in the cleanup work and provide the proper tools and equipment in order to manage the residual material. An update of the inven tory of abandoned mining exploration sites was done in the Kangiqsujuaq-Salluit sector. Local informants indicated 125 potential abandoned mining exploration sites during the 2001-2002 assessment and a subsequent site assessment phase, carried out during summer 2005, consisted of validating the information regarding these potential sites. New orphan sites were identified with the collaboration of currently active mining exploration companies and organizations working in the area. The KRG also documented the cleanup efforts carried out by mining exploration companies working in Nunavik, particularly in the Salluit-Kangiqsujuaq sector. Anglo American Exploration Canada produced a report following the remedial work done on an abandoned site located close to one of their active exploration camps. Canadian Royalties Inc. also carried out cleanup activities on sites located on their mining properties. In addition, the first edition of a guide called, Cleaning and Handling Hazardous Products in Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites in Nunavik, was produced with the collaboration of the MDDEP and has been distributed to the local communities of the region. One person at the MDDEP is now assigned for this file in order to bring technical assistance in the hazardous material handling and management in Northern Quebec. The objective of the guide is to ensure that the proper support is provided and proper procedures respected regarding the management and safe handling of hazardous materials during their removal from abandoned mining exploration sites. This guide and its subsequent editions are specifically addressed to the Nunavik communities concerned by the presence of contaminated sites located in their region. (Au)

P, R, J, C
Costs; Employment; Environmental impacts; Fuels; Geological exploration; Hazardous materials; Industrial waste disposal; Mining; Occupational training; Pollution; Reclamation; Soils; Spatial distribution; Waste management; Work camps

G0826
Aupaluk region, Québec; Kangiqsujuaq region, Québec; Kangirsuk region, Québec; Kawawachikamach, Québec; Kuujjuaq region, Québec; Nunavik, Québec; Salluit region, Québec; Schefferville region, Québec; Tasiujaq region, Québec

Réhabilitation du site de Purtuniq : rapport des travaux réalisés, Mai 2002   /   Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée
[Sainte-Foy, Quebec : Roche], 2002.
i, 8, [28] leaves : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Appendices.
ASTIS record 76229 describes the English version of this report.
Partial contents: Évaluation environnementale : emplacement minier de Purtuniq (Asbestos Hill) Février 1992 / Roche ltée.
ASTIS record 76230.
Languages: French
Libraries: XQKNRC

Introcution : De 1972 à 1983, la Société Asbestos ltée a exploité un gisement d'amiante à Purtuniq (également connu sous le nom d'Asbestos Hill), situé dans la région nord de la péninsule d'Ungava. Lors de la cessation des activités d'exploitation, la plupart des installations, équipements et infrastructures sont demeurés sur place. Dans le cadre de son projet Raglan, la Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée a convenu de réaliser au nom de la Société Asbestos ltée les travaux relatifs au démantèlement des installations minières de Purtuniq, conformément à une entente conclue avec la Société Asbestos ltée et en accord avec le ministère des Ressources naturelles (MRN). Le présent document vise à fournir les détails sur les travaux de réhabilitation réalisés par la Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée au site Purtuniq depuis 1994. (Au)

P, M, J, S
Asbestos; Asbestos Hill Mine, Quebec; Buildings; Environmental impacts; Equipment and supplies; Hazardous waste; Heavy metals; Industrial waste disposal; Landfills; Pollution; Reclamation; Soils; Suspended solids; Temporal variations; Waste management; Water quality; Work camps

G0826
Purtuniq region, Québec; Purtuniq, Québec

Rehabilitation of the Purtuniq site : report on work carried out, May 2002   /   Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée
[Sainte-Foy, Québec : Roche], 2002.
i, 8, [28] leaves : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Alternate title: Purtuniq site restoration - work progress report, May 2002.
Appendices.
ASTIS record 76230 describes the French version of this report.
Partial contents: Évaluation environnmentale : emplacement minier de Purtuniq (Asbestos Hill), Février 1992 / Société Asbestos.
ASTIS record 76229.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

Introduction: From 1972 to 1983, Société Asbestos ltée has mined an asbestos deposit at Purtuniq (a.k.a. Asbestos Hill), located in the northern Ungava Peninsula region. When mining stopped, most facilities, infrastructures and pieces of equipment stayed there. Within the scope of its Raglan project, the Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée has agreed to carry out, for Société Asbestos ltée, the work pertaining to the dismantling of the Purtuniq mining installations, in accordance with an agreement concluded with Société Asbestos ltée and with the permission of the ministère des Ressources naturelles (MRN). This document details the restoration carried out by the Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée at the Purtuniq site since 1994. (Au)

P, M, J, S
Asbestos; Asbestos Hill Mine, Quebec; Buildings; Environmental impacts; Equipment and supplies; Hazardous waste; Heavy metals; Industrial waste disposal; Landfills; Pollution; Reclamation; Soils; Suspended solids; Temporal variations; Waste management; Water quality; Work camps

G0826
Purtuniq region, Québec; Purtuniq, Québec

Raglan monitoring, surveillance, communication and coordination program
[Quebec] : s.n., [1998?].
2 v. ; 28 cm.
Cover title.
Date entered: 21/10/97 appears on the first page of one volume, and Aug. 06/98 of the other volume.
ASTIS record 76240.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

All of the interviews contained in the volume dated 21/10/97 were conducted with individuals from Salluit. The second volume, dated Aug. 06/98, reflects the views of those from Kangirsuk. Those interviewed express their views and opinions on the socio-economic effects and environmental impacts of the Raglan Project on the Inuit and their communities. Of primary concern is access to job opportunities and occupational training. (ASTIS)

P, T, R, J, F, N
Alcohol abuse; Animal health; Businesses; Communication; Construction equipment; Copper; Drug abuse; Economic development; Education; Effects monitoring; Elders; Employment; Employment policy; Environmental impacts; Hunting; Income; Internal migration; Inuit; Languages; Mining; Nickel; Occupational training; Pollution; Public participation; Public relations; Raglan Agreement (1995); Raglan Project; Rivers; Social conditions; Social institutions; Social interaction; Social surveys; Socio-economic effects; Subsistence; Wages; Water pollution; Water quality

G0826, G0827
Déception, Baie, region, Québec; Kangiqsujuaq, Québec; Kangirsuk region, Québec; Kangirsuk, Québec; Salluit, Québec; Voisey's Bay Area, Labrador

Environmental monitoring of the Raglan Project : toxicology and forensic report   /   Chamberland, G.   Kuujjuaq Research Centre [Sponsor]
Kuujjuaq, Québec : Nunavik Research Centre, 1998.
42 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
Appendix.
Mostly tables.
ASTIS record 76239.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

In September 1997, a team of specialists went to the Raglan mine area in the Nunavik (Northern Québec, Canada) to collect samples for establishing baseline values for future environmental impact assessments. This project was initiated and managed by Kuujjuaq Research Center of Makivik Corporation (KRC). An essential part of this mission was that all samples would be collected and processed using methods that assure a chain of custody. Chain of Custody is a term commonly used by the regulatory and forensic professions. Although the term is more commonly associated with evidence in judicial procedures, Chain of Custody is widely used in the regulatory toxicology profession and is implicated with all samples collected and processed for submissions, petitions and/or reports to regulatory agencies. This latter practice is more rigorously practiced and enforced in the USA than in Canada. Regulatory agencies such as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have established guidelines and regulations that make it mandatory to practice the type of procedures used in the Environmental Monitoring of the Raglan Project by KRC. In the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, the term Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) refers to the GLP regulations that describe and enforce these practices. Scientific data submitted to regulatory agencies, such as the EPA, that was not obtained by laboratories that are in compliance with the US GLP regulations are rejected and the agency will not trust/believe non-GLP data. In simple terms, GLP practices, such as Chain of Custody, give credibility to data since all activities related to a sample are documented and therefore can be audited by a regulatory agency or a Quality Assurance department of another company. In non-GLP regulated laboratories, quality assurance is commonly associated with quality control during sample analyses. Under the GLP, quality assurance also means that the laboratory has audited the records of a project, verified that the scientific and technical aspects of the project were performed according to the laboratory's Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and that all deviations from the SOP or research protocol were documented. What does GLP represent for a project like the one that was carried out by KRC at the Raglan mine area? Basically, it was crucial that KRC execute this type of project using the GLP regulations as a guideline. If KRC performed the project in compliance with these regulations, it would mean: 1. That the samples would be considered credible and their authenticity could be demonstrated by records that are both dated and signed. 2. Samples were collected using methods that were appropriately discussed and prepared prior to the start of the field work. 3. Samples were collected and processed under appropriate security to assure that no one tampered with the samples. 4. All submissions and/or petitions presented to a government agency and/or to Raglan would include a Compliance Statement that would give credibility to the data supporting the report and its conclusions and that non-compliance to GLP could not be used as a reason to reject the data and the supporting data and the submission and/or petition. (Au)

P, J, I, H, R, F, B
Age; Air pollution; Arctic char; Bioaccumulation; Biological sampling; Bottom sediments; Copper; Cores; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental impacts; Geochemistry; Government regulations; Heavy metals; Internal organs; Lake trout; Lakes; Mass spectrometry; Measurement; Metals; Mining; Mosses; Mussels; Nickel; Quality assurance; Raglan Project; Rivers; Spatial distribution; Specifications; Temporal variations; Toxicity; Water pollution; Water quality; Watersheds

