Recorded on May 10, 2023
Dr. Warren Bernauer (University of Manitoba) discusses the history of environmental assessment and debates about uranium mining in Nunavut. He examines the extent to which co-management regimes have successfully decolonized resource governance in the Canadian Arctic. Key themes to be explored include Crown jurisdiction, the discourse of technical expertise, the screening out of political and moral issues, capacity issues with community institutions, and the ability of Inuit Elders to participate in accordance with Inuit social protocols and worldviews.
Dr. Warren Bernauer is a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources at the University of Manitoba. His research uses political ecology and economic geography approaches to examine resource conflicts in the Canadian Arctic. Along with Inuk Elder and activist Joan Scottie, Dr. Bernauer is a coauthor of "I Will Live for Both of Us: A History of Colonialism, Uranium Mining, and Inuit Resistance" (University of Manitoba Press, 2022).
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This event was made possible, in part, by Title VI grant funding administered by the International and Foreign Language Education office in the Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education and by a Global Innovations Grant from the UW Office of Global Affairs. The Canadian Studies Center is a Title VI federally-funded National Resource Center with the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University and aims to enhance and strengthen a better understanding of the Canada and the Canada-U.S. relationship through research, teaching and public programming.
