TOXIC LEGACIES

The Toxic Legacies Project is a response to the Canadian government's Giant Mine Remediation Project to freeze arsenic underground in perpetuity, a project that has recently undergone an extensive environmental assessment. As a "Partnership Development" project (funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council [SSHRC]), we also aim to communicate our research results in a way that will engage the community of Yellowknife and the broader concerned public... Examining the history and legacy of arsenic contamination at Giant Mine, in Canada's Northwest Territories.