G0826
Déception, Baie, Québec; Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W) region, Québec; Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W), Québec; Laflamme, Lac, Québec; Laflamme, Lac, region, Québec; Pingualuk, Lac, Québec; Puvirnituq, Québec; Puvirnituq, Rivière de, Québec; Vachon, Rivière, (60 05 N, 71 09 W) region, Québec; Vachon, Rivière, (60 05 N, 71 09 W), Québec

Projet Raglan : suivi environnemental suite aux travaux de démentèlement et de réhabilitation au site du Lac Cross, 1997   /   Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée
Rouyn-Noranda, Québec : Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée, 1998.
iv, 22, [13], 6 leaves : maps (1 folded) ; 28 cm.
References.
Appendices.
ASTIS record 76234 describes the results of the 1996 monitoring program.
Report date: Mars 1998.
Partial contents: Annexe I : Méthods utilisées pour l'analyse des échantillons d'eau - Annexe II : Rapport de laboratoire présentant les résultats d'analyse des échantillons d'eau en 1997 - Annexe III : Abbreviated English version of the report - Environmental follow-up after Cross Lake's clean-up and rehabilitation, 1997.
ASTIS record 76236.
Languages: French or English
Libraries: XQKNRC

Sommaire : Dans le cadre du programme de démantèlement et de réhabilitation de l'ancien site d'exploration du lac Cross, un suivi environnemental a été prévu pour trois années suivant la fin des travaux de nettoyage (1994). La Société Minière Raglan du Québec (S.M.R.Q.) s'est engagée à assurer un suivi de la qualité de l'eau du site ainsi que de la stabilité du lieu d'enfouissement exploité lors des travaux de nettoyage. Une caractérisation hydrique a été effectuée suite au démantèlement du campement temporaire du lac Cross en juillet 1994. La poursuite du suivi de la qualité de l'eau aux stations échantillonnées en 1994 a eu lieu en septembre 1996. Quelques paramètres analysés en 1996 présentent des résultats qui diffèrent un peu de ceux enregistrés en 1994. Ces variations peuvent toutefois être reliées à des facteurs saisonniers. Selon les données obtenues pour les stations avoisinant le site d'élimination, aucune perturbation du milieu n'a eu lieu entre 1994 et 1996. Ces observations confirment présentement la stabilité du site d'enfouissement. (Au)

P, F, J, M
Aluminum; Chemical properties; Copper; Effects monitoring; Geological exploration; Industrial waste disposal; Iron; Lakes; Landfills; Metals; Physical properties; Raglan Project; Reclamation; Seasonal variations; Suspended solids; Temporal variations; Water quality; Work camps

G0826
Cross, Lac, Québec; Puvirnituq, Rivière de, Québec

Projet Raglan : suivi environnemental populations d'ombles chevaliers de la rivière Déception, 1996   /   Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée
Rouyn-Noranda, Québec : Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée, 1997.
iv, 31, [4], [1], 16, 3, [1], 54 leaves : ill., map ; 28 cm.
References.
Appendices.
ASTIS record 76258 describes the results of the 1995 monitoring program.
Report date: Mai 1997.
Partial contents: Annexe I : Données de base sur les spécimens récoltés en 1996 lors de la campagne de pêche à l'omble chevalier sur l'exutoire du lac Duquet - Annexe II : Classification utilisée pour la détermination des stades de maturité des gonades des poissons - Annexe III : Rapports de laboratoire présentant les résultats d'analyse pour la teneur en métaux de la chair et du foie des ombles chevaliers prélevés en 1996 à l'exutoire du lac Duquet - Annexe IV : Méthodes utilisées pour l'analyse des métaux dans la chair et le foie des poissons - Annexe V : Données brutes des longueurs à la fourche de tous les ombles chevaliers mesurés à la barrière de dénombrement en 1996.
ASTIS record 76256.
Languages: French
Libraries: XQKNRC

Un suivi des populations d'ombles chevaliers (Salvelinus alpinus) anadromes de la rivière Déception a été mis en application à l'été de 1996. Une barrière de dénombrement a été installée à l'exutoire du lac Duquet lors de la montaison du poisson. Entre les 27 août et 17 septembre 1996, 6962 poissons ont franchi la barrière et sur ce total, 2731 ombles chevaliers ont été mesurés et 218 sacrifiés pour le prélèvement d'otolithes dont 31 qui ont servi au prélèvement de la chair et du foie pour l'analyse des teneurs en métaux lourds. La moyenne de la longueur à la fourche sur le total des ombles chevaliers mesurés est de 24,7 cm. Les classes d'âge les plus représentées sont de 5 et 6 ans. Le taux de mortalité total est estimé à 26% pour les ombles chevaliers âgés entre 5 et 20 ans alors que le taux instantané de mortalité est de -0,30. Les teneurs en métaux observées dans la chair (et le foie) des ombles chevaliers respectent les limites proposées par le BEST et la loi fédérale sur les aliments et les drogues pour la commercialisation, ainsi que la concentration maximale en mercure suggérée par Santé et Bien Être Social Canada pour la consommation régulière de poisson, ont toutes été respectées. Les teneurs moyennes en métaux dans le foie et dans la chair des ombles chevaliers sont en général plus faibles en 1996 qu'en 1994. La relation entre le mercure et la taille des poissons anadromes démontre une corrélation positive en 1994 et en 1996. (Au)

P, I, J
Age; Animal anatomy; Animal live-capture; Animal mortality; Animal nervous systems; Animal reproduction; Arctic char; Biological sampling; Copper; Effects monitoring; Environmental impacts; Fish spawning; Heavy metals; Measurement; Mining; Nickel; Raglan Project; Temporal variations; Toxicity

G0826
Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W), Québec; Duquet, Lac, (62 04 N, 74 35 W), Québec; Kattiniq, Québec

Projet Raglan : suivi environnemental suite aux travaux de démentèlement et de réhabilitation au site du Lac Cross   /   Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée
Rouyn-Noranda, Québec : Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée, 1997.
iii, 20, [9] leaves : maps (1 folded) ; 28 cm.
References.
Appendices.
ASTIS record 76236 describes the results of the 1997 monitoring program.
Report date: Mai 1997.
Partial contents: Annexe I : Méthods utilisées pour l'analyse des échantillons d'eau - Annexe II : Rapport de laboratoire présentant les résultats d'analyse des échantillons d'eau en 1996.
ASTIS record 76234.
Languages: French
Libraries: XQKNRC

Sommaire : Dans le cadre du programme de démantèlement et de réhabilitation de l'ancien site d'exploration du lac Cross, un suivi environnemental a été prévu pour trois années suivant la fin des travaux de nettoyage (1994). La Société Minière Raglan du Québec (S.M.R.Q.) s'est engagée à assurer un suivi de la qualité de l'eau du site ainsi que de la stabilité du lieu d'enfouissement exploité lors des travaux de nettoyage. Une caractérisation hydrique a été effectuée suite au démantèlement du campement temporaire du lac Cross en juillet 1994. La poursuite du suivi de la qualité de l'eau aux stations échantillonnées en 1994 a eu lieu en septembre 1996. Quelques paramètres analysés en 1996 présentent des résultats qui diffèrent un peu de ceux enregistrés en 1994. Ces variations peuvent toutefois être reliées à des facteurs saisonniers. Selon les données obtenues pour les stations avoisinant le site d'élimination, aucune perturbation du milieu n'a eu lieu entre 1994 et 1996. Ces observations confirment présentement la stabilité du site d'enfouissement. (Au)

P, F, J, M
Aluminum; Chemical properties; Copper; Effects monitoring; Geological exploration; Industrial waste disposal; Iron; Lakes; Landfills; Metals; Raglan Project; Reclamation; Seasonal variations; Suspended solids; Temporal variations; Water quality; Work camps

G0826
Cross, Lac, Québec; Puvirnituq, Rivière de, Québec

Projet Raglan : programme de suivi et de surveillance environnementale : plan de protection et d'information relatif à la faune   /   Falconbridge Limited
[Québec] : Falconbridge Limited, 1995.
11, 27, [5] leaves : ill., maps (2 folded in map pocket) ; 28 cm.
References.
Annex I : La Pêche sportive au Québec; Principales règles.
Report date: Novembre 1995.
ASTIS record 76262.
Languages: French
Libraries: XQKNRC

1.0 Introduction : Le présent document répond aux conditions 25 troisième alinéa et 35 du certificat d'autorisation du Projet Raglan émis le 5 mai 1995 par la Direction de l'évaluation environnementale en milieu nordique et de la coordination du ministère Québécois de l'Environnement et de la Faune. Ce document décrit donc le programme proposé par la Société Minière Raglan du Québec ltée (Falconbridge ltée) pour le suivi de la faune dont l'objectif est d'établir un plan de protection, de conservation et d'information relatif à la faune afin de minimiser l'influence du projet sur celles-ci. Outre la pêche sportive à la ligne, la Société Minière Raglan du Québec ltée n'autorisera pas la chasse sur le site minier par les travailleurs. Pour des raisons de sécurité, aucune arme à feu n'est admise depuis déjà cinq ans. Aucune personne (autochtone ou non-autochtone) ne pourra avoir en sa possession une arme à feu durant son séjour au chantier. Pour ces raisons, aucun suivi (autre que la prohibition d'arme à feu) ne sera effectué car les impacts seront nuls en fonctjon de la récolte et minimes ou nuls quant à la présence d'activités minière sur ces territoires. Le programme de suivi relatif à la faune a été élaboré et développé en tenant compte des droits et valeurs autochtones en relation avec les travailleurs non autochtones oeuvrant sur un même site et la préservation de la ressource. (Au)

