Q&A: The authors of Price of Gold on learning from Giant Mine

Arn Keeling (Geography) and John Sandlos (History) are interviewed about their book, The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution and Resistance in Yellowknife.

The new book by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling explores not only Giant Mine’s toxic legacy and how the federal government and mining companies long hid the impacts of pollution, but how the Yellowknives Dene fought back alongside labour and environmental activists.

"It was just a really interesting and inspiring story to unpack about how these folks really came together and pursued that common goal of ensuring they could hold the company’s feet to the fire, and hold the government’s feet to the fire, and sort-of investigate and challenge the assumptions about the safety of their local environment."

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