Do new, productivity-enhancing industrial technologies displace labour and drive-up unemployment rates?

Written Assignment Option #2
Weight: maximum 10% of final course grade
Deadline: Friday Nov. 26th, 11:59 p.m. ET
The Sustainability of Traditional Aboriginal Culture in the Face of the Industrialization of Resource Extraction
Rudi Volti, in his chapter entitled “Technology and Jobs: More of One and Less of the Other?”, wades into the debate regarding the impact of technological change on employment. Do new, productivity-enhancing industrial technologies displace labour and drive-up unemployment rates? Or do they create new jobs and generate net employment gains? Furthermore, how do these new industrial technologies affect the distribution of income? Are there winners and losers?
While these are important questions, some have argued that what may be at stake for Canada’s Indigenous peoples is much greater than mere jobs and income; namely, the possibility that new industrial technologies may actually destroy the traditional culture and way of life of Canada’s Northern Indigenous populations.
Assignment Content Requirements:
Written Assignment Option #2 asks you to write a brief essay on the impact of modern industrial resource extraction on the traditional economies and cultures of residents of isolated Northern communities in Canada. You must draw on the following online sources only. *You may have to hold down the Ctrl key when selecting links, or copy and paste the URL into your browser.
National Aboriginal Health Organization. Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities in Northern Canada: Cultural Consideration
*Please find article in Table of Contents (see Assignment #2 Required Reading)
The National Aboriginal Economic Development Board. The Aboriginal Economic Progress Report 2015
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2104954-naedb-progress-report-june-2015.html
You may also draw on the following source from Module 2:
Samson, C., J. Wilson, J. Mazower. Canada’s Tibet: The Killing of the Innu
http://assets.survivalinternational.org/static/files/books/InnuReport.pdf
Assignment Format Requirements:
Written Assignment Option #2 must be 3-4 pages in length (not including your title page and References page). You must use 12pt Times New Roman font, double-spacing, and 1” margins. You must provide a separate title page and References page. You must limit your sources to the above 3 articles. Your essay is worth a maximum of 10% of you final course grade. The deadline for Written Assignment Option #2 is Friday Nov. 26th, 11:59 p.m. ET. You must submit your essay using the Dropbox tool on our course site (see Assignments tab top of page). Your submission must be in Word or RTF format only (any other format will not be accepted and late penalties may apply to improperly formatted submissions). A late penalty of 10% per day will apply to all submissions submitted after the deadline. Essays submitted more than 48 hours past the deadline will not be accepted.
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