P, I, J, R, N, T
Aboriginal rights; Animal distribution; Animal population; Arctic char; Copper; Employees; Employment policy; Environmental impacts; Firearms; Fisheries law; Fishes; Fishing; Government regulations; Mining; Nickel; Quotas; Raglan Project; Wildlife law; Wildlife management

G0826, G0815
Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W), Québec; Kangiqsujuaq, Québec; Kattiniq, Québec; Salluit, Québec

Review of research activities -- 1982 and plans for 1983 : Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Gulf Region, Fisheries Research Branch; Arctic Biological Station, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que.   /   Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Gulf Region. Fisheries Research Branch   Arctic Biological Station
[Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec : Arctic Biological Station], 1983.
6, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 5, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4 leaves ; 29 cm.
Meeting held 25 January 1983 at the Montreal Airport in Dorval, Quebec.
ASTIS record 76261.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

This document consists of 13 reports: 1) General Review by A.W. Mansfield; 2) Director's office and general support by A.W. Mansfield; 3) Vessels by A.W. Mansfield; 4) Marine Mammals - Gulf Marine Mammals by D.E. Sergeant; 5) Marine Mammals - Arctic Seals and Small Whales by T.G. Smith; 6) Marine Mammals - N. Quebec mammals by T.G. Smith; 7) Marine Mammals - Atlantic and arctic large whales by E.D. Mitchell; 8) Fish Biology and Stock Assessment - N. Quebec fish biology and assessment by A.W. Mansfield; 9) Fisheries Ecology - Marine Microbiology by J.N. Bunch; 10) Fisheries Ecology - Phytoplankton and Primary Productivity by S.I.C. Hsiao; 11) Fisheries Ecology - Zooplankton by E.H. Grainger; 12) Fisheries Ecology - Physiology of Marine Invertebrates by J.A. Percy; 12) Fisheries Ecology - Zoobenthos by J.W. Wacasey. (ASTIS)

I, H, J, N, D, L
Aerial surveys; Animal behaviour; Animal distribution; Animal ecology; Animal food; Animal migration; Animal physiology; Animal population; Animal tagging; Animal vocalizations; Bacteria; Benthos; Biological productivity; Biological sampling; Fishes; Food chain; Invertebrates; Marine biology; Marine ecology; Marine mammals; Metabolism; Microorganisms; Phytoplankton; Plant physiology; Primary production (Biology); Radio tracking of animals; Research; Research funding; Salmonids; Sea ice ecology; Seals (Animals); Sedimentation; Ships; Suspended solids; Telemetry; Trophic levels; Whales; Wildlife management; Zooplankton

G11, G0814, G0815, G09
Amundsen Gulf, N.W.T.; Canadian Arctic waters; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait, Nunavut/Québec; North Atlantic Ocean; St. Lawrence, Gulf of, Canada

Sustainable development and minerals and metals : an issues paper - for discussion   /   Canada. Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa : Supply and Services Canada, 1995.
vi, 79 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
References.
Report date: September 1995.
Supplied note: "This issues paper is for discussion purposes only. It should not be considered an expression of official views of the Government of Canada."
ASTIS record 76259.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

... Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has developed this Issues Paper for discussion with stakeholders. The paper explains how sustainable development applies to minerals and metals, describes the key sustainable development challenges facing the industry, and proposes policy guidelines to incorporate the concept into federal decision-making related to these commodities. The focus of the paper is on the application of the concept in the context of mineral exploration and the first two stages of mineral and metal production. It does not address broader concerns regarding material consumption by society or issues specifically related to uranium and greenhouse gases. Following public consultation, NRCan will develop, for consideration by Ministers, a new federal mineral and metal policy based on sustainable development. The policy will address, in a fiscally prudent manner, mineral- and metal-related environmental, social and economic issues that are within federal jurisdiction. The paper is composed of an Introduction and six sections (Parts I to VI). The context for the paper is set out in the Introduction. It notes that the apparent simplicity of the definition of sustainable development belies the enormous challenge it poses for governments, industry and society at large to render the concept operational. The paper makes the fundamental point that, while addressing the environmental challenge; governments must also address those of an economic and social nature. ... Sustainable development has become a key goal of public policy. Part I explains how sustainable development applies to minerals and metals. ... Part I also includes a discussion of five concepts that are shaping government policies on how environmental, social and economic considerations should be integrated in our decision-making processes: pollution prevention, the polluter pays and precautionary principles, integrated resource management, and the ecosystem approach. The paper points out that these concepts are dynamic and are important in any debate about sustainable development, but our understanding of them in the context of sustainability is still evolving. The nature of the minerals and metals industry and its impact on the Canadian economy are considered in Part II. The paper emphasizes that mineral exploration and development are characterized by high risks, the use of advanced technologies, the employment of a skilled workforce, long time-periods for venture development, and high costs. As a result, changes in government policies and its regulatory regime that increase uncertainty for the investor have negative implications for a country's investment climate and its ability to attract and keep mineral investment. ... The role of the federal government in the minerals and metals sector and the environment is described in Part III. The rules governing the day-to-day operations of most mineral and metal operations in Canada are, for the most part, provincial. The federal government's direct impact on the industry is limited to certain prescribed circumstances (e.g., north of 60°). Its substantial influence on the industry is derived from the exercise of its powers under the Constitution (e.g., interprovincial and international trade) and in the exercise of powers that it shares with the provinces, most notably in the areas of science and technology and the environment. Part IV examines the sustainable development challenges facing the minerals and metals industry and proposes a total of thirty-two policy guidelines to address them. ... Part V looks at the Government's role in science and technology (S&T). The paper recognizes that the solution to many of the challenges posed by sustainable development will depend on the development and use of S&T that foster technological progress and improve the knowledge base for decision-makers and the public. ... Part VI concludes with a summary of the key themes raised in the paper and the next steps in the consultative process (Au)

P, B, J, R, T, S
Aboriginal rights; Costs; Education; Environmental impacts; Environmental law; Environmental policy; Foreign trade; Geological exploration; Government; Government regulations; Labour supply; Land use; Local government; Metals; Mineral industries; Mineral rights; Mining; Mining law; Mining policy; Native land claims; Native peoples; Natural resource management; Occupational health; Occupational training; Parks; Pollution; Prices; Public participation; Reclamation; Socio-economic effects; Specifications; Sustainable economic development; Taxation; Toxicity; Waste management

G08
Canada

Projet Raglan : programme de suivi et de surveillance environnementale : suivi de la rivière Déception   /   Roche ltée, Groupe-conseil   Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée [Sponsor]
Sainte-Foy, Québec : Roche ltée, 1995.
ii, 18, [10] leaves : ill., folded maps ; 28 cm.
References.
Appendices.
ASTIS record 76256 describes the results of the 1997 monitoring program.
Report date: Octobre 1995.
Partial contents: Annexe I : Libellé des conditions 24 à 27 du certificat d'autorisation émis le 5 mai 1995 - Annexe II : Programme de suivi et de surveillance environnementale - méthodes utilisées pour la caractérisation de l'eau - Annexe III : Programme de suivi et de surveillance environnementale - méthodes utilisées pour la caractérisation des sédiments.
Réponse à la condition 28 du certificat d'autorisation du 5 mai 1995.
ASTIS record 76258.
Languages: French
Libraries: XQKNRC

1.0 Introduction: Le présent document répond aux conditions 24 à 27 (inclusivement) du certificat d'autorisation du projet Raglan émis le 5 mai 1995 par la Direction de l'évaluation environnementale en milieu nordique et de la coordination du ministère québécois de l'Environnement et de la Faune (voir annexe I pour le libellé de ces conditions). Ce document décrit donc le programme proposé par la Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée (Falconbridge ltée) pour la caractérisation et le suivi du milieu aquatique récepteur en périodes de construction et d'opération. Ce programme fait suite aux campagnes de caractérisation qui ont eu lieu en 1981, 1991, 1992, 1993 et 1994 et se poursuivra au cours des prochaines années. L'objectif principal du programme de caractérisation et de suivi est de déterminer l'influence du projet (essentiellement la contamination potentielle du milieu aquatique par les rejets miniers) sur la qualité du milieu aquatique recevant les effluents miniers. Outre la caractérisation et le suivi de la qualité de l'eau et des sédiments, le programme comprend également le suivi du régime hydrologique et celui de la population d'omble chevalier anadrome de la rivière Déception. Le programme de caratérisation et de suivi du milieu récepteur, tel que défini dans ce document a été planifié et développé en tenant compte des conditions (24 à 27) imposées dans le certificat d'autorisation, des engagements pris par la Société minière Raglan du Québec ltée et indiqués dans l'étude d'impact et les documents connexes, et de l'important ensemble de données qui ont été recueillies dans le passé (depuis 1981) dans le cadre du projet Raglan. Le programme de suivi qui est proposé ci-après doit être considéré comme étant un moyen permettant de s'assurer que la qualité du milieu aquatique n'est pas affectée par les activités se déroulant sur le site minier. Par conséquent, ce programme doit être flexible et doit pouvoir s'adapter en fonction des résultats obtenus, des nouvelles dispositions réglementaires et des nouvelles connaissances scientifiques. Ainsi, tel que spécifié à la condition 26, le pogramme de suivi applicable à la période d'opération sera maintenu pendant les trois premières années suivant la mise en service du concentrateur qui est prévue pour avril 1998. Suite à cette période et considérant les résultats obtenus, le programme pourra alors être revu afin de le conserver optimal quant aux objectifs poursuivis. Ces modifications devront toutefois être approuvées par le ministère de l'Environnement et de la Faune. Le chapitre 2 présente le programme de suivi du régime hydrologique de la rivière Déception. Le programme de caractérisation de l'eau et des sédiments effectué en 1995 et qui sera répété en 1996, de même que le programme de suivi qui sera réalisé au cours des trois premières années de production est décrit en détail au chapitre 3. Le programme de suivi de la population d'omble chevalier anadrome de la rivière Déception est finalement présenté au chapitre 4. (Au)

