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The “Mobile Workers Guide – Fly-in/Fly-out and Rotational Shift Work in Mining. Yukon Experiences” (Gertrude Saxinger and Susanna Gartler 2017) presents a wide range of insights into a work life that is characterized by mobility, living in camps and being on scheduled times away from home. In it, experienced workers – men and women alike – from a variety of professions in the exploration and mining sector provide insight for those who are new to this industry. They share stories, experiences, strategies for coping with potential difficulties and tips for how to benefit from this traveling lifestyle.
The film “Mining on First Nation Land – The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun in Mayo/Yukon Territory” tells stories and portrays opinions of people from the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun in Mayo/Yukon Territory in Canada related to mining on their Traditional Territory. Produced by the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun, 2017 A film by Gertrude Saxinger, Robert Gebauer, Jörg Oschmann, Susanna Gartler (University of Vienna, Austria)
Saxinger, Gertrude (2021) “Rootedness Along the Way: Meaningful Sociality in Petroleum and Mining Mobile Worker Camps.” Mobilities, vol. 16, no. 2, 2021, pp. 194–211, https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2021.1885844.
Gertrude Saxinger (2018) Community Based Participatory Research as a Long-Term Process: Reflections on Becoming Partners in Understanding Social Dimensions of Mining in the Yukon. Northern Review 47, pp. 187–207.
First Nation of Nacho Nyäk Dun Elders with Susanna Gartler, Joella Hogan and Gertrude Saxinger 2019 Dän Hùnày – Our People’s Story. First Nation of Nacho Nyäk Dun Elders’ Memories and Opinions on Mining. Mayo (Yukon): First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun, ReSDA and Yukon College. Available for free download here.
The poster Memories of Mining: First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun Elders’ perspectives summarizes what we have heard from Elders in Mayo about the history of interaction between the extractive industry and their community.
Susanna Gartler, Joella Hogan and Gertrude Saxinger (2022) Living Culture, Learning Skills, Telling our Stories: The Making of a Northern Tutchone Cultural Centre. In More than ‘Nature’. Research on Infrastructure and Settlements in the North. Beiträge zum zirkumpolaren Norden — Contributions to Circumpolar Studies Series, Vol 3. Doris Friedrich, Markus Hirnsperger, and Stefan Bauer (eds). Vienna: LIT Verlag, pp. 301 – 324.
Susanna Gartler, Taiya Melancon and Eileen Peter (2021) Indigenous Youth Perspectives on Extractivism and Living in a Good Way in the Yukon. In Young People, Wellbeing and Placemaking in the Arctic. Routledge Research in Polar Regions Series. Stammler, Florian and Reetta Toivanen (eds). London and New York: Routledge, pp. 120 – 143.
Mahsi Cho – many thanks to everyone who participated in this project and thanks for visiting this website. If you want to get in touch you can reach us by email: gertrude_e_saxinger [at] hotmail [dot] com and susanna [dot| gartler [at] gmail [dot]com
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