Boom town blues: Elliot Lake, collapse and revival in a single-industry community
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Veröffentlicht: Toronto Dundurn Press ©1999
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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
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 thr
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ISBN:1459713087
155488103X
9781459713086
9781550022919
9781554881031

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