Communities and Diamonds, 2008 Annual Report, Meeting Package (GNWT, March 2010)
This 2008 annual report of the Government of the Northwest Territories monitors socio-economic impacts of diamond mining (BHP Billiton/Ekati, Diavik, and De Beers/Snap Lake) on eight NWT communities and compares actual trends against company predictions made during environmental assessments, covering employment, income, health, crime, housing, education, cultural well-being, and government fiscal effects.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Government of the Northwest Territories, BHP Billiton, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., De Beers Canada Inc., NWT Department of Health and Social Services, NWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment, NWT Department of Finance, NWT Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, NWT Department of Justice, NWT Bureau of Statistics, NWT Housing Corporation, North Slave Métis Alliance, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Behchokỳ, Gamètì, Whatì, Wekweètì, Dettah, Ndilo, Łutselk'e, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, Diavik Diamond Mine, Snap Lake Diamond Mine, Nunavut, Canada
- Parameters
- socio-economic impacts, employment, Aboriginal employment, Northern employment, procurement, Aboriginal procurement, Northern procurement, potential years of life lost, injuries, suicides, communicable diseases, sexually transmitted infections, teen births, single-parent families, children receiving services, spousal assault, crime rates, violent crimes, property crimes, federal statute crimes, traffic crimes, housing, home ownership, crowding, core need, Aboriginal language use, trapping, hunting and fishing, average income, wage disparity, income assistance, employment rate, unemployment rate, participation rate, high school completion, education, business activity, secondary industry, cutting and polishing
- Pages
- 47
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