I think it requires a book to tell that story.
Globalization is so immense. It's connected to colonization as well.
First of all, centralized communities have changed family dynamics. There were missionaries who came into our communities. Our economy has changed. It now requires money to be able to buy things. There's a difference between a southern family's income and an Arctic Inuit family's income, which is lower. We also deal with a high cost of living.
There are many impacts of many decisions, and there was autonomy lost by Inuit. Inuit men lost sled dogs. There were boarding schools and all these things.
Those are all part of globalization. Some had good impacts, but many had negative impacts as well.
Globalization brings climate change. Industrialization has brought contaminants into our communities. We have mercury in our food. Our people, pregnant people and families, need to be careful what they eat. Our healthy food has become contaminated.
There are so many other impacts. Plastic pollution is now part of those contaminants coming into our Arctic waters. Microplastics can be found in great numbers now in the Arctic Ocean.
There are many impacts from globalization.
