Summary Of The Muskrat Falls Project-Nalcor

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We first did an outline together on the different parts and aspects of what was needed to understand the topic at hand and the communities affected. Our outline was placed as follows:
1. The Muskrat Falls Project - Nalcor (The corporation funding the project)
2. Methyl Mercury (Environment vs. Corporation)
3. The communities involved. Rigolet, Makovic, Happy Valley Goose Bay, North West River, Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation
4. The people in those communities; NunatuKavut (Metis), Nunasiavut, Innu, Labradorians
5. Key leaders involved - Dwight Ball, Perry Trimper, Anastasia Qupee, Todd Russell
We then picked and out sourced the topics for each group member to take on that topic for research and write up. It was agreed upon to the following:

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