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A Tribe Called Red sweeping the nation (and beyond)

Posted by: Jonathan September 22, 2013 Comments Off on A Tribe Called Red sweeping the nation (and beyond)
A Tribe Called Red sweeping the nation (and beyond)
  A Tribe Called Red are an Indigenous EDM (electronic dance music) group out of Ottawa, Ontario. They recently released their second album, titled Nation II Nation, and it is getting rave reviews not only in Canada, where the band has been...
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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation challenges Shell

Posted by: Jonathan September 22, 2013 Comments Off on Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation challenges Shell
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation challenges Shell
Shell Canada is proposing two new oil sands mine projects in northern Alberta, Canada. From the perspective of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations (ACFN), whose lands will be affected by both Shell mines, governments are not fulfilling the promises of...
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One River Many Relations: Issue #1

Posted by: Jonathan September 22, 2013 Comments Off on One River Many Relations: Issue #1
One River Many Relations: Issue #1
Download Summer 2013: Issue #1 Environment, Health, and Indigenous Communities in Alberta and the Northwest Territories 1. Working with Outside Researchers 2. Welcome to One River Newsletter 3. Culture Camps 4. Harper and Ethical Oil 5. Fish Health Study 6....
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Pine Point Mine – “This was our tar sands”

Posted by: Sheldon July 3, 2013 Comments Off on Pine Point Mine – “This was our tar sands”
Pine Point Mine – “This was our tar sands”
Lloyd Norn & Tom Unka Near the community of Fort Resolution, there was once a mining community called Pine Point. With a population of 2,000, Pine Point had a hockey arena, a golf course, and a number of commercial enterprises,...
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Comparing water policy in northern Alberta and NWT

Posted by: Sheldon July 3, 2013 Comments Off on Comparing water policy in northern Alberta and NWT
Comparing water policy in northern Alberta and NWT
by Bruce McLean & Tim Heron Northern Alberta and NWT share more than just a border on a map. Weather moves across the invisible line on the landscape, and water flows downstream from the Peace and Athasbasca Rivers to...
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Peace-Athabasca Delta Ecological Monitoring Program (PADEMP) update (2013)

Posted by: Sheldon July 2, 2013 Comments Off on Peace-Athabasca Delta Ecological Monitoring Program (PADEMP) update (2013)
Peace-Athabasca Delta Ecological Monitoring Program (PADEMP) update (2013)
by Stuart Macmillan In 2008, Parks Canada initiated the development of PADEMP - a collaboration between Aboriginal, federal, provincial and territorial governments and non-governmental organizations. The mandate of PADEMP is to measure, evaluate and communicate the state of the Peace-Athabasca...
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Students Speak out about their Environment in Fort Resolution

Posted by: Sheldon July 2, 2013 Comments Off on Students Speak out about their Environment in Fort Resolution
Students Speak out about their Environment in Fort Resolution
In winter 2012 we visited the Deninu School in Fort Resolution to talk with teenagers about our work with elders and scientists documenting environmental changes on the Slave River and Delta and the Great Slave Lake. We shared our...
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One River, Many Relations Research Project - Issue 2

Posted by: Sheldon July 2, 2013 Comments Off on One River, Many Relations Research Project - Issue 2
One River, Many Relations Research Project – Issue 2
Stef McLachlan and Andy Miller Environmental Conservation Lab, University of Manitoba [email protected] Stef McLachlan has been conducting research on environmental health and justice in partnership with Indigenous communities across western Canada. He is especially interested in how western science...
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