NRI attends the First Annual Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic Workshop
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The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada recently announced funding for a new Northern research project called Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA). The main focus of ReSDA’s research will be on finding ways to ensure that a larger share of the benefits of resource development stay in the region with fewer costs to communities.
The Network will mobilize researchers around the questions of finding out how to maximize benefits of resource development to northern regions and communities and minimize the social, economic, cultural, and environmental costs.
The primary objective of the research will be to cultivate innovative approaches to the best ways of natural resource developments to improve the well-being of northern communities while preserving the region’s unique ecosystem. This issue is all the more pressing given the increased demand for natural resources globally, with many of these resources existing in Arctic locations.
Each year ReSDA will organize an annual research workshop based on a central theme. This first one is devoted to the discussion of a research plan for the next 7 years. Discussion with community partners about research priorities began in 2010.
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This initial annual workshop in Yellowknife provided researchers with an opportunity to reflect on recommendations from communities and discuss how these suggestions should be translated into formal research questions.
Over 50 researchers from 29 universities in 9 countries will take part in this project over the 7 years of the project.
For more information on the Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada (SERNNoCa), click here to visit their web site.