Eye on the Arctic business series
Global warming has put the once remote and inaccessible Arctic at the centre of world attention. As climate change opens up the Arctic for business, exploitation of its untapped natural resources including energy, mining and gas exploration are rapidly transforming the North.
But how is this development affecting remote circumpolar communities? What are the social and economic impacts of these new business opportunities on northerners? With resource development getting most of the headlines, are other businesses and economic drivers being overlooked? Who’s getting ahead and who’s getting left behind?
To explore some of these questions, Radio Canada International travelled to Canada’s Northwest Territories earlier this year. There, we spent time in communities all around the territory to find out how northerners feel about the economic opportunities and challenges they’re facing.
Over the next weeks we’ll bring you stories on everything from mining and art, to energy and entrepreneurs.
This week, we kick things off in Deline, Northwest Territories with Creating an economy in a small northern town: Spotlight Deline a look at the challenges of creating an economy in a small northern town and some of the solutions the community thinks they’ve found.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of our series on mining. Follow us on Twitter to be alerted: @eyeonthearctic
We hope you enjoy the series; we welcome comments, contributions, and debate.
Contact us at arctic(at)cbc.ca
Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca
