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Clayoquot Salmon Festival Partners with Salmon Nation for 2020 Festival of What Works
Salmon play an integral role in coastal livelihoods, cultures, and ecosystems on the west coast. And they lead incredible lives, starting in freshwater then migrating to the ocean. Celebrating the backbone of the west coast is what inspires Friends of Clayoquot Sound...
Pebble Mine Construction Denied in U.S. as Engineers Face Discipline in Canada
In November, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied the Pebble Mine’s permit to proceed with construction near Bristol Bay, Alaska. Friends of Clayoquot Sound raise our hands in solidarity to the Yupik; Dena’ina and Aleutian People -- and all residents of Bristol Bay...
How Defunding The Police Can Create Healthier Communities
Learn more @ defundthepolice.org According to recent polls, only 15% of Canadians believe that the RCMP does not have a problem with systemic racism. Indigenous peoples account for approximately 5% of the population in Canada, yet -- as the Globe and Mail found --...
Understanding Systemic Racism through the History of Policing in Canada
Canada’s first prime minister, John A. Macdonald, created what is known today as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). His model was the Royal Irish Constabulary, a paramilitary force the British created to keep the Irish under control. Police in Canada were...
Global Green New Deal vs. Extractivist Capitalism
Authors Arundhati Roy and Naomi Klein took part in a virtual conversation to help launch a Global Green New Deal project to foster internationalism and visualize possibilities for a new and better world for people and the planet. “The violence of a capitalist system...
Climate Action vs. Pipeline Debt for Big Oil Profiteering
In November, the Government of Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson tabled Bill C-12 -- a new legislation that would force current and future federal governments to set binding climate targets to get Canada to net-zero carbon emissions...
Single Use, to Systems Change: FOCS Joins Call to Action
Humanity produces 2 billion tonnes of waste each year and this figure is projected to increase by 70% by 2050. Single use products are a key contributor to this: when not effectively recycled, they are burned, sent to dumpsites or landfills, or simply left to degrade...
“No Logging My Nation’s Territory”: A personal reflection
By Stephenie Charleson Home is where the heart is. Home is where we come from, where our families come from. Home is where we have a connection. I have a strong connection to my home in Hesquiaht territory. We have pressure on us to log in our territory, part of a...
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