P, I, J, F
Age; Animal live-capture; Animal mortality; Animal nervous systems; Animal population; Animal reproduction; Arctic char; Bioaccumulation; Biological sampling; Copper; Design and construction; Effects monitoring; Environmental impacts; Fish spawning; Fresh-water ecology; Government regulations; Heavy metals; Hydrology; Ice; Industrial waste disposal; Measurement; Mining; Nickel; Raglan Project; Snow; Stream flow; Suspended solids; Temporal variations; Toxicity; Water quality

G0826, G0815
Déception, Baie, Québec; Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W), Québec; Duquet, Lac, (62 04 N, 74 35 W), Québec; Francoys-Malherbe, Lac, Québec

Projet Raglan. Étude d'impact environnemental, volume 2, chapitre 3   /   Roche ltée   Falconbridge Limited [Sponsor]
[Québec] : Roche, 1993.
xi, p. 106-242, ill. (some folded), maps (some folded) ; 28 cm.
Préliminaire.
Three folded maps in two pockets.
ASTIS record 76260.
Languages: French
Libraries: XQKNRC

Falconbridge itée s'apprête, au cours de la présente décennie, à mettre en production d'importants gisements de nickel et de cuivre sur sa propriété Raglan, située au Nouveau-Québec. L'éventuelle exploitation de ces gisements requerra de nouveaux services et installations. L'emplacement minier, centré sur Katinniq (carte 3.1, en pochette), comprendra des zones d'extraction de surface et souterraines, un concentrateur d'une capacité de 800 000 tonnes de minerai par année (t/a), un parc à résidus, des haldes de stériles, un complexe résidentiel, une centrale diesel de 17,5 MW, des ateliers, bureaux et entrepôts, un réservoir d'eaux domestique et industrielle, un système de traitement des eaux usées domestiques et un second pour les eaux industrielles ainsi qu'un système d'incinération pour l'élimination des déchets solides. En plus de ces aménagements, la mise en production des gisements de la propriété Raglan impliquera la construction et/ou le réaménagement d'infrastructures telles que les installations portuaires de Baie Déception, les routes et la piste d'atterrissage à Donaldson. ... Le développement des gisements miniers sur la propriété Raglan nécessitera le réaménagement des installations portuaires de Baie Déception (carte 3.2, en pochette). En plus de servir de voie d'entrée du carburant, des matériaux de construction et autres fournitures volumineuses et/ou massives, le port servira également à l'expédition du concentré vers l'usine de smeltage. Étant donné sa situation géographique isolée, la viabilité économique du projet est intimement liée à la présence et l'exploitation d'installations portuaires à proximité des aires d'exploitation du minerai ainsi qu'à l'expédition régulière du concentré. Les infrastructures portuaires de Baie Déception ont été mises en place au début des années 70 par la Société anne Asbestos ltée qui entreprenait à ce moment l'exploitation d'un gisement d'amiante à Purtuniq (Asbestos Hill). La plupart des installations sont aujourd'hui désuètes et certaines présentent un état délabré, notamment en raison des conditions climatiques rigoureuses et des intempéries. Ceci est particulièrement vrai pour les installations de campement. Par contre, d'autres structures telles le quai, l'entrepôt et quelques garages sont en relativement bonne condition, et pourraient être réutilisées. Cependant, les aménagements de Baie Déception appartiennent toujours à la Société Asbestos itée, dont le bloc de contrôle a été acquis par la Société d'exploration minière Mazarin en septembre 1992. L'intention de Falconbridge, advenant la mise en production des gisements, est de négocier une entente afin d'acquérir ou de louer les installations existantes de Baie Déception. Advenant l'annulation du programme d'exploitation, l'entente ne sera plus nécessaire. Pendant la phase de construction, un campement temporaire mobile (de type roulotte ATCO), permettant l'hébergement des travailleurs, sera installé le long de la route afin de permettre les travaux de réfection de celle-ci et ceux des installations portuaires. L'eau potable sera acheminée depuis l'exutoire du lac Françoys-Malherbe par camion et entreposée dans une citerne mobile. Deux génératrices, d'une capacité de 500 kW chacune, assureront l'alimentation électrique du campement; l'une sera en fonction et l'autre servira de relève. Toutes les installations du campement temporaire seront similaires à celles utilisées en période d'exploration. Les installations nécessaires au campement permanent de Baie Déception seront similaires (mais de taille plus réduite) à celles qui seront mises en place à Katinniq. Le moment venu, ces installations et travaux feront l'objet de demandes de certificats d'autorisation et de permis auprès du MENVIQ et de l'autorité fédérale responsable. La réfection des installations portuaires inclut une remise en état des palpianches de la structure du quai par la soudure de plaques de renforts (Dupont Desmeules, 1992a). La surface actuelle de s quais et le drainage étant inadéquats, ceux-ci seront refaits et renforcés pour leur nouvelle utilisation. Un système de drainage et des nouvelles dalles de béton armé seront construites et le système de transbordement du concentré sera modifié afin de respecter les nouvelles exigences d'opération. Le port était utilisé auparavant pour charger en vrac le concentré d'amiante produit par la mine de Purtuniq. Les convoyeurs servant à charger les bateaux seront enlevés et la structure modifiée pour supporter le pipeline permettant un chargement pneumatique du concentré. Aucun dragage n'est prévu dans la baie Déception. Cependant, des travaux de remblayage sur une superficie de 1500 m² seront nécessaires à la mise en place d'une jetée (carte 3.3) afin de permettre le débarquement des modules. Vu le faible volume de matériaux de remblai nécessaire à l'aménagement de la jetée (3600 m³), il ne sera pas nécessaire d'effectuer une demande de permis pour le rejet en eau libre (voir annexe 3.1). L'entrepôt, d'une dimension de 232 m x 93 m x 44 m sera nettoyé afin d'éliminer la présence des fibres d'amiante, et réaménagé pour les besoins de Falconbridge. Le revêtement extérieur sera étanchéiste de façon à pouvoir y entreposer le concentré dans quatre tranchées d'une capacité de 10 000 chacun. Un système à action pneumatique et équipé de compresseurs au diesel sera installé afin de permettre le transfert du concentré vers les silos et, ultérieurement, le transbordement. Des portes, aménagées à chaque extrémité, permettront le passage des camions à l'intérieur pour leur déchargement. Le plancher ainsi que la cour entourant l'entrepôt seront refaits de gravier compacté. Tous ces travaux devraient être exécutés en même temps que la construction de la route de façon à profiter de l'installation du campement et des véhicules lourds. De quatre à six mois sont prévus pour la réalisation des travaux. ... (Au)

P, L, R, M, S
Airports; Barges; Copper; Design and construction; Environmental impacts; Equipment and supplies; Foundations; Geological exploration; Harbours; Hazardous materials; Industrial waste disposal; Land use; Logistics; Marine transportation; Mining; Nickel; Pollution; Raglan Project; Regional planning; Roads; Socio-economic effects; Storage; Waste management; Water supply engineering; Work camps

G0826, G0815
Déception, Baie, Québec; Déception, Baie, region, Québec; Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W) region, Québec; Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W), Québec; Hudson Strait, Nunavut/Québec; Kangiqsujuaq, Québec; Kattiniq, Québec; Puvirnituq, Rivière de, Québec; Salluit, Québec

Projet Raglan : étude d'impact sur l'environnement : annexes = Raglan Project : environmental impact study : appendices   /   Roche ltée   Falconbridge Limited [Sponsor]
[Québec] : Roche, 1993.
1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Appendices.
Avril/April 1993.
ASTIS record 76238.
Languages: English and French
Libraries: XQKNRC

LISTE DES ANNEXES/LIST 0F APPENDIX: Annexe/Appendix 1.1 Certificat d'autorisation pour le programme d'exploration/Certificate of authorization related to the exploration program. Annexe/Appendix 1.2 Avis de projet/Notice of project. Annexe/Appendix 1.3 Directive provinciale indiquant la nature, l'étendue et la portée de l'étude d'impact/Provincial guidelines on the nature, extent and scope of the impact assessment. Annexe/Appendix 1.4 Lettre du Bureau fédéral d'examen des évaluations environnementales indiquant au COFEX/Letter from the Federal Environmental Assessment and Review Office to the Federal Review Panel. Annexe/Appendix 1.5 Lettres sur les ouvrages en eaux navigables/Letters regarding construction works in navigable waters. Annexe/Appendix 1.6 Recyclage et utilisation du nickel/Recycling and end use of nickel. Annexe/Appendix 2.1 Description du milieu social - Figures et tableaux complémentaires/Description of the social environment - Complementary Tables and Figures. Annexe/Appendix 3.1 Photographies des traverses de cours d'eau/Photos showing water crossings. Annexe/Appendix 3.2 Fiches techniques des produits chimiques utilisés/Technical sheets of chemicals used. Annexe/Appendix 5.1 Politiques de Falconbridge (armes à feu, drogues et alcool, etc.)/Falconbridge policies (fire arms, drugs and alcohol, etc.). Annexe/Appendix 5.2 Contacts établis et personnel Inuit embauché (1991-1992)/Contacts made and Inuit personnel hired (1991-1992). Annexe/Appendix 5.3 Milieu social - Résumé des consultations/Social environment - Summary of consultations. Annexe/Appendix 5.4 Milieu social - Considérations méthodologiques/Social environment - Methodological considerations. Annexe/Appendix 5.5 Milieu social - Précédents examinés à l'identification des répercussions/Social environment - Precedents examined for identification of the impacts. Annexe/Appendix 5.6 Milieu social - Tableaux complémentaires/Social environment - Complementary Tables. Annexe/Appendix 5.7 Milieu social - Personnes rencontrées ou contactées (1991- 1992)/Social environment - Persons met or contacted (1991-1992). Annexe/Appendix 6.1 Règlements, codes et standards relatifs à la construction/Regulations, codes and standards as regards to construction. Annexe/Appendix 9.1 Lettre du ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources à propos du plan de réaménagement et de restauration/Letter from the ministère de l'Energie et des Ressources regarding the restoration plan. (Au)

