By Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer When Jenifer Brousseau\u2019s father closed the shaft of the uranium mine in Elliot Lake, Ontario, he asked himself a hard question. \u201cI turned around and I looked back after, and I asked myself, \u2018What did I do? What was I a part of?\u2019\u201d he told Brousseau. As an Indigenous man, he questioned whether or not the economic gain was worth the environmental risk and health impacts to his fellow workers, of whom \u201cso many died of cancers,\u201d Brousseau said. There was a sinking feeling in his gut during that moment, she recalls him telling her. The job at the uranium mine was supposed to sustain his family into retirement, but it closed early despite the promises. Brousseau, a land defender… <\/p>\n
By Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer When Jenifer Brousseau\u2019s father closed the shaft of the uranium mine in Elliot Lake, Ontario, he asked himself a hard question. \u201cI turned around and I looked back after, and I asked myself, \u2018What did I do? What was I a part of?\u2019\u201d he told Brousseau. As an Indigenous man, he questioned whether or not the economic gain was worth the environmental risk and health impacts to his fellow workers, of whom \u201cso many died of cancers,\u201d Brousseau said. There was a sinking feeling in his gut during that moment, she recalls him telling her. The job at the uranium mine was supposed to sustain his family into retirement, but it closed early despite the promises. Brousseau, a land defender... <\/p>\n