Mining Ne w Opportunities 49 P A R T T H R E E The Importanc e of Mining to the E c onom y of a C ommunity V IDE ODV D T OP I C P A R T THRE E LE N G TH OF V IDE ODV D D U R A TI ON OF A C TIV I T Y Mining Wh y D o W e Ne e d I t 4 min ut e s 45 min ut e s Par t Tr e e of t he v ide oDV D de s c r ib e s t he us e of r o c k s and minerals in our e ver yda y lif e t e c hnolo g ic al innov a tions de ve lop e d and us e d by t he mo der n mining industr y and t he im p or t anc e of mining t o t he C anadian e c onom y A b or ig inalow ne d busine ss e s t ha t supply g o o ds and s er v ic e s t o t he mining industr y ar e als o highligh t e d in t his s e ction of t he v ide oDV D Te s e inc lude air line s er v ic e s janit or ial s er v ic e s hous e k e e ping c a t er ing and t he op era tion of v ar ious r e t ail st or e s I t is dicult t o t hink a b out wha t lif e would b e lik e w it hout r o c k s minerals and me t als Minerals mak e up s o m uc h of wha t s ar ound us and wha t we us e e ver yda y Minerals allow us t o live in a hous e or a par tmen t t ur n on ligh t s br ush our t e e t h list en t o m usic w a t c h t e le v ision us e a c om put er c o ok me als r ide in a ve hic le and m uc h mor e Ter e ar e a ppr o xima t e ly 17700 dir e ct j ob s c r e a t e d by On t ar io s mining industr y An additional 73000 spino j ob s ar e als o c r e a t e d Mineral pr o duct s ar e s old t o c om panie s t ha t us e t hem t o mak e e ver y t hing f r om e le ctr ic c lo c k s t o de t er g en t I t is im p or t an t t o r e c o g ni ze t ha t mining ha s t he p ot en tial t o im pact liv ing st andar ds traditional A b or ig inal lif e style s s o c ial inf ra str uct ur e t he en v ir onmen t and t he e c onom y of a c omm unity H owe ver t his par ticular brainst or ming activ ity f o cus e s mainly on t he im pact of a mine op ening on t he e c onom y of a lo c al c omm unity Imag ine t ha t you ha ve j ust le ar ne d t ha t an op en pit diamond mine w ill op en and c r e a t e 375 ne w j ob s in your small nor t her n On t ar io c omm unity U s e t he ctional t ow n pr ole and mine inf or ma tion pr ov ide d on t he f ollow ing pag e t o f ac ilit a t e a dis cussion t ha t de als w it h t he p ot en tial e e ct s t he mine op ening w ill ha ve on j ob s in t he t ow n t he s c ho ol s yst em in t he t ow n me dic al and den t al c ar e in t he t ow n cur r en t busine ss e s busine ss tra ve lers and t our ism and t he A b or ig inal and r emot e c omm unity A summar y of p o ssible ans wers is als o pr ov ide d on t he f ollow ing pag e t o a ssist w it h f ac ilit a ting t his dis cussion T e acher A c tiv it y O utl i ne 1 of 1 V ide oD V D St ud y 30