P, T, M, L, R, J, N
Alcohol abuse; Animals; Asbestos; Bottom sediments; Chemical properties; Copper; Design and construction; Economic conditions; Economic development; Employment policy; Environmental impacts; Equipment and supplies; Fuels; Geography; Harbours; Inuit; Labour supply; Land use; Marine transportation; Mining; Nickel; Plants (Biology); Pollution; Raglan Project; Rivers; Roads; Social conditions; Socio-economic effects; Storage; Subsistence; Substance abuse; Toxicity; Transportation; Waste management; Water supply

G0826, G0815
Déception, Baie, Québec; Déception, Baie, region, Québec; Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W) region, Québec; Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W), Québec; Hudson Strait, Nunavut/Québec; Kangiqsujuaq, Québec; Kattiniq, Québec; Nunavik, Québec; Puvirnituq, Rivière de, Québec; Salluit, Québec

Raglan Project environmental baseline study. Volume 1 : a summary of the physico-chemical, biological and human environments   /   Roche ltée   Falconbridge Limited [Sponsor]
[Québec] : Roche, 1992.
iv, 35 p. : ill., maps (folded) ; 28 cm.
Ths is a translation of the official French version entitled: Projet Raglan - Étude environnementale - Volume 1: Synthèse des connaissances sur les milieux physico-chimique, biologique et humain.
References.
Map 2 missing from back cover pocket.
ASTIS record 76257.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

During the present decade, Falconbridge Limited plans to proceed with the development to commercial production of important nickel - copper deposits on its Raglan property in Nunavik. Despite serious constraints, particularly with respect to isolation and climate, mining is not new to this northern region of Québec. In fact, from 1957 to 1971, Falconbridge Limited proceeded to a first exploration phase on the Raglan property. During the same years, the mining company was using Douglas Harbour as an entrance door to materials and fuel coming by sea. Afterwards, Asbestos Corporation mined, from 1972 to 1984, a major asbestos deposit near Purtuniq and built port facilities in Deception Bay. During these programmes, many installations and infrastructures have been erected and are now, for most part, abandoned. The eventual development of the ore bodies located on the Raglan property will require new services and installations. The mine site, located at Katinniq (Map 1), will include surface and underground extraction zones, a concentrator with a capacity of 800 000 tonnes of ore per year, a tailings impoundment area, waste rock heaps, a housing complex, a 16 MW diesel power station, workshops, offices and warehouse. a three million cubic metre capacity water reservoir for domestic and industrial uses, a treatment system for domestic sewage water, and a solid waste disposal system. In addition to these facilities, the development of the Raglan mine deposits implies the construction and restoration of numerous infrastructures. Among these infrastructures, there is the Deception Bay port facilities, roads and the existing airstrips at Donaldson and Deception Bay. Aware of the consequences that human activity, during both the development and operational phases, may have on the environment, and also aware of the great importance of land, aquatic and bird resources to the Inuit, Falconbridge Ltd gave Roche Ltd the mandate to carry out all the studies necessary to describe the environment (chemical, biophysical and human aspects) and understand the environmental issues related to the project. These studies were conducted mainly near Katinniq (on the plateau) as well as within the sector of Deception Bay. In view of the lack of knowledge concerning this region due to its isolation and relative inaccessibility, the peculiarities of the milieu (permafrost, etc.) and the new environment considerations, large-scale programmes of inventories and field measurements were first directed by Roche Ltd in 1981. Further studies were conducted in 1990, and especially during the summer of 1991, when many teams of specialists were sent to the field to collect the basic environmental data required for the proper planning of the mining project. The study area for all of this inventory work permitting the description of the physico-chemical biological and human characteristics of the milieu roughly corresponds to the Deception Bay watershed and, specifically, to the regions of Katinniq and Deception Bay (Map 2, back cover). However, regarding the studies on the human environment, this study area is enlarged in order to include the communities of Salluit and Kangiqsujuaq. Because of the important quantity of data collected, the environmental baseline study contains five volumes. This document (volume 1) summarizes all of the studies contained in volumes 1 to 5. The following chapter summarizes the part of the environmental study which gathers and describes the physico-chemical and biological aspects characterizing the territory related to the Raglan project (volume 2). Chapter 3 deals with land occupation and its use by members of the Inuit communities of Salluit and Kangiqsujuaq (volume 3) while chapter 4 establishes the archeological potential of the coastal area, the plateau and the intermediate region and also presents the main results obtained during a preliminary inventory of the sites identified (volume 4). Finally, the last chapter summarizes the results obtained within the frame of a study aimed to determine the actual soil, sediment and surface water contamination of the Deception Bay sector following the mining activities of Asbestos Corporation Ltd as well as to make an inventory of the surface rubbish (volume 5). (Au)

P, A, B, I, H, T, U, F, D, L, G, R, J
Asbestos; Benthos; Biological sampling; Birds; Bottom sediments; Chemical properties; Copper; Design and construction; Environmental impacts; Fishes; Floods; Food preservation; Geography; Harbours; Hydrology; Inuit; Inuit archaeology; Land use; Mammals; Marine transportation; Meteorology; Mining; Nickel; Oceanography; Physical geography; Plants (Biology); Pollution; Raglan Project; Rivers; Sea ice; Socio-economic effects; Stream flow; Topography; Water quality; Watersheds

G0826, G0815
Déception, Baie, Québec; Déception, Baie, region, Québec; Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W) region, Québec; Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W), Québec; Hudson Strait, Nunavut/Québec; Kangiqsujuaq, Québec; Kattiniq, Québec; Puvirnituq, Rivière de, Québec; Salluit, Québec

Laboratory testing of Raglan Mine tailings   /   EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.   Falconbridge Limited [Sponsor]
Edmonton, Alta. : EBA Engineering Consultants, 1992.
1 v. (various foliations) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Report 0101-10891.
Report dated November 1992.
Mostly graphs and tables.
Appendices.
References.
ASTIS record 76255.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

Falconbridge Ltd. (Falconbridge) intends to develop a nickel deposit located on the Ungava Peninsula in Northern Quebec. This deposit is located at a latitude of 61°42' and a longitude of 73°40', approximately 40 km southwest of South Douglas Harbour. The nickel deposit is at a depth of approximately 150 m below ground surface and an annual production of 800,000 tons is anticipated. The future mine site, named Katinniq Site which is part of the Raglan Mining Project, is located in a zone of continuous permafrost. There are some tailings disposal issues that must be assessed since the tailings will be exposed to much colder environmental conditions than exist in a temperate climate. A preliminary disposal scheme suggests placing alternate winter and summer layers to encourage permafrost build-up during deposition. Aggradation of the permafrost into the tailings would improve stability and simplify long-term abandonment. To evaluate the feasibility of freezing the tailings in place, an assessment of some physical, thermal and mechanical properties of the tailings is necessary. Falconbridge retained EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. (EBA) to carry out the laboratory program designed to measure some of the physical, thermal and mechanical properties. The laboratory test program was carried out in three phases; the first was undertaken in April, 1992 and the second and third were carried out in September through November, 1992. The first phase of testing was carried out on tailings sent to EBA in large drums. No special structure was present in the material. For the second phase of the program, blocks of frozen tailings originating from flume tests carried out by Lakefield Research were used. The third phase involved taking thermal conductivity measurements on “filter cake” material. Filter cake, which represents a new alternative for tailings disposal, is highly compacted tailings at a moisture content of approximately 10%. The samples for this phase were prepared from dried tailings compacted at three specified moisture contents. Over the course of the three phases, five groups of tests were performed: 1) Routine geotechnical tests comprising a grain size analysis, a consolidation test, a set of Atterberg limits, two constant-head permeability tests, a compaction test and a specific gravity test. The distribution of ice lenses formed in the samples in the flume test blocks were photographed and described. 2) Time-domain reflectometry measurements to establish the unfrozen water content curve for the tailings. 3) Thermal conductivity measurements on both frozen and unfrozen tailings. 4) Thaw settlement tests. 5) Unconfined compression tests at two different strain rates and over a temperature range varying from -1°C to -9°C. Preliminary geothermal analyses have also been carried out to simulate the freezeback of tailings placed according to an initial disposal scheme proposed by Mr. F. Matich. ... (Au)

P, C
Chemical properties; Compressive properties; Deformation; Density; Design and construction; Ground ice; Industrial waste disposal; Mathematical models; Measurement; Mechanical properties; Mining; Moisture content of permafrost; Nickel; Physical properties; Polaris Mine; Raglan Project; Soil temperature; Strain; Tailings; Testing; Thaw settlement; Thermal properties; Time-domain reflectometry; Unfrozen water content of permafrost

