Candis Callison
@candiscall.bsky.social
Tāłtān, scholar, Media Indigena contributor, faculty - UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs & Critical Indigenous Studies. Books: How Climate Change Comes to Matter: The Communal Life of Facts / Reckoning: Journalism's Limits and Possibilities
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Amazing to revisit + revive these conversations through a climate lens with @candiscall.bsky.social, @maxliboiron.bsky.social, @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social, Clifford Atleo Jr. + Jeffrey Ansloos!!👇
🆕 FRESH AUDIO! Part 3 of our 2026 mini-summer series "Petrostate Pushback" looks at the climate implications of infrastructure in all its forms ⚙️
📻 HEAR:👇 pod.fo/e/60d1c5
📻 HEAR:👇 pod.fo/e/60d1c5
MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs program: Petrostate Pushback: Part 3 (ep 380)
On the third instalment of "Petrostate Pushback," our 2026 mini-summer-series on the Indigenous-led struggle for climate justice, we look at the climate implications of infrastructures, structures ...
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September 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Amazing to revisit + revive these conversations through a climate lens with @candiscall.bsky.social, @maxliboiron.bsky.social, @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social, Clifford Atleo Jr. + Jeffrey Ansloos!!👇
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Lovingly hosted, produced + edited by yours truly, this Indigenous climate fight retrospective includes the insights of:
@irinaceric.bsky.social @shirip.bsky.social
@trinaroache.bsky.social
@kimtallbear.bsky.social
@candiscall.bsky.social
@karynpugliese.bsky.social
@irinaceric.bsky.social @shirip.bsky.social
@trinaroache.bsky.social
@kimtallbear.bsky.social
@candiscall.bsky.social
@karynpugliese.bsky.social
🎙️NEW AUDIO! Our 2026 mini-summer series "Petrostate Pushback" continues with part two—'Tactics & Terrains'—as we focus on the various frontlines + frontiers of Indigenous resistance to governments + industries trying to sacrifice their territories for massive energy projects
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📻 HEAR: pod.fo/e/575325
MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs program: Petrostate Pushback: Part 2 (ep 379)
Our 2026 mini-summer series "Petrostate Pushback" continues with part two—'Tactics and Terrains'—as we focus on the various frontlines of Indigenous resistance to governments and corporations t...
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August 26, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Lovingly hosted, produced + edited by yours truly, this Indigenous climate fight retrospective includes the insights of:
@irinaceric.bsky.social @shirip.bsky.social
@trinaroache.bsky.social
@kimtallbear.bsky.social
@candiscall.bsky.social
@karynpugliese.bsky.social
@irinaceric.bsky.social @shirip.bsky.social
@trinaroache.bsky.social
@kimtallbear.bsky.social
@candiscall.bsky.social
@karynpugliese.bsky.social
A must read, deeply researched, powerful investigation by @tahtone.bsky.social for @grist.org that clearly defines what the problem of pretendianism is and how it impacts climate and environmental movements and challenges. grist.org/indigenous/t...
The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.
How the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.
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August 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
A must read, deeply researched, powerful investigation by @tahtone.bsky.social for @grist.org that clearly defines what the problem of pretendianism is and how it impacts climate and environmental movements and challenges. grist.org/indigenous/t...
I always think of Arundhati Roy on this point: “There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” (One of the many reasons @marylynnyoung.bsky.social and I wrote the book, Reckoning, where we also quote Roy)
Society of Professional Journalists is currently revising its Code of Ethics. One of the proposed changes is to drop a line that says journalism should “give voice to the voiceless." www.cjr.org/feature/soci...
I think they got that right. "Voice to the voiceless" sounds patronizing and Ill-timed.
I think they got that right. "Voice to the voiceless" sounds patronizing and Ill-timed.
August 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I always think of Arundhati Roy on this point: “There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” (One of the many reasons @marylynnyoung.bsky.social and I wrote the book, Reckoning, where we also quote Roy)
So much great stuff in here! Mēduh, @rickharp.bsky.social for putting it all together
Feat. voices of @kimtallbear.bsky.social @candiscall.bsky.social @reganboychuk.bsky.social @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @northendmc.bsky.social + more!!
