Exploring Theme: "International Environmental Issues"

Alaska Indigenous groups want a say in B.C. mining projects they fear could hurt their livelihoods. A border stands in the way – but they hope a Canadian court ruling strengthens the case for ignoring it Louie Wagner’s boat, the Melodee Dawn, sets out for Alaska’s Unuk River to harvest eulachon, a type of small...

NationTalk: Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Indigenous Climate Action (ICA), an Indigenous-led climate justice organization from Turtle Island (Canada), will be sending a delegation to Dubai later this week for preparation and attendance at the 2023 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP28). WHO: Indigenous Climate Action WHAT: UNFCCC COP28 WHEN:...

During a recent trip to Brazil, I saw how Indigenous women activists there have completely changed the political landscape Iwas invited to the third Indigenous Women’s March in Brasília, the capital of Brazil, earlier this month. The last occupation of Brazil’s legislature was in January 2022, when a group of rightwing thugs, imitating the January 6...

Alaska politicians, Iñupiat, say they’re disappointed by the Biden administration’s decision CBC News: For Gwich’in on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border it’s a major victory, even if it isn’t set in stone. The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it’s cancelling seven oil exploration leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an area that includes...

NationTalk: Williams Lake, B.C.: Tŝilhqot’in and Sámi communities this week held a historic cultural exchange in Tŝilhqot’in Territory, following a Tŝilhqot’in visit to Sápmi (Sámi Territory) in 2022. The two Nations continued their ongoing cultural exchange and learning from each other on struggles and efforts to protect our lands, waters, cultures and livelihoods. The Tŝilhqot’in...

‘This is an emergency. We can no longer wait. We have to act now’ CBC News: A group of Indigenous communities from Alaska and B.C. has declared a state of emergency related to Pacific salmon populations, and says First Nations need to be more involved in managing traditional resources.  “We’re just exploring the idea at this point,...

Co-operation with Russia has been formally suspended since 2022 invasion of Ukraine CBC News: Russia’s two-year term as chair of the Arctic Council came to an end Thursday, leaving the future of the council’s role as a forum for international collaboration in doubt.  In a low-key virtual ceremony attended by senior bureaucrats, Russia ceded the...

“Tribes in the U.S. and Canada…have worked for years to decommission Line 5 given the risks a catastrophic oil spill poses to their health, culture and environment.” — from a submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council WindSpeker.com: Canada is being called out by Indigenous nations on both sides of the border for its...

In 2018, Ottawa announced a new watchdog to probe alleged abuses by multinationals. It has yet to complete a single investigation. The Globe went to Peruvian oil country to see the effects of missing Canadian oversight The Globe and Mail: Tavia Grant Photography by Patrick Murayarithe Jose Olaya, Peru, Published APRIL 1, 2023 Deep in...

The Arctic Institute: Centre for Circumpolar Security Studies On June 14, 2022, Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Jeppe Kofod, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, along with Múte Bourup Egede, Prime Minister of Greenland, signed an Agreement in Ottawa resolving outstanding boundary issues between the sovereign states of Canada and the Kingdom...

First Nations Law – The Tŝilhqot’in call on Canada to establish an independent review of the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the failure by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to meaningfully represent First Nation interests, including food, social and ceremonial fishing rights, at the international table. In 2019, the Alaska catch of Chilko salmon was...

CBC – A cross-border treaty that has regulated the flow of the Columbia River for over 50 years could be in jeopardy as a group of American politicians calls on the president to invoke his executive authority and terminate the treaty. The Columbia River Treaty was ratified by the United States and Canada in 1964...

Indigenous Group: Ktunaxa Nation, Secwepemc Nation and Syilx Okanagan Nation Business: Govt of Canada and BC; Govt. of USA Issue: May 3, 2019: Assembly of First Nations – Decisions made under the Treaty have had many adverse effects on the First Nations involved, including damage to village and burial sites and damage to fish stocks,...