The Lima Group was formed in August 2017 during the runup to Venezuela’s May 2018 presidential election.
It has been 21 years since the 1999 Marshall ruling, a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada which recognized Donald Marshall Jr., a Mi’kmaw, and the Mi’kmaq peoples’ rights to catch and sell fish.
Mi'kmaq peoples have inherent rights to fish in their homeland, regardless of recognition from the colonial government.
Michael Kwag is the director of knowledge exchange and policy development at the Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC). Scott Neigh talks with him about the CBRC's use of research, community-level interventions, and advocacy to promote the health of gay, bi, trans, Two-Spirit, and queer men.
I am writing today as a Sqeq’petsin camp member and Secwepemc supporter in solidarity with Indigenous people fighting against the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX). TMX is currently drilling under the Secwepemcetkwe (Thompson River) in unceded Secwepemc Territory (near Kamloops, BC).
It took Global Affairs Canada two and half days to acknowledge the landslide elec
Medeana Moussa is an entrepreneur and mother of four who lives in Calgary, and she is the executive director of Support Our Students (SOS) Alberta. Wing Li holds a PhD in neuroscience, has two children, and is the communications director for the group. SOS Alberta is a grassroots, nonpartisan network focused on standing up for the rights of students to an accessible and equitable public education system.
Elena – a courageous, Maya Q’eqchi’ land, rights and community defender, mother, sister, daughter - died at 4am, October 18, 2020, in El Estor, surrounded by family and other Q’eqchi’ community defenders.
“Idle No More calls for A National Week of Action on Monday October 19th to Friday, October 23rd in support of the Mi’kmaq peoples’ inherent right to fishing,” the Indigenous rights organization posted today, October 18, 20
