Indigenous Peoples

01/10/21
Author: 
Cloe Logan
A wildfire rages in Coldstream, B.C., on July 9, 2021. Photo courtesy of @ItsGavP

September 29th 2021

For Gordon Murray, the loss of his home during this summer’s wildfire in Lytton shows the British Columbia government isn’t doing enough to curb the climate crisis.

“I still taste smoke from the firestorm that erased our house and 90 per cent of Lytton as we fled that unexpected and unstoppable manifestation of the human-caused climate emergency,” said Murray.

30/09/21
Author: 
Brett Forester
 Spirit Bear - Advocates for First Nations kids have secured yet another victory in an ongoing human rights complaint about systemic discrimination. Photo: APTN

Sep 29, 2021

Canada has lost every battle so far in 14-year-old court fight that isn’t over yet

The Federal Court has upheld a trailblazing Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order requiring Ottawa to pay potentially billions of dollars to thousands of First Nations kids and families who suffered discrimination by the state.

Justice Paul Favel also upheld a separate tribunal order that said the federal government must consider some non-status First Nations kids eligible for the Jordan’s Principle program.

28/09/21
Author: 
First Nations leaders

Wet'suwet'en Occupy CGL Drill Site and Call for Support on the Ground and Action in Solidarity!

26/09/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Protests against the Escobal silver mine outside the Constitutional Court of Guatemala in 2018. Photo via Earthworks / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

September 15th 2021

At least 227 land and environment defenders were killed in 2020, making it the deadliest year on record — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg, according to a report released by international NGO Global Witness this week.

18/09/21
Author: 
Stephanie Wood
Mickenzie Plemel-Stronks on the Lomond Grazing Association lease in southern Alberta. Canadian grasslands sequester billions of tonnes of carbon and support hundreds of plant and animal species. Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal

Canada has a huge role to play in the global fight against the climate emergency — simply by not destroying the intact forests, grasslands and wetlands that naturally store carbon. Here’s how the major parties are leveraging everything from conservation goals to restorative agriculture to Indigenous Guardians programs in their campaign platforms

 
Sept. 16, 2021 15 min. read

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