📻 NEW AUDIO: Pt 1 of 'Petrostate Pushback,' a mini summer series drawn from our decade-deep archive!
🛢️Focused on Indigenous resistance to extraction + exploitation, we open this retrospective with a cluster of conversations about media myopia
▶️ LISTEN👇
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🛢️Focused on Indigenous resistance to extraction + exploitation, we open this retrospective with a cluster of conversations about media myopia
▶️ LISTEN👇
pod.fo/e/4c9650
July 31, 2026 at 5:55 PM
So much great stuff in here! Mēduh, @rickharp.bsky.social for putting it all together
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Definitely feeling that what #climatechange will only worsen as time goes by this current cohort of politicians simply aren't built for, as they work to fan the fumes of a status-quo that won't/can't exist in 10 years.
Where my mind goes early into this book by @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social👇
Where my mind goes early into this book by @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social👇
July 31, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Definitely feeling that what #climatechange will only worsen as time goes by this current cohort of politicians simply aren't built for, as they work to fan the fumes of a status-quo that won't/can't exist in 10 years.
Where my mind goes early into this book by @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social👇
Where my mind goes early into this book by @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social👇
More @mediaindigena.bsky.social episodes are rolling out from Beyond Fires & Floods - a gathering of almost 40 Indigenous journalists, scholars and storytellers talking about climate change, co-convened by @rickharp.bsky.social and me! Check it out: mediaindigena.com/bff
BFF: Beyond Fires & Floods – mediaINDIGENA
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April 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM
More @mediaindigena.bsky.social episodes are rolling out from Beyond Fires & Floods - a gathering of almost 40 Indigenous journalists, scholars and storytellers talking about climate change, co-convened by @rickharp.bsky.social and me! Check it out: mediaindigena.com/bff
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Of course, none of this would've been possible w/o the vision of BFF co-convenor @candiscall.bsky.social + joint sponsors @sppga.ubc.ca, the Trudeau Foundation, Global Journalism Innovation Lab, MOA at UBC, and supporters of @mediaindigena.bsky.social who got us to this point!
Exceedingly proud to have shared a stage in the gorgeous Great Hall of @moaubc.bsky.social w/ Judi Kochon, @paulseesequasis.bsky.social, @tanyatalaga.bsky.social + @marktrahant.bsky.social at 'Beyond Fires & Floods,' and excited to finally release the initial recordings!
NEW—Part 1 of many from the series 'Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes,' recorded at an Oct 2025 gathering on key Qs like: What would it mean were our storytelling to approach climate change not so much as a problem, but as a symptom?
📻 LISTEN: pod.fo/e/3e3a56
📻 LISTEN: pod.fo/e/3e3a56
April 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Of course, none of this would've been possible w/o the vision of BFF co-convenor @candiscall.bsky.social + joint sponsors @sppga.ubc.ca, the Trudeau Foundation, Global Journalism Innovation Lab, MOA at UBC, and supporters of @mediaindigena.bsky.social who got us to this point!
Excellent new article by Cherokee scholar Daniel Justice in @theconversation.com: "Cherokee relations are profound, abiding and verifiable realities. They are far from the self-serving extraction fantasies of colonizers and their claimant descendants"
theconversation.com/sovereignty-...
theconversation.com/sovereignty-...
Sovereignty over stereotypes: The data behind false Cherokee identity claims in Canada
Many claims to Cherokee identity are unsubstantiated, and this actively harms Indigenous sovereignty, distorts understandings of Indigeneity and enables appropriation of Indigenous rights and resource...
theconversation.com
March 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Excellent new article by Cherokee scholar Daniel Justice in @theconversation.com: "Cherokee relations are profound, abiding and verifiable realities. They are far from the self-serving extraction fantasies of colonizers and their claimant descendants"
theconversation.com/sovereignty-...
theconversation.com/sovereignty-...
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Thrilled to announce the first of the "Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes" series of podcasts has just been released!
