Categories: All - resources - flooding - climate - extraction

by Shamma Sajed Alam 6 months ago

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#2 - Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay's significance lies in its abundant natural resources, including mining, lumber, fur, and fish, which are primarily supported by the proximity of Lake Superior. This freshwater lake is crucial for providing clean drinking water, recreational activities, and tourism, making the region ideal for resource extraction.

#2 - Thunder Bay

#2 - Thunder Bay

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j) Why care?
i) Why there?
h) What is where?
g) Who are the change makers/activists in the community? What activism have they participated in? How long have they been working on creating positive change?
f) Has the community been in the media lately?
e) Does the area have clean drinking water, food and energy security?
d) What is the community's (people who are currently living on the land) relationship with the land they live on?
c) Who are the environmental stewards in your region?
b) What resources and industries are obtained from this region? What makes these locations ideal for the extraction of these resources? Was the land in your region ever expropriated for these resources?
a) What evidence of climate change is there in the location you choose to study on the Climate Atlas? (peatland fires, migration of fish and animals, flooding of waterfront areas, melting permafrost, communities no longer being able to live off the land as they have in the past, wildfires, lack of biodiversity/wildlife, loss of permafrost)

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An evidence of climate change that has taken place in Thunder Bay is flooding, especially around Lake Superior.
Thunder Bay is a city in Ontario.
Thunder Bay is abundant in natural resources such as water, metal ores, fish, and lumber.

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j) Lake Superior is the most important lake in Thunder Bay
i) Risk of climate change: Flooding
h) -> A city in Ontario -> Located near Lake Superior
g) ->Rena Viehbeck - Cimate Adaption Coordinator, City of Thunder Bay -> Ellen Mortfield - Executive Director, EcoSuperior -> Robert Stewart - Lakehead University
f) Yes, but not related to climate change.
e) Yes
d) -> Access to abundant resources, especially clean water that comes from Lake Superior -> "It's the lifeblood of this region." -Robert -> "It's our drinking water source, it's our recreation source, it's our tourism draw, -the lake is everything to us." -Ellen
c) ->Rena Viehbeck - Cimate Adaption Coordinator, City of Thunder Bay -> Ellen Mortfield - Executive Director, EcoSuperior -> Robert Stewart - Lakehead University
b) Mining, lumber, fur, and fish
a) Flooding of waterfront areas - Lake Superior

Apr 13 2024

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