An aboriginal perspective on the remediation of Mid-Canada Radar Line sites in the subarctic: A partnership evaluation

Arctic

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 142-154

  Sistili, Brandy ^a   Metatawabin, Mike ^b   Iannucci, Guy ^b   Tsuji, Leonard J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Band Office   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal perspective; Mid Canada Radar Line; Partnerships; Remediation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RADAR; REMEDIATION; STATE ROLE; SUBARCTIC REGION;

ARCTIC; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DAWSON CREEK; HOPEDALE; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33746401065     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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