This story appears in this month’s On the Go, the Toronto Transit Commission’s monthly mag. See it on the web here: http://www.onthego.to/advice/raven-reconciliation-action/ Raven: Reconciliation In Action! Air, water, land, human rights. If you care about these things, you may want to know about RAVEN. What We Believe What is at stake for Indigenous Peoples is at... Read More

Brilliant sunshine greeted the first day of the massive Kinder Morgan legal challenge in federal court in Vancouver. The morning opened with legal arguments from Tsleil-Waututh Nation challenging the feds’ failure to consider marine shipping in the approval process – for a project whose chief purpose is marine shipping of dilbit by supertanker. An extra-long... Read More

You are invited to a solidarity event in support of First Nations’ legal challenges to the Kinder Morgan and Petronas pipeline, on Saturday, September 23 from 5 – 9 PM, at Roger’s Plaza in North Vancouver!! You can bid adieu to summer while sampling craft beer by Green Leaf and indulging in delicious treats... Read More

Contrary to popular belief, the Petronas project is not dead yet! In July, the company announced that they intend to pull out of the LNG project on the Skeena and Lelu Island, and they are now preparing to file a court application asking the judge to discontinue the Judicial Review cases. A discontinuance means that... Read More

Important, sobering, eye-opening, inspiring. Those are some of the words people used to describe last weekend’s series of RAVEN events, “This is What a Spill Looks Like”. We were graced by the gentle yet powerful storytelling of April Bencze, who took audiences in Sidney, Duncan and Salt Spring through a heart wrenching account of her... Read More

Hear wildlife photographer and documentary filmmaker Tayu Hayward talk about his trip to Snake River in the Peel Watershed. This precious area has recently been the subject of a Supreme Court challenge: RAVEN, who helped sponsor the cost of the Indigenous-led case, are all eagerly awaiting the court’s decision. Says Hayward, “Back in the late... Read More

RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs) presents “This is What a Spill Looks LIke”, a fundraising event in support of the Heiltsuk Nation. The event features underwater and wildlife photography of the Great Bear Rainforest by April Bencze and a talk by Jaimie Harris of the Heiltsuk Nation.   The pair are fundraising to... Read More

The recipients of this years’ Young Scholars Essay Prize have been announced… and the winners are: Laura Peterson, First Place. University of Alberta “Lake One Trail Survey, Indigenous Cultural Landscapes and Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada” Download & read paper here The judges all agreed it was an excellent piece of research, demonstrating the... Read More

The Tsilhqot’in Nation is in BC Supreme Court in Victoria today challenging a provincial drilling permit issued to Taseko Mines Limited. The permit approves an extensive drilling program by Taseko Mines to advance its rejected New Prosperity Mine project. The permit authorizes Taseko to clear 76 kilometres of new or modified trails, 122 exploratory drill... Read More