@candiscall.bsky.social @rickharp.bsky.social @mediaindigena.bsky.social
Listen now:
@candiscall.bsky.social @rickharp.bsky.social @mediaindigena.bsky.social
Listen now:
It begins! Long awaited first episode of @mediaindigena.bsky.social introducing Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes, a series of amazing panels @rickharp.bsky.social and I organized at UBC podfollow.com/mediaindigen...
MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Beyond Fires & Floods: Pt 0 (ep 365)
ON THIS EPISODE: Part 0 of "Beyond Fires and Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes." Otherwise known as "BFF," it's the name of a three-day gathering we co-convened last October on Mu...
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March 24, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Thrilled to announce the first of the "Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes" series of podcasts has just been released!
@candiscall.bsky.social @rickharp.bsky.social @mediaindigena.bsky.social
Listen now:
@candiscall.bsky.social @rickharp.bsky.social @mediaindigena.bsky.social
Listen now:
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🌱Learn how a germ of an idea @candiscall.bsky.social + I first had back in May 2024 took root by October 2025, and is set to flower in the weeks and months to come on the podcast, @mediaindigena.bsky.social 🌼👂📻
Thrilled to announce the first of the "Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes" series of podcasts has just been released!
@candiscall.bsky.social @rickharp.bsky.social @mediaindigena.bsky.social
Listen now:
@candiscall.bsky.social @rickharp.bsky.social @mediaindigena.bsky.social
Listen now:
It begins! Long awaited first episode of @mediaindigena.bsky.social introducing Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes, a series of amazing panels @rickharp.bsky.social and I organized at UBC podfollow.com/mediaindigen...
March 24, 2026 at 8:52 PM
🌱Learn how a germ of an idea @candiscall.bsky.social + I first had back in May 2024 took root by October 2025, and is set to flower in the weeks and months to come on the podcast, @mediaindigena.bsky.social 🌼👂📻
It begins! Long awaited first episode of @mediaindigena.bsky.social introducing Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes, a series of amazing panels @rickharp.bsky.social and I organized at UBC podfollow.com/mediaindigen...
MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Beyond Fires & Floods: Pt 0 (ep 365)
ON THIS EPISODE: Part 0 of "Beyond Fires and Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes." Otherwise known as "BFF," it's the name of a three-day gathering we co-convened last October on Mu...
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March 24, 2026 at 3:18 AM
It begins! Long awaited first episode of @mediaindigena.bsky.social introducing Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes, a series of amazing panels @rickharp.bsky.social and I organized at UBC podfollow.com/mediaindigen...
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Thanks to @tazhii.bsky.social, @candiscall.bsky.social, @kimtallbear.bsky.social (and of course, @zoestodd.bsky.social) for just the latest in thought-provoking conversations!
🆕 NEW—our 5-part series on 'The White Possessive' wraps up with a jump into genomics, a realm rife with racialized thinking and practice, but as population scientist Noah Collins notes, Indigenous-led research projects continue to prioritize community over commerce
📻 LISTEN NOW:
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📻 LISTEN NOW:
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Interrogating 'The White Possessive', Pt. 5 (ep 364)
On this episode: the last of our five-part series on the seminar, "Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of 'Collaboration,'" where we jump into genomics, a realm rife with rac...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Thanks to @tazhii.bsky.social, @candiscall.bsky.social, @kimtallbear.bsky.social (and of course, @zoestodd.bsky.social) for just the latest in thought-provoking conversations!
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🎙️ NEW AUDIO: In Part 3 in our series on 'the White Possessive,' our roundtable reflects on talk by @olgault.bsky.social about others’ misappropriation + misrepresentation of her personal stories and observations, a case study in "epistemological extractivism"
📻 PLAY👇 pod.fo/e/3827a7
📻 PLAY👇 pod.fo/e/3827a7
MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Interrogating 'The White Possessive', Pt. 3 (ep 362)
ON THIS EPISODE: part three of 'the White Possessive,' the latest in our five-part series on the seminar, "Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of 'Collaboration.'" This time ...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🎙️ NEW AUDIO: In Part 3 in our series on 'the White Possessive,' our roundtable reflects on talk by @olgault.bsky.social about others’ misappropriation + misrepresentation of her personal stories and observations, a case study in "epistemological extractivism"
📻 PLAY👇 pod.fo/e/3827a7
📻 PLAY👇 pod.fo/e/3827a7
PSAs that shouldn't be -- but still very much are -- needed: a message from Sermersooq Mayor Avaaraq Olsen, (Sermersooq is a municipality that includes Nuuk in Greenland) sermersooq.gl/da/2026/01/2...
