dc.contributor
Universitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna
dc.contributor.author
Cervera Quintana, Andrea
dc.date.accessioned
2025-03-12T19:09:43Z
dc.date.available
2025-03-12T19:09:43Z
dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/695
dc.description
TFG del Grau en Relacions Internacionals tutoritzat per Mariona Lloret Rodà
dc.description.abstract
Since the early contact between Europeans and Inuit citizens in Nunavut, these communities
have experienced transformative changes in regards to their traditional lifestyle due to the
prominent role of extractive activities by foreigners. Although the Nunavut Land Claim Agree-
ment (NLCA), which gave Inuit citizens more power on self-determining the use of their lands,
was signed in 1993, recent cases such as the nearly seismic testing in Clyde River and the
current possible expansion of the Mary River mine question the actual decision-making power
Inuit communities have in deciding which projects should take place in their traditional lands.
As a result, Postcolonial and Green Theories of International Relations have been used in
order to provide a theoretical framework to encapsulate the ongoing dependency of Nunavut
towards the Government of Canada and how this position situates Inuit to become more vulnerable to the social, economical and cultural impacts of the degeneration of the Arctic environment. Consequently, this paper argues that there currently exists a controversial relation-ship between the industry, which provides many jobs and sources of income to Inuit, and the
need of these indigenous people to protect their lands from environmental degradation derived
from mining. However, recent activism by Inuit communities and the future decisions taken by
the Federal Government and the Government of Nunavut will be decisive in providing reconciliation and reaffirming Inuit right to self-determination.
dc.rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject
Relacions internacionals
dc.title
"The right to harvest": Inuit contested accountability on re-source development in Nunavut, 1970-2020
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info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis
dc.rights.accessLevel
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
