NUTR 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Grise Fiord, High Arctic Relocation, Georgia Viaduct
8 Aug 2018
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Urban renewals: africville, halifax, strathcona, vancouver. Sovereignty and economics: northern inuit communities, newfoundland outports. Began in 52 and was implemented in 53. Moved from fort harrison to grise ford and. 87 units relocated to 1200 kms to canada north from port harrison minukjuak,pq. Moved to grise fiord (pop 141) and resolute (pop 22() in what is now nunavut in 1953 and 1956. Mid 1950, 90% of provinces 415000 people still lived in some 3000 small villages scattered along coastline. The first joint canada-newfoundland fisheries household resettlement program was implemented in 1965 relying primarily on federal monies, Over 143 communities totalling 16 000 people moved under the 1965-70 program: another example of canada government being interested in community development and consolidating communities so that they are self-sufficient. 1967: plans to build a grand, east-to-east city-spanning freeway: early plan for georgia viaduct. Proposal was part of a larger urban re(cid:374)e(cid:449)al s(cid:272)he(cid:373)e to (cid:373)oder(cid:374)ise va(cid:374)(cid:272)ou(cid:448)er"s road system and renew the (cid:272)ity"s slums.
