Photo: Memories of Nunavik’s first mine

Memorial University Masters student Jeanette Carney poses with Mark Kadjulik, one of the many residents of Salluit she interviewed last summer as part of her research into the history and legacy of the Asbestos Hill mine — Nunavik’s first mining operation, which operated from 1972 to 1984. Through a series of interviews with former mine employees, their families and community leaders, Carney’s research looks at how the operation led to major social, cultural and economic changes in the region. Read more later at NunatsiaqOnline.ca. (PHOTO COURTESY OF J. CARNEY)