abstract: 'This paper identifies barriers and opportunities that Indigenous women

  in Canada face in energy, mining, and forest sector employment through a

  review of scholarly and practitioner literature published between 2000

  and 2022, and 10 in-depth interviews conducted between May and August

  2021 with Indigenous women working in various capacities within (or

  knowledgeable about) natural resources industries in the Yukon,

  Northwest Ter-ritories, and Nunavut. Our findings reveal that it is

  important to understand the intersections of gender, culture,

  ethnicity/race, language, and class to respond to the challenges

  Indigenous women face in natural resources employment. Some of the

  barriers that Indigenous women encounter in these industries are similar

  to those faced by non-Indigenous women (glass ceilings, lack of mentors,

  for example). Indigenous women encounter the added dimension of racism

  (based on Indigenous status) as well as limitations based on geographic

  location. Our recommendations for improving the status of Indigenous

  women in natural resources industries in Canada include implementing

  specific targets for Indigenous women in professional, technical, and

  senior administrative positions; enabling the Native Women''s Association

  of Canada to serve as an information and employment conduit to industry

  associations and employers; and creating mechanisms to enable Indigenous

  women who live off-reserve to access quality employment opportunities.

  Enabling Indigenous women to access skilled, well-paid employment in

  natural resources should be considered a key priority and opportunity

  for governments, resource development companies, industry associations

  and gender equality advocacy organizations.'
affiliation: 'Baruah, B (Corresponding Author), Western Univ, Dept Gender Sexual \&
  Womens Studies, 1151 Richmond St, London, ON N6A 5B8, Canada.

  Baruah, Bipasha; Biskupski-Mujanovic, Sandra, Western Univ, Dept Gender Sexual \&
  Womens Studies, 1151 Richmond St, London, ON N6A 5B8, Canada.'
article-number: '102784'
author: Baruah, Bipasha and Biskupski-Mujanovic, Sandra
author-email: 'bbaruah@uwo.ca

  sbiskups@uwo.ca'
author_list:
- family: Baruah
  given: Bipasha
- family: Biskupski-Mujanovic
  given: Sandra
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2023.102784
eissn: 1879-243X
files: []
issn: 0277-5395
journal: WOMENS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM
keywords: 'Indigenous women; Employment; Canada; Mining; Forestry; Energy; Natural

  resources; Racism; Sexism'
keywords-plus: LAND-USE; MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GENDER; IMPACT
language: English
month: JUL-AUG
number-of-cited-references: '52'
papis_id: 0e109a6b7894fd719abc9ad37f6f523e
ref: Baruah2023indigenouswomens
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Indigenous women''s employment in natural resource industries in Canada: Patterns,
  barriers and opportunities'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:001061202500001
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usage-count-since-2013: '0'
volume: '99'
web-of-science-categories: Women's Studies
year: '2023'