G0826
Kattiniq, Québec

Evaluation of frozen crushed rockfill for use as stope backfill, Katinniq site, Raglan Project, Quebec   /   EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.   Falconbridge Limited [Sponsor]
Edmonton, Alta. : EBA Engineering Consultants, 1992.
38, 12, 34, [8] leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Report: 0101-10776.
Report dated: December 1992.
Appendix.
References.
ASTIS record 76249.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

... The detailed scope of work for this preliminary study has comprised the following tasks: 1. Carry out a preliminary heat balance analysis of the underground mine operation. The analysis is to identify sources and to estimate and compare quantities of heat input and heat extraction from the mine cavities. This comparison is to be used to indicate whether the mine walls would be susceptible to warming and thaw as a result of the planned mining activity, and whether backfill placed in the mine openings could be sufficiently frozen within acceptable time periods using reasonable requirements for cold air circulation. 2. Carry out geothermal analyses of backfill placed in the stope opening to predict the freezeback timing. Parametric runs are to be conducted to investigate the effects of ranges in the stope geometry, the placement procedure, and the thermal condition maintained in the mine during the backfill operation. It is understood that a two year freezeback schedule has been considered up to this point for preliminary planning. 3. Carry out a laboratory testing program on frozen backfill samples. The program is to establish strength parameters for the samples that can be used to provide reasonable estimates for the strength of the frozen backfill in situ. The program is to examine the effects of the backfill's moisture content, temperature and confining stress on the strength results. Tests are to be done at a range of strain rates to determine the deterioration of strength with increasing time to failure. 4. Carry out the data reduction and interpretation of the laboratory results to establish a strength model for the mine backfill. 5. Carry out a preliminary wall height stability assessment for the backfilled stopes. This analysis is to tie together the results from the freezeback analysis with the laboratory results to predict the approximate stand-up time of the backfill walls as a function of the temperature achieved within the backfill as a result of various mining schedules. It is understood that an average required stand-up time of 1 month is anticipated, with a maximum required stand-up period of 2 to 3 months. 6. Prepare a final report for submission to Falconbridge, presenting and summarizing the results of the above workscope tasks, as well as providing recommendations with reference to any possible areas of concern arising out of the preliminary study. ... (Au)

P, C
Blasting; Compressive properties; Crushed rock; Deformation; Density; Design and construction; Equipment and supplies; Heat budgets; Heating; Lead; Mathematical models; Measurement; Mining; Moisture content of permafrost; Nickel; Permafrost; Physical properties; Polaris Mine; Raglan Project; Soil temperature; Strength; Testing; Thawing; Zinc

G0826, G0813
Kattiniq, Québec; Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut

Environmental characterization of rock, effluent and tailings samples from the Raglan project pilot plant : samples submitted by Falconbridge Limited, progress report no. 2   /   Lakefield Research Limited
Lakefield, Ont. : Lakefield Research, a Division of Falconbridge Ltd., 1992.
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Project no. L.R. 4212.
Appendices.
References.
ASTIS record 76242.
Languages: English or French
Libraries: XQKNRC

Presented in this report are the results of the water analyses conducted on the feed water, recycle water and final effluents from the pilot plant test conducted on Raglan ore. The pilot plant tests were performed on bulk ore samples from the Raglan property. Also, presented are the results of the bioassay (rainbow trout and Daphnia magna) bioassays and the Microtox test conducted on the effluent from the pilot plant. Leachate tests using the protocol required by the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act were conducted on samples from the pilot plant test and on waste rock. Acid generation tests were conducted on samples of solid streams from the pilot plant. The environmental program was developed during meetings between representatives from Falconbridge Limited, Raglan Project (D. Hyma and C. Bouchard), Lakefield Research (S. Williams and S.W. Stogran), and Roche Environnement Ltée (S. Tourangeau). During the scoping of the environmental program, references were made to the following publications: MENVIQ's “Projet de Reglements sur les Rejects Liquides (Q-2, r.3000); Ministere de L'Environnement Du Québec Directive 019 Industries Minieres; Federal Guidelines for the Measurement of Acute Lethality in Liquid Effluents from Metal Mines; and Federal Metal Mining Liquid Effluent Regulations. (Au)

P, J, I, F
Acid rock drainage; Bioassays; Chemical properties; Cyanide; Daphnia; Effects monitoring; Environmental impacts; Heavy metals; Industrial waste disposal; Mining; Nickel; Raglan Project; Rainbow trout; Rivers; Suspended solids; Tailings; Testing; Toxicity; Waste rock; Water pH; Water quality

G0826
Kattiniq, Québec

Étude d'évaluation et d'examen des impacts sur l'environnement et le milieu social : projet d'exploration minière Kattiniq   /   Roche ltée, Groupe-conseil   Falconbridge Limited [Sponsor]
Sainte-Foy, Quebec : Roche ltée, 1991.
51, [16], [34], 42 leaves : ill. (some folded), maps (some folded), plans (some folded) ; 28 cm.
References.
Appendices.
ASTIS record 76232 describes the English version of this report.
Report date: Février 1991.
ASTIS record 76233.
Languages: French
Libraries: XQKNRC

IMPACTS ENVIRONNEMENTAUX RÉSUMÉ : ... Dans le cadre de ce programme d'exploration minière prévu jusqu'à la fin 1992, Falconbridge Ltée prévoit aménager un campement temporaire d'une capacité de 66 personnes à proximité immédiate de la rampe. Ce campement a pour but de fournir le gîte et le couvert aux ouvriers qui travailleront à ce programme d'exploration qui s'échelonnera sur une période d'environ 15 mois. Il sera constitué de bâtiments préfabriqués qui seront transportés par bateau jusqu'à Douglas Harbour et, de là, par la route existante, jusqu'à Kattiniq. Les installations connexes à ce campement tiennent en considération la présence du pergélisol et le climat très sévère qui sévit dans cette région. Ainsi, le traitement des eaux usées sera du type disque biologique, système qui est approprié en milieu nordique. Les déchets solides, après incinération, seront éliminés dans un dépôt de déchets en milieu nordique. L'approvisionnement en eau potable et industrielle se fera à partir de la branche est de la rivière Déception. A cette fin, une digue construite il y a quelques années, qui a été emportée dans sa partie centrale lors d'une crue importante sera réaménagée de manière à créer un réservoir d'eau. L'eau potable sera chlorée afin d'éviter toute contamination de source bactérienne. Du chlorure de calcium (CaC12) sera ajouté à l'eau industrielle afin de prévenir les problèmes de gel dus au pergélisol dans les conduites des équipements de forage. Cette saumure sera en majeure partie recirculée, toutefois une certaine quantité sera évacuée sous forme de glace avec les stériles. A la fonte des neiges au moment où le taux de dilution est maximum, une partie du chlorure de calcium pourra être emportée par lessivage vers la rivière Déception. En supposant dans le pire des cas que la totalité du sel serait retournée à la rivière sur une période de deux mois à l'extérieur de la période de crue, la teneur moyenne en chlorure de l'eau serait de 52,1 mg/l. La norme pour l'eau potable de 250 mg/l et celle du plein usage est de 200 mg/l. L'énergie électrique pour le campement et le programme d'exploration sera fournie par deux génératrices diesels d'une capacité de 500 kw chacune. Un réservoir d'huile d'une capacité de 180 000 litres sera aménagé sur place en suivant les prescriptions du Règlement sur les produits pétroliers (U.1.1 a.64). Les parcs à carburants de Donaldson et Douglas Harbour seront également modifiés pour les rendre conforme à la nouvelle Réglementation. Les huiles usées seront brûlées à des fins énergétiques et les solvants seront recyclés. S'il y a lieu, tous les autres déchets dangereux seront retournés vers le sud pour y être éliminés selon le Règlement sur les déchets dangereux. Compte tenu de l'ampleur, de la durée limitée des travaux d'exploration de même que des mesures adoptées pour protéger l'environnement, le projet d'exploration minière Kattiniq devrait entraîner peu de répercussions négatives sur le milieu récepteur. Si le projet est abandonné, l'entrée de la rampe sera scellée, les bâtiments et autres installations seront enlevées et les lieux remis à leur état naturel. IMPACTS SOCIAUX RÉSUMÉ : ... Il y aura près de 60 travailleurs au site minier, tant durant la phase initiale d'installation des équipements et de construction du campement qu'à la phase suivante, celle de l'exploration souterraine proprement dite. À chacune de ces phases, en fonction de l'intérêt, de la disponibilité et des qualifications de la main-d'oeuvre inuit, une partie des emplois pourrait être occupée par des travailleurs originaires des communautés voisines et particulièrement de Kangiqsijuaq et Salluit où plusieurs possèdent une expérience des chantiers miniers. ... Pour ce projet, la compagnie Falconbridge a la volonté d'intégrer les Inuit à la force de travail et les initier à un milieu de travail industriel. Un peu plus du quart (27.7 %) des besoins de main-d'oeuvre pourrait être rempli par des travailleurs inuit si ils possèdent les qualifications minimales requises. De plus, elle prendra les mesures qui s'imposent pour faciliter l'intégration à l'organisation de la vie de chantier et ce qui est attendu des ouvriers afin de minimiser les problèmes d'adaptation sur le site. Ceci est particulièrement important pour les emplois avec lesquels les Inuit sont moins familiers. ... Le contexte légal et réglementaire concernant l’exploitation de la faune dans la région Kativik limite la pratique des activités de chasse et pêche des non-autochtones aux terres de catégorie 3. Aussi, conformément aux règlements régissant la fréquentation de ces terres, les non-résidants de la province de Québec devront obligatoirement requérir aux services d’un pourvoyeur dans ce but. Dans le cas des travailleurs résidants du territoire québécois, ils n’auront besoin que d’un permis de pêche en bonne et due forme. Tous devront respecter les quotas en vigueur pour la zone 23 définie par le MLCP. En ce qui concerne les armes à feu, il est de politique normale sur un camp minier de la compagnie, indépendamment du lieu, d’interdire la chasse ou la possession d’armes à feu dans ce but pour des raisons évidentes de sécurité. ... 1.0 INTRODUCTION : Falconbridge Ltée a décidé au printemps 1990 d'entreprendre un important programme d'exploration souterraine sur la propriété Kattiniq au Nouveau-Québec. Ce programme comprend entre autre le fonçage d'une rampe et l'installation d'un campement minier et des services afférents. Falconbridge accordait à l'été 1990 le mandat à la firme Roche Ltée Groupe Conseil, d'entreprendre les démarches nécessaires à l'obtention des autorisations gouvernementales requises. Une procuration à la firme Roche Ltée Groupe Conseil a d'ailleurs été émise à cet effet par la Direction de Falconbridge Ltée. Comme ce projet se situe au nord du 55 e parallèle, la procédure prévue au chapitre 2 de la Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement s'applique. Des avis de projet demandant un non-assujettissem ent du programme d'exploration ont été déposés au ministère de l'Environnement le 5 septembre 1990 en accord avec l'article 190 de la Loi (annexe 1). En effet, le programme n'est pas obligatoirement assujetti ni obligatoirement soustrait de la procédure d'évaluation et d'examen. Le ministère de l'Environnement décidait le 7 janvier 1991, suite à la consultation de la Commission de la qualité de l'environnement Kativik, d'assujettir le projet de Falconbridge Ltée à la procédure d'évaluation et d'examen des impacts sur l'environnement et le milieu social (annexe 1). Cette étude vise donc à répondre à la directive du sous-ministre de l'Environnement de façon à pouvoir obtenir le certificat d'autorisation requis. L'étude traite dans un premier temps des informations requises en vertu de la directive 019 du ministère de l'Environnement sur les industries minières. Les autres informations demandées dans la directive sont pour la plupart directement traitées à travers les exigences de la directive 019 sauf en ce qui concerne les relations avec les communautés Inuit avoisinantes et les perspectives d'emploi. Ces éléments et d'autres concernant la description et l'évaluation des répercussions du projet sur le milieu social sont regroupés à la section 2. (Au)

