Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Thirst for Justice Conceptions of Equity and Sustainability at Burnt Church/Esgenoôpetitj NB Canada
Department
Liberal Studies Department
College
Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Date Range
2012-2013
Disciplines
Education
Abstract
Competing notions of equity often underlie more broad conversations about sustainability. Understanding implicit conceptions of justice, fairness and equality can illuminate why deep conflicts frequently erupt over particular practices of sustainability. This paper explores the competing notions of equity underlying one such conflict, a dispute which arose over fishery access and management in Atlantic Canada after a 1999 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada. In the Marshall Decision, the Court recognized the treaty rights of the indigenous Mikmaq to earn a living in fisheries from which they had historically been excluded. For three years after the Court’s decision, Mikmaq fishers, their non-native neighbours, and the Canadian government fought violently over access to and sustainable management of the lobster fishery in Burnt Church/Esgenoôpetitj NB.
Conference Name
International Conference on Inequality and Sustainability
Conference Location
Boston (Medford) MA
ScholarWorks Citation
King, Sarah, "Thirst for Justice Conceptions of Equity and Sustainability at Burnt Church/Esgenoôpetitj NB Canada" (2013). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 1167.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/1167
