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Meet Sally the Salamander: A Wetland Wonder in the Breathing Lands
Throughout August, we’re taking a deeper look at the Breathing Lands and the boggy wetlands that make up a big portion of Treaty No. 9 territory. Here’s a little illustrated introduction to a wetland cutie, Sally the Salamander. Story written by Levin Chamberlain, Karissa Chandrakate, and Jamie-Leigh GonzalesIllustrated by Karissa Chandrakate The blue-spotted salamander is…
Read MoreThank you for making Festival Afloat 2024 so Magic
It’s always a bit surreal to wrap up Festival Afloat each year. We know we’ve created something so unique and special that brings together lovers of being at sea, with advocates for Indigenous rights, top tier musicians, and strangers who happen to be walking by. Your presence and support makes this event truly memorable every…
Read MoreThe Story of Makwa (Black Bear)
Kebaowek First Nation is challenging the decision of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission in court to protect the sacred Kichi Sibi. Time and time again, we see industry and government evading the free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous Nations for projects that destroy their territory. Kebaowek does not approve of a nuclear waste facility…
Read MorePODCAST: Staking the Nation
Welcome to Episode 1 of RAVEN’s new mining justice podcast series, Plunder: True Crimes, Canadian Mines. This is a show that looks beneath the surface of mining in Canada, a country that’s home to 60% of the world’s mining companies. For all the glittering office towers that you might be used to seeing in Toronto…
Read MoreRAVEN is hiring a Development Coordinator!
About RAVEN Join Canada’s only charitable organization dedicated to advancing Indigenous rights and environmental protection through fundraising for access to justice. Fundraising is in our DNA: everything we do has the simple, powerful goal of motivating people to donate, fundraise, and organize events in support of Indigenous Nations that take to the courts to defend…
Read MoreAwakening Earth: supporting Indigenous land & water protectors this Earth Day
Today is Earth Day, and we are taking this day to highlight the importance of wetlands and the Indigenous leaders who have stewarded this vital ecosystem for generations and continue to do so. A wetland is an area of land that is either covered or saturated with water. The water is often groundwater seeping up…
Read More“The Environment in Canada” Podcast talks to RAVEN’s Leslie Anne St. Amour
RAVEN’s Campaign Director, Leslie Anne, was in conversation with Jessica Murray from Sierra Club’s The Environment in Canada podcast — listen here: Episode description: Jessica Murray talks with lawyer Leslie Anne St. Amour of the RAVEN trust about the Wet’suwet’en challenge to Canada’s climate inaction, the usefulness of UNDRIP, why we urgently need to change…
Read MoreA fond farewell and a chorus of rowdy “Huzzahs” for our friend, russ elliott
When it comes to honouring the legacy of someone like russ elliott, where do you even start? As a member of the RAVEN community, you may know russ as the friendly voice at the end of the phone who guides you to what you need, whether it’s a tax receipt or a deeper understanding of…
Read MoreA letter to Premier David Eby: 17 organizations (including RAVEN) call for reform to B.C.’s outdated and colonial mineral regime
RAVEN is proud to be joining together with 17 organizations in calling for reform to B.C.’s outdated and colonial mineral regime. Read the letter, which was delivered to Premier David Eby together with the ministers of Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation and of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship. Dear Premier David Eby, Minister Osborne, and Minister…
Read MoreWhat’s next for Wet’suwet’en land protectors?
“When the glacier melts, the world will catch fire.” That’s a warning, issued by elders, that drives Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs as they work to uphold their Nation’s laws. Having been sidelined in consultation processes and left out of critical negotiations over industrial activity that is transforming their homelands beyond recognition, Dsta’hyl and other hereditary chiefs…
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