Abandoned Mines in Northern Canada: Toward Social and Economic Prosperity

The Abandoned Mines Project was created to study the historical impacts of abandoned mines on First Nations communities in northern Canada. Our goal is to highlight the social and environmental changes that large mining projects brought to northern communities and the ongoing impact of these mines after they were abandoned. We see abandoned mines as living historical landscapes, places where human activities from decades ago continue to have environmental impacts in the present day.

Our work will focus on five major case studies:

Pine Point Mine, NWT
Giant Mine, NWT
Port Radium, NWT
Keno Hill Silver Mine, YK
Labrador/Quebec Iron Ore Belt