Heiltsuk Living Room Film Festival Keeps the Momentum for Justice Going
Organize A Living Room Film Festival The Heiltsuk Nation has stood up to defend their rights and territories, again and again, in ways that benefit us all. Thank you for standing with them, and for pulling together for future generations. The Heiltsuk Nation upholds an unbroken lineage of ancestral teachings that powerfully connect people to... Read More
We are UnFrackable: Wet’suwet’en Webinar Series Launches
Join RAVEN and the Council of Canadians for a three-part webinar series focussed on national resistance to LNG – aka fracked gas. The narrative peddled by government and industry is that LNG is “ethical”, “environmental”, and “economic”. We’ll bring together fantastic expert guests and frontline activists to debunk that myth, while connecting the dots of... Read More
Play the online Decolonizing practices game!
Digital Sínulkhay and Ladders – online decolonizing practices & game play DECOLONIZING PRACTICES offers experiential training and dialogue facilitation grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing. Their feature workshop is Sínulhkay and Ladders, a giant board game designed by Ta7talíya Michelle Nahanee (download the brochure here). Join them for a digital dialogue and game play with... Read More
Hope in Uncertain Times: We are Launching #Solidarityfromhome
People power has quashed pipelines, protected hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, and raised millions of dollars for Indigenous-led legal challenges. We’ve built our amazing RAVEN community by reaching out — through community town halls, marches, pancake breakfasts and concerts. Now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, we recognize that community care means staying home to... Read More
Lifting the Lie of Denial with Bruce McIvor
Our baby podcast is taking it’s third step! Please help us find our feet by rating, reviewing, and subscribing to “RAVEN (De)Briefs” on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! We are incredibly excited to share Episode 3 of RAVEN (De)Briefs with very special guest Bruce McIvor. For those of you familiar with his work,... Read More
Give $100, get “What on Earth” from Luke Wallace
Luke Wallace embodies a new wave of politically charged folk music, writing the soundtrack for a movement of people rising up to meet the social and environmental challenges of our times. In that spirit, he’s releasing his new album “What on Earth”, with proceeds going to RAVEN! Right now, if you give $100 or more... Read More
Ottawa event for Wet’suwet’en Justice fund kicks off March 28
A benefit concert as a part of the WE ARE THE STRONGHOLD collective action to support the legal defense fund of Wet’suwet’en protectors of land, air and water. Let’s dance, sing, and make a noise to support the Wet’suwet’en Clans and houses, whose rights and title to their unceded territory (Yintah) in northern British Columbia... Read More
RAVEN (De)Briefs Episode 2: Elders in the Making
With a bow to Cowboy Smithx, we present Episode 2 of our new RAVEN De(briefs) podcast: “Elders in the Making”. Don’t miss an episode: Sign up here to get the podcast notices in your inbox. The teaching and learning going on across the country is extraordinary. Settlers and indigenous people are gathering in... Read More
Toronto Benefit Show “Rock for Wet’suwet’en” launches ticket sales today
In 1997 the Wet’Suwet’en hereditary chiefs fought a legendary court case aimed at establishing them as the legal guardians of their 22,000 sq. km. traditional territory. Yet, Coastal Gaslink insists that their 670 km. natural gas pipeline must run directly through the territory. The hereditary chiefs say NO! To assist Wet’suwet’en in asserting their legal... Read More
We Are the Stronghold
Canada, some say, is fractured. In the past few weeks, as events have unfolded on Wet’suwet’en territory, the seams of this stitched-together mosaic of a nation have been exposed. In many quarters, the mask has slipped to reveal the ugly face of racism. When a provincial premier spreads fake news, we have a problem. When... Read More