In March 2013 MiningWatch and Studies in Political Economy co-hosted the Beyond Extraction Conference in Ottawa. Below is a collection of selected resources related to the themes of the conference.
Organizations
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Communications Energy and Paperworkers of Canada
Reports
A Plan for Prosperity, Travis Fast for the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour, 2011
Canada's Resource Curse, Daniel Drache, York University, 2009
Canada vs. Norway: The Petro Path Not Taken, Bruce Campbell, 2013
The Bitumen Cliff: Lessons and Challenges of Bitumen Mega-Developments for Canada's Economy in an Age of Climate Change, Tony Clarke, Jim Stanford, Diana Gibson, Brendan Haley, 2013
RESIST, RECLAIM, RESTRUCTURE: Unions and the Struggle for Energy Democracy, Cornell University's Global Labour Institute, 2012
Some Other Stuff
Video of street activism re. oil company subsidies
Benefits and Costs of Mining - Presentation by economist T.M. Powers
Canada's Mining Boom - Presentation by United Steel Workers economist Erin Weir
Who will protect the land from reckless development? Essay by Ian Gill published in the Toronto Star