To visiting media professionals and content creators: Please think before you act – Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
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January 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
PSAs that shouldn't be -- but still very much are -- needed: a message from Sermersooq Mayor Avaaraq Olsen, (Sermersooq is a municipality that includes Nuuk in Greenland) sermersooq.gl/da/2026/01/2...
We’re baaaack! So grateful to @rickharp.bsky.social for putting it all together and @zoestodd.bsky.social for organizing this event that the new episode dives into. Great to be back in conversation with Rick and @kimtallbear.bsky.social
NEW 🎙️ Our return to all-new podcasts opens our series of reflections on “Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of ‘Collaboration’.” First up, @candiscall.bsky.social on concurrence of Indigenous movements w/the rise of Indigenous people working in media
HEAR👇
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HEAR👇
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Interrogating 'The White Possessive', Pt. 1 (ep 360)
ON THIS EPISODE: Interrogating 'the white possessive.' And according to Indigenous scholar Aileen Moreton-Robinson, countries like Canada, Australia and the U.S. are best understood as 'white posse...
pod.fo
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
We’re baaaack! So grateful to @rickharp.bsky.social for putting it all together and @zoestodd.bsky.social for organizing this event that the new episode dives into. Great to be back in conversation with Rick and @kimtallbear.bsky.social
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Employment in oil and gas is in terminal decline and won’t be saved no matter what Carney and Smith cook up, according to new research from the Centre for Future Work provided exclusively to @nationalobserver.com.
The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.
The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.
Exclusive: Fossil fuel workers won’t be saved by Carney’s oil and gas boosterism
A new pipeline won’t lead to new jobs in the oil and gas sector, and the only question for government officials is whether or not to plan for the inevitable energy transition, according to new researc...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Employment in oil and gas is in terminal decline and won’t be saved no matter what Carney and Smith cook up, according to new research from the Centre for Future Work provided exclusively to @nationalobserver.com.
The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.
The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.
Essential read if you want to know what ‘the rush for critical minerals’ looks like for Indigenous communities and remote watersheds in Canada. This one’s about my First Nation but who’s next. Great reporting by @sevawood.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca thenarwhal.ca/eskay-creek-...
Eskay Creek mine faces make-or-break vote | The Narwhal
Skeena Resources’ Eskay Creek mine in northern B.C. hinges on an upcoming vote by the Tahltan Central Government’s board
thenarwhal.ca
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Essential read if you want to know what ‘the rush for critical minerals’ looks like for Indigenous communities and remote watersheds in Canada. This one’s about my First Nation but who’s next. Great reporting by @sevawood.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca thenarwhal.ca/eskay-creek-...
Impressive, complex, and in-depth reporting by @stefanlabbe on Tahltan territory and our upcoming vote for Eskay Creek mine. Insight into what all this infrastructure talk really means for First Nations www.biv.com/news/resourc...
Tahltan members raise alarm over $10K offers before critical mine vote
Some members of First Nation divided as it moves to vote on benefits connected to reopening of major gold mine in northwest B.C.
www.biv.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Impressive, complex, and in-depth reporting by @stefanlabbe on Tahltan territory and our upcoming vote for Eskay Creek mine. Insight into what all this infrastructure talk really means for First Nations www.biv.com/news/resourc...
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👥👥 Panelists include @tanyatalaga.bsky.social @paulseesequasis.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social + Judi Kochon! 🤝 Event co-covened by myself and @candiscall.bsky.social
VANCOUVER! Whatcha doing Fri Oct 24? Come see our free public panel, "Beyond Fire & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes," part of a larger invitational gathering of climate-related storytellers, hosted in MOA Great Hall at UBC!
