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Solidarity with Breathing Lands Nations in Toronto

By Andrea Palframan / September 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Solidarity with Breathing Lands Nations in Toronto

Wednesday Sept 27, 2023, a river of solidarity coursed through the streets of Toronto. Anishinaabe and Ojibwe Nations joined forces with 6000 marchers to push back against the Ontario government’s rampant pro-mining, pro-logging, pro-industry agenda.  We are overwhelmed by the support pouring in from communities ready to do what it takes to protect Indigenous rights. …

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A legend in the making : Tia Wood on Salt Spring Island

By Andrea Palframan / September 6, 2023 / Comments Off on A legend in the making : Tia Wood on Salt Spring Island

Salt Spring islanders are in for a huge treat as Tia Wood brings her rawly beautiful voice and medicine songs to Fulford Hall.

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PODCAST: Gitxaała Nation takes on the Mineral Tenure Act in B.C.

By Jamie-Leigh Gonzales / April 22, 2023 /

This episode of RAVEN Debriefs takes a look at how Gitxaała Nation is taking on the Mineral Tenure Act in B.C.

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PODCAST: A different kind of mining company

By RAVEN / April 6, 2023 /

This episode of RAVEN Debriefs is a guest episode put together by Gitxaala’s legal team at Ng Ariss Fong.

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PODCAST: Meet the Gitxaała Challenge Intervenors.

By RAVEN / April 6, 2023 /

This episode of RAVEN Debriefs is a guest episode put together by Gitxaala’s legal team at Ng Ariss Fong.

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PODCAST: The Fight Against Big Mining: Guest Episode with Gitxaala Nation’s legal team

By Jamie-Leigh Gonzales / March 30, 2023 /

This episode of RAVEN Debriefs is a guest episode put together by Gitxaala’s legal team at Ng Ariss Fong.

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Photo of Carly from the bust up, looking at the camera with a smile. She stands in front of a cloudy/foggy background

Introducing: Carly Eldstrom, RAVEN’s new Development Director

By Jamie-Leigh Gonzales / February 17, 2023 /

RAVEN is welcoming back Carly Eldstrom, former RAVEN grant writer and now our newest Development Director! Carly recently graduated from Columbia University with a masters degree in Nonprofit Management, and we couldn’t be more excited to have her back on the RAVEN team in this new capacity. 

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Passing forward Grandmother wisdom, wrapped up as legal precedents

By Andrea Palframan / December 26, 2022 /

As we pick our way along a cedar-lined trail near Bella Bella, B.C.  elder Pauline Waterfall explains how her Heiltsuk traditions have been “passed forward” to her.  Having suffered through colonial onslaughts of genocide and residential schools, the resilience that Pauline embodies goes much further than just cultural survival. When you follow her into the…

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John Borrows – On Mindfulness, and Indigenous Law

By Andrea Palframan / November 9, 2022 /

John Borrows is a member of RAVEN’s legal advisory panel and is co-founder of the joint Common Law and Indigenous Law program at the University of Victoria, the first of its kind. He spoke as part of Sorrento Centre’s Mindfulness and Indigenous Law Conference, sharing beautiful stories and teachings on Indigenous law from his Chippewan of the Nawash Nation and ancestors.

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Aerial view of the Nathan E Stewart spill clean up attempts

VIDEO: A Community-Led Approach to an Environmental Impact Assessment

By Jamie-Leigh Gonzales / October 13, 2022 /

Environmental Impact Assessments are standard protocol after an oil spill like the one that occurred in Heiltsuk waters after the Nathan E. Stewart tug ran aground on October 13, 2016. But who leads them, and how they are done is not so simple. 

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