Full Description
Resettlement is a global phenomenon once again at the forefront of political debate in Newfoundland and Labrador. This collection, edited by political scientist Isabelle Côté and geographer Yolande Pottie-Sherman, presents an assembly of interdisciplinary voices situating Newfoundland and Labrador resettlement (past, present, and future) in conversation with relocation debates in other places such Quebec and Northern Canada, Greenland, and Ireland. Contributors consider common themes of contemporary resettlement programs including resistance, collective-decision-making, power, place, and identity. Newfoundland Studies scholars have underscored the significance of Smallwood-era resettlement programs (1954-1977), but have not yet adequately addressed the second, ongoing phase of resettlement (1977-present), carried out at the request of communities and implemented to mitigate the fiscal mismatch between shrinking populations and infrastructure costs. In these pages, scholars examine a process that begins before and continues long after communities or individuals move, and places the Newfoundland and Labrador experience in conversation with other global contemporary resettlement projects.
Contents
List of Figures vii
Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xiii
INTRODUCTION
1. Resettlement in Newfoundland and Labrador in Comparative Perspective Yolande Pottie-Sherman, Isabelle Côté, and Rebecca LeDrew 1
PART I: Resettlement in Newfoundland and Labrador
2. Development's Travelling Rationalities: Contextualizing Newfoundland Resettlement Tina Loo 43
3. Not Just Pawns in a Board Game: Local Actors in the Fisheries Household Resettlement Program George Withers 79
4. Should We Stay or Should We Go? Mobility, Immobility, and Community Closure in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2009-2018 Isabelle Côté and Yolande Pottie-Sherman 111
PART II: Resettlement in Greenland, Ireland, and Canada's Arctic
5. Resettlement, Urbanization, and Rural-Urban Homelessness Geographies in Greenland Julia Christensen and Steven Arnfjord 143
6. Non-State Actors and Resettlement in Reverse: The Case of Rural Resettlement Ireland Hannah Barry and Isabelle Côté 181
7. Climate Resettlement in Canada's Arctic Nicole Marshall 223
Index 259