P, J, R, T, H, I, F, N, M, S, B
Animal distribution; Copper; Economic geology; Employees; Employment; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental impacts; Environmental law; Environmental protection; Fishing; Geological exploration; Hazardous waste; Inuit; James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, 1975; Mining; Native land claims; Nickel; Plant distribution; Raglan Project; Reclamation; Sediments (Geology); Socio-economic effects; Waste management; Water quality; Water supply; Water treatment; Work camps

G0826
Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W) region, Québec; Kattiniq, Québec

Study to evaluate and examine impact on the environment and social milieu : Kattiniq mining exploration project   /   Roche ltée, Groupe-conseil   Falconbridge Limited [Sponsor]
Sainte-Foy, Quebec : Roche ltée, 1991.
48, [13], [39], 45 leaves : ill. (some folded), maps (some folded), plans (some folded) ; 28 cm.
References.
Appendices.
ASTIS record 76233 describes the French version of this report.
Report date: March 1991.
File no.: 10810-010.
ASTIS record 76232.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT SUMMARY: ... Within the framework of this mining exploration project, planned until the end of 1992, Falconbridge Ltd. plans the building of a temporary encampment with a capacity of 66 people in the immediate vicinity of the decline. This encampment would serve to provide shelter and housing for the workers of the exploration program, lasting over a period of about 15 months. It will consist of prefabricated buildings which will be transported by boat to Douglas Harbour and, from there, by existing road to Kattiniq. The installations at this encampment will take into consideration the permafrost and the very harsh climate of this region. Therefore, treatment of waste water will be by biological disk, a system appropriate to the northern environment. Solid waste, after incineration, will be eliminated in a disposal site in the North. The supply of industrial and potable water will come from the East branch of the Deception River. For this purpose, a dyke constructed several years ago and whose central portion was destroyed by a major flood will be restored in order to create a water reservoir. The drinking water will be chlorinated in order to avoid any bacterial contamination. Calcium chloride (CaC12) will be added to the industrial water to prevent freezing problems caused by permafrost in the conduits of the drilling equipment. This brine will be mostly recirculated, however a certain quantity will be evacuated with the wastes in the form of ice. When the snow thaws, at the moment when dilution is maximum, part of the calcium chloride could be carried by leaching into the Deception River. In imagining the worst case scenario, in which all of the salt is returned to the river over a period of two months outside the flood season, the average chloride content of the water would be 20 mg per liter. The permissible level for potable water is 250 mg per liter and of water for other use is 200 mg per liter. Electricity for the camp and for the exploration program will be furnished by two diesel generators of a capacity of 500 kw each. An oil tank with a capacity of 180,000 liters will be constructed at the site following the guidelines of the Reglement sur les produits pétroliers (U. 1.1 a.64). The fuel storage areas of Donaldson and Douglas Harbour will also be modified in order to conform to the new regulations. Waste oil will be burned for energy purposes and solvents will be recycled. If necessary, all other hazardous waste will be returned to the South to be disposed according to the Regulations for hazardous waste. Taking into account the size of the project, the limited duration of the exploration work, as well as the steps taken to protect the environment, the Kattiniq mining exploration project should cause few negative repercussions on the milieu. If the project is abandoned, the decline entrance will be sealed, the buildings and other installations will be removed, and the area will be returned to its natural state. SOCIAL IMPACT SUMMARY: There will be more than 60 workers at the mine site during the initial phase concerning the installation of equipment and construction of the campsite as well as during the following phase, that of actual underground exploration. At each of these phases, according to the willingness, availability, and qualifications of the Inuit work force, a number of jobs could be held by workers from the surrounding communities, in particular from Kangiqsujuaq and Salluit where several have mining and/or exploration experience. ... For this project, Falconbridge is willing to integrate the Inuit into the work force and to initiate them into industrial working conditions. Slightly more than one quarter (27.7%) of the manpower needs could be filled by Inuit workers who meet the minimum qualifications required. In addition, the company will take measures necessary to facilitate their integration into the life of the worksite and explain what is required of the workers in order to minimize adaptation problems at the site. This is particularly important for jobs with which the Inuit are less familiar. ... The legal guidelines concerning the harvesting of wildlife in the Kativik region limit the hunting and fishing activities of non-natives to category 3 lands. Also, in conformity with regulations concerning the use of these lands, non-residents of Quebec are required to use the services of an outfitter. Those workers who are Quebec residents need only have a valid fishing licence. Everyone must respect the quotas set for zone 23 as defined by the MLCP (Ministère du Loisir, de la Chasse, et de la Pêche). With respect to firearms, it is standard policy in a company mining camp, regardless of its location, to prohibit hunting or possession of firearms for obvious reasons of security. ... 1.0 INTRODUCTION: In the spring of 1990, Falconbridge Ltd. decided to undertake an important underground program on the Kattiniq property in Nouveau-Québec. This program includes, among other things the sinking of a decline and the installation of a mining camp with related services. In the summer of 1990, Falconbridge granted Roche Ltd., Consulting Group, the mandate to undertake the necessary measures to obtain the required governmental permits. A proxy to this effect was therefore issued by the Management of Falconbridge Ltd. to Roche Ltd., Consulting Group. Since this project is located north of the 55th parallel, the procedure provided for in chapter 2 of the Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement is applicable. Project notes requesting a non-subjection of the exploration program were submitted to MENVIQ (Ministère de l'Environnement du Québec) on September 5, 1990, in accordance with article 190 of the Act 1). Indeed, the program is not necessarily subjected to nor necessarily exempted from the evaluation and examination procedure. On January 7, 1991, following the consultation of the Commission for the quality of the Kativik environment, MENVIQ decided to s ubject the Falconbridge Ltd. project to the process of assessment and review of the environmental impact and of the impact on the social milieu (Appendix 1). This study is therefore designed to respond to the guideline of the Deputy Minister of the Environment in order to obtain the required authorization certificate. On the one hand, the study deals with the information required under the terms of the MENVIQ's guideline 019 pertaining to mining industries. The other information requested in the guideline is, for the most part, directly dealt with in the requirements of guideline 019 except with respect to the relationship with neighbouring Inuit communities and employment perspectives. These elements and others related to the description and evaluation of project repercussions on the social environment are combined in section 2. (Au)

P, J, R, T, H, I, F, N, M, S, B
Animal distribution; Copper; Economic geology; Employees; Employment; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental impacts; Environmental law; Environmental protection; Fishing; Geological exploration; Hazardous waste; Inuit; James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, 1975; Mining; Native land claims; Nickel; Plant distribution; Raglan Project; Reclamation; Sediments (Geology); Socio-economic effects; Waste management; Water quality; Water supply; Water treatment; Work camps

G0826
Déception, Rivière, (62 06 41 N, 74 32 21 W) region, Québec; Kattiniq, Québec

