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It’s Green Friday: Conscious Shopping for the Holidays
We’re saying no thanks to Black Friday, and yes please to Green Friday! Green Friday was created to resist the overconsumption of Black Friday and to highlight conscious choices that prioritize sustainability and community. While the big box stores entice you with Black Friday sales, we want to shine a light on smaller, locally-owned, or…
Read MorePhilanthropy is for Everyone
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the weather is turning chilly with many communities blanketed in snow already. Despite our surroundings, we’re rooting into warmth this winter and igniting the spirit of philanthropy amongst our networks. This time of year is known as the Giving Season, but it’s about more than just giving — it’s about sharing…
Read MoreYou Have Questions, We Have Answers: RAVEN’s Fundraise Up Transition
We are thrilled to let you know about RAVEN’s transition to our new donation platform, Fundraise Up. This has been a long time coming, we have heard your feedback and value your ongoing support, which is why we want this transition to be as smooth as possible for you, our wonderful donors, and we hope…
Read MoreIntroducing Sarah Danks: RAVEN’s New Communications Specialist
We are excited to introduce you to Sarah Danks, RAVEN’s new Communications Specialist. Sarah is a settler of English, French, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish descent (she jokes about always needing to apply sunscreen) who grew up on the traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples (colonially known as Victoria, BC). She has a BSc…
Read MoreGreen Friday — How to Involve Your Business
Another Giving Season is upon us. At RAVEN, we know that with the end of the calendar year, your inboxes become inundated with requests for donations, flashy sales encouraging you to buy more, and invitations to spread yourselves even thinner in a time of hustle and bustle. And, we’re not any different — we’ll be…
Read MoreEvent Recap – UNDRIP in the Courts: What’s at Stake?
On November 7th, RAVEN hosted a webinar with representatives from Kebaowek First Nation and the Gitxaała Nation to discuss how they are both using UNDRIP in Canadian law and what they are hoping to achieve. We are so grateful to the lawyers and representatives for their time and expertise, and for everyone who joined in…
Read MoreMonsters of Injustice: Treaty Negotiator from Beyond the Grave
The Treaty Negotiator from Beyond the Grave is still turning up across our legal systems and having his point of view on Treaties upheld. The Numbered Treaties were negotiated by settlers, and while they said they “negotiated” the way the processes generally went was like this: RAVEN has three campaigns that take place in Numbered…
Read MoreMonsters of Injustice: Undead Legal Arguments
The Canadian legal system is based on precedents. It looks at how past cases were decided and uses that to make a decision on the case it’s faced with. Only on rare occasions can a court depart from how a case was decided before. This means that legal arguments that are horribly outdated and rooted…
Read MoreMonsters of Injustice: The Creature from the Oil Sands
Over millions and millions of years, layers of plant, animal, and – yes – dinosaur matter have been decomposing. The result? A black sludge that sits beneath the Earth’s surface, decomposing further and further into the land. It was sustainably used by First Nations before colonialism and the sludge underneath the surface was largely undisturbed…
Read MoreMonsters of Injustice: Pollution’s Perilous Ploys
For those of us living in cities and urban centres or near industrial activity, pollution can be easy to spot. We see the visual markers of smog billowing up along the horizon. We see the garbage bags line the streets once a week for pick up. Sometimes, it’s noticed in the odour of chemicals we…
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