A Town Called Asbestos - Canadas History Books For those interested in the history of Asbestos, Quebec, this is the book to read Thoroughly researched in the archives — it is, after all, based on a doctoral dissertation — A Town Called Asbestos situates this particular town within a broader context of resource communities
The Town (Once) Called Asbestos - NiCHE As I told various media outlets since the referendum results were announced, not everyone who lives in the community has a form of asbestos-related disease, but everyone does have a story about a family member working at the mine for decades and dying a natural death in their 80s
A Town Called Asbestos - UBC Press van Horssen, Jessica, author A town called Asbestos : environmental contamination, health, and resilience in a resource community Jessica van Horssen (Nature, history, society) Includes bibliographical references and index Issued in print and electronic formats 0-7748-2841-3 (bound) – ISBN 978-0-7748-2843-7 (pdf) ISBN 9 8-0-7748-2844-4
The Last Breaths of a Dying Asbestos Mine - Narratively In December of 2011, due to falling demand, the Black Lake operation, the last asbestos mine in Canada, closed its doors Nearly 300 workers lost their jobs as a result
Review in Halifax Chronicle Herald – Fernwood Publishing Hundreds of former B C asbestos miners now live in fear of becoming victims of that deadly asbestos dust It’s still a headline-grabbing story in British Columbia as well as in Quebec where most of the mines were (and are) located here in Canada Williams’ novel is a very timely book
Asbestos Strike of 1949 - The Canadian Encyclopedia One of the longest and most violent labour conflicts in Quebec history, it helped lay the groundwork for the Quiet Revolution This is the full-length entry about the Asbestos Stike of 1914 For a plain-language summary, please see Asbestos Stike of 1949 (Plain-Language Summary)
MINING #2 - Life and Death in Asbestos, QC - canadaland. com For a century, Canada was one of the world’s leading exporters of asbestos, most of it mined from the small town of Asbestos, Quebec But during that time, governments and corporations in Canada did everything they could to hide the fact that asbestos is deadly
A Town Called Asbestos | ReadThinkKnow A Town Called Asbestos is a crisp narrative that documents something close to manslaughter If economic necessity saw mill employees literally work themselves to death, the recklessness of insurers and regulators remains inexplicable