Wakeham Bay - anticipating and optimizing the potential impacts of a nearby mining development by New Québec Raglan Mines : field notes and partial draft of a report   /   Wojciechowski, M.   Makivik Corporation. Research Department [Sponsor]
Kingston, Ont. : Queen's University, 1983.
i, 26 leaves ; 29 cm.
Cover title.
Incomplete report dated May 13, 1983.
ASTIS record 76254.
Languages: English
Libraries: XQKNRC

SUMMARY. 1. The Raglan Mines development has been delayed because of problems in nickel markets. 2. The community should stay in touch with management so it will get some advance warning of when development may proceed. 3. In preparation for a possible development, the community (i.e. council and the Landholding Corporation) should: i) seek more information about the potential costs and benefits; ii) decide for itself its preferences about future choices facing the community; iii) seek voluntary help and cooperation from KRG [Kativik Regional Government], Québec and Canadian government departments, and the company; iv) recognize the interests and financial limitations of all the above groups; v) study and make use of the existing regulatory structures and regulations where possible; e.g. Landholding Corporation responsibilities through Bill 29; Council through KRG, KEQC [Kativik Environmental Quality Commission]; vi) prepare to participate in an EQC impact review; vii) attempt to provide input to the guideline and other preliminary stages of the EQC process; viii) study the regulatory system and work through the KEAC [Kativik Environmental Advisory Committee] if changes are felt to be needed; ix) above all, accept primary responsibility for safe-guarding the interests of the community. (Au)

P, B, J, R, T, S
Aboriginal rights; Costs; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental impacts; Geological exploration; Government; Government regulations; Inuit; James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, 1975; Kativik Environmental Advisory Committee; Kativik Environmental Quality Commission; Land use; Local government; Makivik Corporation; Mineral rights; Mining; Mining claims; Mining law; Nickel; Planning; Prices; Raglan Project; Socio-economic effects; Subsistence

G0826
Kangiqsujuaq, Québec; Kattiniq, Québec

Qualité de la vie des villes nordiques d'exploitation minière au Québec   /   Lebire, M.
Chicoutimi, Québec : Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Laboratoire de géographie régionale, 1977.
x, 87 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
(Travaux géographiques du Saguenay publication, no 2)
Appendix.
References.
ASTIS record 76237.
Languages: French
Libraries: XQKNRC

Développer le Nord québécois est une idée, relativement récente. Les gouvernements n'étant pas toujours inventifs, les compagnies étrangères avaient le champ libre, qu'elles qu'en puissent être les conséquences. Chacun sait que la règle d'or-ou plutôt de fer- des compagnies de grande envergure est: “un minimum d'investissements et d'égards pour un maximum de profits”, sans se soucier des torts parfois irréversibles causés à l'environnement, et à la santé des travailleurs. Aussi, les études techniques ne manquent-elles pas. On s'inquiète beaucoup moins du bien-être des populations qu'il a fallu mobiliser dans des endroits où le climat est peu clément. Les compagnies veulent pourtant corriger un taux de roulement très élevé, ayant pour effet de nuire à la production. Les gouvernements, eux, n'ont pas si mauvaise conscience; ils s'intéressent à tous leurs citoyens, sans trop de discrimination, mais ils doivent suivre des normes. Les populations concernées pour leur part, semblent soit désabusées, soit apathiques; une attitude faisant suite à l'autre. Cependant, il ne faudrait pas tomber dans l'excès et crier au scandale, comme certains journalistes se plaisent à le faire. Il ne s'agit pas là d'enfer et les travailleurs ne sont pas tout à fait des bêtes de somme. Dans les circonstances actuelles d'un Québec nordique en développement, faire la part des choses n'est pas tache facile. Il y a plus d'un moyen pour analyser la qualité de vie de ces régions minières éloignées. L'approche choisie se veut donc aussi variée que possible: en commençant par la lecture de différents rapports et articles de journaux pour se mettre dans l'ambiance, voir ce qui a été fait et ce qui a été omis. Puis rencontrer les habitants des villes échantillons et discuter avec quelques représentants de professions, de classes différentes. De nombreux renseignements sont recueillis de cette manière auprès des dirigeants des municipalités, d'associations, d'employés de services gouvernementaux, religieux et autres, de mineurs et leurs épouses, d'immigrants, etc... Enfin, airès avoir lu et entendu toutes ces opinions, chercher à les vérifier par des données statistiques ou légales et tester ces hypothèses quantitativement s'il y a lieu. L'auteur tient à remercier les personnes suivantes qui ont collaboré directement ou indirectement à ce projet: Robert Bergeron, doyen des études avancées et de la recherche à l'UQAC; Pierre Biays, professeur à l'Université de Lile I (France) et professeur invité à 1'UQAC; Pierre Gauthier, professeur à l'UQAC; Gifles H. Lemieux, professeur chargé des activités de synthèse en géographie à 1 'UQAC; enfin, André-Louis Sanguin, directeur du Module de Géographie à l'UQAC. (Au)

S, R, P
Community development; Design and construction; Economic conditions; Employment; Labour supply; Mining; Population; Quality of life; Recreation; Social conditions; Towns; Wages

G0826
Chibougamau, Québec; Fermont, Québec; Mistassini, Lac (51 00 N, 73 37 W) region, Québec; Nouveau-Québec

A review of mineral exploration in northern Quebec
[Quebec : s.n., 1975?]
33 leaves : maps ; 29 cm.
References.
Report has no authors and no date.
All maps are on unnumbered pages.
Many maps fold-out.
Four folded maps paper clipped to the back cover: Iron ore deposits of the Province of Quebec (1959), Carte minérale du Québec (1969), Carte minérale du Québec (1973), Principle mineral areas of Canada (1974).
Loose-leaf in a black ACCO press report cover.
ASTIS record 76253.
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The Labrador Trough, Cape Smith Belt and Belcher Fold Belt are erosional remnants of an Aphebian (upper Precambrian) geosyncline that surrounds the Superior Province of Quebec (usually called the Ungava Craton) in a wide arc open to the South. ... [the geosyncline] consists mainly of sedimentary rocks (composing much orthoquartzite, dolomite and ironstone) in the zone towards the craton, whereas volcanic and intrusive rocks predominate in the zone away from the craton. Erosion has removed large parts of the filling so that only the main volcanic zones remain in the Cape Smith Belt and in the northernmost part of the Labrador Trough. ... Each of the three above mentioned zones are summarized briefly as follows: I. North part of the Labrador Trough-Fort Chimo to Leaf Bay. II. North part of the Labrador Trough-west of Ungava Bay (Aupaluk to Diana Bay). III. Cape Smith to Wakeham Bay. IV. Belcher Fold Belt-Cape Smith to Great Whale River. Where information has been available, map overlays have been prepared outlining the main locations of known mineralization. Some areas, such as those covered under I and II above, have been given greater consideration by the Department of Natural Resouces of Quebec and thus more detail is possible on the maps. However, other data has been pieced together mainly from preliminary geology reports of the Province of Quebec and the few prepared by the Geological Survey of Canada. The three units of the Circum-Ungava geosyncline have identical geotectonic positions at the margin of the Churchill Province. Their structures are similar. They are composed of the same rock types and those follow in somewhat similar sequence. The two major facies zones are present in the Labrador Trough: a zone composed mainly of sediments in the west, and a dominantly volcanic zone in the east. The western zone has been entirely eroded north of Leaf Bay. The correlation between the Cape Smith Belt and the Labrador trough is based on a general similarity in lithology and sequence, on age determinations and on geophysical relationships. The stratigraphy of the Belcher Fold Belt has properties in common with the other two belts. It is much wider than the best preserved segment of the Labrador Trough. However, the total thickness of the filling of the Belcher Fold Belt, particularly in the Richmond Gulf area, is thin compared to the total thickness of the Labrador Trough or of the Cape Smith Belt. Only one mine is actually in operation north of the 55th parallel with the exception of the iron ore activities in the Schefferville vicinity. This is the asbestos mine at Purtuniq (Asbestos Hill), which began production in 1972. However, as may be seen from the following maps (i) Mining Activities North of the 50th parallel (1975); and (ii) Mineral map of Quebec (1973), considerable exploration is taking place, particularly on the eastern shores of Ungava Bay, in the folded rocks that extend in a band 10 to 60 miles wide from the centre of the peninsula for 600 miles to north of Payne Bay. This region was first explored by A.P. Low at the end of the nineteenth century. Although he reported iron ore, his observations created little interest until further work, primarily of a prospecting nature for base metals, was carried out in the decade before 1939. ... World War II changed that situation. By 1945 a widespread search for ore was undertaken and in 1945, the Iron Ore company of Canada was created ... to develop the ores. ... in spite of early optimism following mineral discoveries in the area of Proterozoic rocks ... production has still not been realized. The search and discovery has been for nickel, copper and other base metals. Other mineral developments in the Peninsula have included work on the Hudson Bay coast, particularly around Great Whale River where extensive iron ore drilling has been undertaken 37 miles inland from the Bay. So far as mineral resources are concerned, mining companies have greatly stepped up their explorations in Northern Quebec in the past five years and many areas have still not been adequately examined. Undoubtedly other important finds will be made. ... (Au)

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Copper; Economic geology; Geology; Hematite; Igneous rocks; Intrusions (Geology); Iron; Magnetite; Maps; Mining; Nickel; Precambrian eon; Sedimentary rocks; Spatial distribution; Sulphides

G0826
Nunavik, Québec; Québec; Ungava, Baie d', region, Québec

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