Research Catalog

Title

A stake in the future : redefining the Canadian mineral industry / Mary Louise McAllister, Cynthia Jacqueline Alexander.

Author

McAllister, Mary Louise, 1957-

Publication

Vancouver : UBC Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Alexander, Cynthia Jacqueline, 1960-
• Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Centre for Resource Studies.

Description

xiii, 224 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• A Stake in the Future looks at the Whitehorse Mining Initiative (WMI), an effort by the Canadian mineral industry to forge new alliances with other groups who have an interest in the continuing viability of mining in Canada. The WMI's goals were to revitalize the mineral industry, attract new investment, and create agreement among major stakeholders such as the government, environmental groups, First Nations, the mining industry, and labour.
• It was unique in that it developed a consensus-based approach to resolve the land- and resource-use disputes that inevitably arise between various stakeholders.
• A Stake in the Future describes the process of implementing the WMI from its conceptual beginnings to the working group stage to the signing of the final accord. The book also explores the efforts of the signatories to implement the vision of the agreement after its signing.
• Based on extensive interviews with many participants, Mary Louise McAllister and Cynthia Alexander discuss the changing public policy environment, the growing use of alternative dispute resolution, the challenges posed by consensus-base processes in developing a common vision, and the implications of such processes for representative democracy.

Subject

• Whitehorse Mining Initiative (Canada)
• Mineral industries > Social aspects > Canada
• Mineral industries > Government policy > Canada

Note

• "Published in association with the Centre for Resource Studies, Queen's University at Kingston."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Surveying the Terrain -- 2. Assessing the Situation: Challenges to the Mineral Industry -- 3. Staking a Claim: Broadening the Public Interest -- 4. Rough Terrain, Rich Resource: The Whitehorse Mining Initiative -- 5. The Whitehorse Mining Accord: The Search for Consensus -- 6. Implementing the Vision? Provincial and Federal Initiatives -- 7. Perspectives on the Accord -- 8. Terra Incognita: The Future of Resource Policy-Making in Canada -- App. A. Chronology of Events at the WMI -- App. B. WMI Vision Statement -- App. C. Commitment Statement of the BC Advisory Council on Mining.

ISBN

0774806036 :

LCCN

cn 97910088

OCLC

ocm36511178

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries