Boom town blues : Elliot Lake, collapse and revival in a single-industry community / edited by Anne-Marie Mawhiney & Jane Pitblado.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mawhiney, Anne-Marie, editor.

Pitblado, Jane, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uranium mines and mining--Ontario--Elliot Lake.

Uranium mines and mining.

Retirement, Places of--Ontario--Elliot Lake.

Retirement, Places of.

Elliot Lake (Ont.)--History.

Elliot Lake (Ont.).

Elliot Lake (Ont.)--Social conditions.

Elliot Lake (Ont.)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; Oxford, England : Dundurn Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Boom Town Blues: Collapse and Revival in a Single-Industry Community tells of the Northern Ontario city of Elliot Lake, once the uranium capital of the world, which was devastated by the closing of the uranium mines operated by Denison and Rio Algom. The closures and mass layoffs were first announced in 1990 with the layoffs occurring from then until June 1996.Throughout the period after the layoffs were announced, several major research projects were undertaken. One, the Elliot Lake Tracking and Adjustment Study, follows approximately 1,000 of the laid-off miners and 530 of their spouses

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Prologue: Song: ""Boom Town Blues""; Chapter 1 The City of Elliot Lake to 1991: Before the Roof Fell In; PART ONE: THE UPHILL CLIMB; Chapter 2 Bringing People Through Life Transitions; Chapter 3 The Elliot Lake Men's Support Centre; Chapter 4 Development of the Workforce Literacy Program After the First Mass Layoffs in Elliot Lake; Chapter 5 Life After Layoff: Women in a Remote Single-Industry Community; Chapter 6 Search, Succour, and Success: Looking for Jobs from Elliot Lake

Chapter 7 Women's Deployment with Husbands' Unemployment: Women's Labour in the BalanceChapter 8 Where Are the Miners Going? Occupational Mobility in Elliot Lake; Chapter 9 Transitions of Rio Algom Employees at Stanleigh Mine; PART TWO: REFUSING TO BECOME ANOTHER GHOST TOWN; Chapter 10 Community Roots or the Lack Thereof; Chapter 11 Increased Transfer Dependency in the Elliot Lake and North Shore Communities; Chapter 12 Local Service Providers' Perceptions of the Effects of Mass Layoffs; Chapter 13 ""Never Say Die"": Seven Years Later, Elliot Lake Enjoys New Business and Renewed Optimism

Chapter 14 Elliot Lake: Where Wild-Cat Strikes Have Given Way to Line DancingChapter 15 Aging in a Hurry: Changing Population Profile in Elliot Lake; Chapter 16 Layoffs and Municipal Finance: The Case of Elliot Lake; Chapter 17 Bringing the Business Community Through Transition; Chapter 18 Physician Visits by Older Persons in Elliot Lake: Issues and Challenges; Chapter 19 The Regional University as a Participant in Community Economic Diversification and Stabilization; PART THREE: RECLAIMING THE LAND; Chapter 20 Stakeholder Perceptions of Risks Related to Elliot Lake Area Mine Tailings

Chapter 21 Risk Perceptions and Relocation Decisions of Prospective Residents of Elliot Lake: A Mental Models StudyChapter 22 Establishment of Native Aquatic and Wetland Plants in Permanently Flooded Pyritic Uranium Tailings; Chapter 23 Reclamation Activities at the Pronto Copper Tailings near Elliot Lake; Chapter 24 Respect and Responsibility: Community-Based Options for Perpetual Care in the Serpent River Watershed; EPILOGUE: Chapter 25 From Patchwork to Pro-Active Policies for Single-Industry Communities; Song: ""Mystère économique""; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611969653

9781281969651

1281969656

9781554881031

155488103X

OCLC:

277671473