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Home / Socio-Economic Impact

Socio-Economic Impact

Challenging the Scope of Economic and Social Impacts
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Challenging the Scope of Economic and Social Impacts

A critical review of the NWMO's Initial Project Description regarding non-Indigenous economic and social conditions, highlighting the need for rigorous risk screening of economic assumptions…
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DGR Pathways of Change: Mitigation and Residual Effects
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DGR Pathways of Change: Mitigation and Residual Effects

A critical review of the NWMO's Pathways of Change screening, highlighting the reliance on qualitative mitigation measures and the community's call for defined thresholds and…
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Economic Baselines: Addressing Data Gaps and Equity
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Economic Baselines: Addressing Data Gaps and Equity

A critical review of the proposed DGR's economic baseline reveals significant gender wage gaps, reliance on unvalidated census data for First Nations, and unverified assumptions…
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Revell DGR: Assessing Land Use and Resources
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Revell DGR: Assessing Land Use and Resources

A critical review of the NWMO's assessment of non-Indigenous land and resource use, highlighting the need for physical archaeological surveys and quantitative data on recreational…
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Melgund: Assessing Community Impacts and Agency
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Melgund: Assessing Community Impacts and Agency

A critical review of the NWMO's characterization of the Local Services Board of Melgund, highlighting the need for rigorous demographic data and infrastructure audits to…
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Assessing Community Well-Being and Regional DGR Impacts
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Assessing Community Well-Being and Regional DGR Impacts

A review of the Initial Project Description's community and culture baseline, highlighting concerns regarding food security, the definition of social license, and the limitations of…
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Addressing Data Gaps in DGR Demographic Baselines
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Addressing Data Gaps in DGR Demographic Baselines

Our review of the DGR's demographic baseline reveals significant discrepancies between federal data sources and local realities, particularly regarding Indigenous population counts and youth retention…
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Assessing Community Health and Social Baseline Data
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Assessing Community Health and Social Baseline Data

Our analysis identifies critical gaps in the proposed health and social baselines, specifically regarding small community data, Indigenous health profiles, and gender-based violence.
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DGR Socio-Economic Baseline: Missing Local Reality
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DGR Socio-Economic Baseline: Missing Local Reality

Our review of the NWMO's socio-economic baseline identifies significant gaps regarding unincorporated communities and Indigenous data verification, challenging the claim that the current reporting is…
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Latest Local News

  • Government of Canada announces beginning of proposed Nuclear Waste DGR Impact Assessment
  • Share Your Insights on Nuclear Waste, Diet and Land Use
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Nuclear Waste Management

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is inviting residents and land users in the area of Canada's proposed Deep Geological Repository for used nuclear fuel to participate in a Diet and Land-Use Survey. The information collected will help inform local perspectives as the project moves through the federal regulatory process.

The survey can be completed online or through an in-person interview at the Ignace Learn More Centre. It is open until September 7, 2026, and participants will have the opportunity to enter a draw to win one of twenty C$125 gift cards redeemable at local businesses.

ART BORUPS CORNERS SOCIETY

Art Borups Corners is a non-profit arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. We bring artists, youth, and local residents together through hands-on creative projects, workshops, and storytelling rooted in everyday life in the North. Our focus is on making space for people to try things, share skills, and build confidence through art that grows out of where they live.


We’re also a place for testing ideas and working across different ways of making — from land-based practice to digital work and everything in between. Much of what we do happens through partnerships and shared projects, connecting local creative work with wider conversations while keeping things grounded, practical, and community-led.


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ESTABLISHED WITH FUNDING FROM

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

This program was seeded with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program. This program allowed us to explore strategic arts innovation, capacity building and new technologies. Programming was also supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program and the Province of Ontario. We thank them for their support.

PROGRAMMING SEEDED BY

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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