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October 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
👥👥 Panelists include @tanyatalaga.bsky.social @paulseesequasis.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social + Judi Kochon! 🤝 Event co-covened by myself and @candiscall.bsky.social
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Wade Grant’s headquarters is buzzing with activity from volunteers working to make him the next federal representative of the Vancouver Quadra riding.
Grant is from Musqueam First Nation. The riding sits within the borders of his territory.
Grant is from Musqueam First Nation. The riding sits within the borders of his territory.
A look at Vancouver-Quadra in Musqueam territory in B.C.
A number of candidates are running to unseat the Liberals in the riding of Vancouver-Quadra which sits on Musqueam territory.
www.aptnnews.ca
April 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Wade Grant’s headquarters is buzzing with activity from volunteers working to make him the next federal representative of the Vancouver Quadra riding.
Grant is from Musqueam First Nation. The riding sits within the borders of his territory.
Grant is from Musqueam First Nation. The riding sits within the borders of his territory.
Facts. Land acknowledgments are facts. Grateful to @indiginews.bsky.social for doing an appropriately in-depth story indiginews.com/news/indigen...
Indigenous leaders denounce UBC profs’ 'outdated and regressive' lawsuit against land acknowledgements
B.C. Supreme Court petition says diversity, equity and inclusion efforts stifle ‘freedom,' while leaders call it 'thinly disguised' denialism
indiginews.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Facts. Land acknowledgments are facts. Grateful to @indiginews.bsky.social for doing an appropriately in-depth story indiginews.com/news/indigen...
Excited about this: grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist organizes international pooled coverage of the 2025 UNPFII
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, IndigiNews, Osage News, the Associated Press, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
grist.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Excited about this: grist.org/updates/gris...
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NEW! 📻 Pt 1 of ‘Storytelling on stolen land: Indigenous eyes on Canadian politics’ 🇨🇦👀
A panel at 'Reimagining Political Journalism'—a 3-day Nov/24 #cdnpoli event at Carleton U's School of Journalism & Communication, feat. MI's @candiscall.bsky.social + @rickharp.bsky.social
HEAR👇
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A panel at 'Reimagining Political Journalism'—a 3-day Nov/24 #cdnpoli event at Carleton U's School of Journalism & Communication, feat. MI's @candiscall.bsky.social + @rickharp.bsky.social
HEAR👇
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Storytelling on stolen land: Indigenous eyes on Canadian politics: Pt 1 (ep 358)
On this episode: Reimagining Political Journalism, the title of a three-day November 2024 event at Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa, it included a formidabl...
pod.fo
January 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
NEW! 📻 Pt 1 of ‘Storytelling on stolen land: Indigenous eyes on Canadian politics’ 🇨🇦👀
A panel at 'Reimagining Political Journalism'—a 3-day Nov/24 #cdnpoli event at Carleton U's School of Journalism & Communication, feat. MI's @candiscall.bsky.social + @rickharp.bsky.social
HEAR👇
pod.fo/e/2a3b65
A panel at 'Reimagining Political Journalism'—a 3-day Nov/24 #cdnpoli event at Carleton U's School of Journalism & Communication, feat. MI's @candiscall.bsky.social + @rickharp.bsky.social
HEAR👇
pod.fo/e/2a3b65
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Tallying up the cost of mining on #Indigenous land — Northern Ontario First Nation is seeking damages for ‘cumulative impacts’ since prospectors first discovered gold there in 1909.
The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/t...
#Ontario #mining #landback #onpoli
The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/t...
#Ontario #mining #landback #onpoli
Tallying up the cost of mining on Indigenous land
Northern Ontario First Nation is seeking damages for ‘cumulative impacts’ since prospectors first discovered gold there in 1909
ricochet.media
November 27, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Tallying up the cost of mining on #Indigenous land — Northern Ontario First Nation is seeking damages for ‘cumulative impacts’ since prospectors first discovered gold there in 1909.
The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/t...
#Ontario #mining #landback #onpoli
The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/t...
#Ontario #mining #landback #onpoli