By: free_of_charge

free_of_charge — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:13:59 +0000

This is sooo sad about our native communities! I can believe that today, in 2008, they still have deep social problems like drugs problem, lack of education, women equity, etc. I went to few seminars on Wednesday November 19th 2008 about “Réchauffement climatique au Nunavik et mesures d’adaptation presented by Michel Allard and the overall the ArcticNet project was really nice. They worked with local authorities and developed different strategies to face global warming. However, no or little social issues were resolved… I don’t know if programs like ArcticNet can take social initiatives. I would think so! Today ArcticNet project is on his second phase and even if they worked hard with local authorities, they have not educated local people at University during the phase 1. No graduate students are from those native communities in the second phase. Why? I sincerely like the ArcticNet project but How native people feel when White scientist told native people what to do and what is right to do? Even if ideas, strategic plans are primarily good, how native people can know that it is good? Education is one of the fundamental processes to resolve social issues. Even if you have good intentions and good adaptive strategies, we can completely “miss the boat” by having not educated people that eats, breaths, feels, lives in those regions. I deeply like project like the one that Joé Juneau did in Kuujjuaq (Québec). Instead of spending his post NHL career in warm regions drinking Coconut juice under hot sun, he built a hockey-school program in which kids have to perform at school before playing hockey. This is what made his life more meaningful. For the full story, I invite you to read the Gazette article at this address http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/nhlnews/story.html?id=9f6a536e-426e-4e58-8ba5-af9e3ff6a849&p=1 or the CBCsports reportage at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QXJr-VU24I

By: guesswho

guesswho — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:02:39 +0000

Very interesting comment, patagonia ! Have you eard about the Plan Nord of the liberal party of Quebec ? The liberal party wants to develop 3500 MW in the North. It does say that 20% of this eletric capacity will be produced by alternative methods, such as windmill or solar pannels, but it does not mention where the other 80% will come from ! Some local communities strongly opposed themself to this project that was prepared without their consultation.

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