No More Arrests? What The Latest Ruling Means For Fairy Creek Protestors

The importance of Indigenous knowledge systems Working with First Nations is vital, and in B.C, is the law. The province is legally obligated to consult First Nations on land and resource decisions that may impact them, Deborah McGregor, an associate professor at York University and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice, tells Refinery29. This is critically important as

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Revitalizing traditional foods and sharing lifelong food skills

Why do we eat what we eat? What are the links between food, people, language and land? Furthermore, what are the links between mothering/homemaking, art, technology and food? This is the focus of study by EUC PhD student and SSHRC Doctoral Fellow Chandra Maracle on the psychology of eating and how to use food as

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Mining push continues despite water crisis in Neskantaga First Nation and Ontario's Ring of Fire

By Dayna Nadine Scott, Deborah Cowen, and David Peerla The infrastructure crises that have plagued Neskantaga First Nation for decades have reached a terrifying breaking point. On Oct. 21, the northern Anishinaabe community’s ailing water systems once again failed completely, and this time in the context of the global coronavirus pandemic. With no running water flowing

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Evacuated amid COVID-19, Canadian First Nation waits for clean water

TORONTO, Nov 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When an oily sheen was discovered on the surface of the local water reservoir in October, Canada’s Neskantaga First Nation was forced to close off the pipes and move. Isolated in remote northern Ontario, accessible only by plane or on winter roads, nearly all 300 residents evacuated to

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L'sitkuk to Kejimkujik: Connecting a new generation of guides through photo voice and participatory video

CIHR Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research What are the values and practices that make up the Bear River First Nation's (BFRN) history and current relationship to the lands and waters of Kespukwitk? How and why might participatory arts-based research methods be useful in articulating and communicating these relationships? The research provided a case study

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