Sustainable development for Canada's arctic and sub-arctic communities : a case study of Churchill, Manitoba
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Canada's 'Oceans Act' (1997) promotes the need for the sustainable development of oceans and their resources. Coastal communities are an integral component of Canada's oceans, and therefore need to be considered under the 'Act.' Many of Canada's northern coastal communities share characteristics such as isolation, high aboriginal representation, high unemployment, and susceptibility to climate change, which will have a strong bearing on how sustainable development should be promoted. The purpose of this research was to develop a better understanding of the relationship between sustainable development and characteristics specific to northern coastal communities. Using Churchill, Manitoba as a case study, the researcher analyzed the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainable development from the perspective of a small sub-arctic coastal community. This research was based on literature reviews, mapping and interviews with local townspeople (n = 54). A backcasting framework was used to evaluate the data, and concentric rings were developed to illustrate annual social, economic and environmental activities. The establishment of the Nunavut Settlement Region, increased tourism and Port expansion are ushering in a new set of opportunities for the Town. However, some concerns were identified with respect to the social, economic and environmental aspects of Churchill. Environmental concerns included tundra vehicle damage, and the environmental impact of former military dumps, derelict buildings and gravel pits. Key social concerns included alcohol abuse in the community and a lack of sufficient youth programs. Economic concerns included the development of shoulder seasons and the future economic viability of the Hudson Bay Port Company. In conclusion, the 'Oceans Act' and contributions from this study may help to ensure that social, economic and environmental activities in Churchill adhere to the principles of sustainable development.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.035 | 0.005 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.004 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.003 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".