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Mid-Canada Line Radar Sites
The issue of contamination associated with the Mid Canada Line Radar Sites has evolved since the sites were first constructed during the 1950s across northern Ontario and specifically Omushkego-Aski. Initially, the radar sites represented a significant disturbance to the aboriginal people who had established camp sites near the military development as well as a disturbance to the regional ecosystem. However, the contamination risks were not realized until the mid 1980s and increasingly so once the warning signs were posted on radar site structures by the Ministry of Natural Resources in 1992.

Over the past 15 years, the radar sites have been assessed according to government procedures under Environmental Site Assessment and Delineation guidelines. Building materials, soil, and water results have identified serious PCB contamination across the radar sites, however, our assessment of the radar sites looks beyond the borders of the site infrastructure and into the surrounding landscape. The Mushkegowuk Environmental Research Centre presents in this report an alternative approach towards site assessment, an approach that is driven by the mushkegowuk concerns and values. Instead of categorizing our research as a Environmental Site Assessment or Human Health Assessment, we offer A Look at the Land and ask if Everything is Growing Well.

PCB Workshop Proceedings
In September 2008 MERC held a PCB workshop in Timmins, Ontario to advise the Health concerns of Muskkegowuk people in relation to the Mid Canada Line Rarar Sites. Click on the title to see results from Meeting.

Below are Powerpoint Presentations from PCB Workshop

Mushkegowuk Environmental Research Centre Powerpoint Presentation

Dr.David Carpenter's Powerpoint Presentation

Mary Deniston Nunatsiavut Government Powerpoint Presentation

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Powerpoint Presentation

Airzone Laboratories Powerpoint Presentation

Turtle Island Environmental Resources Powerpoint Presentation

Radar Sites Documentary (double click on black screen)