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Climate Action in the Region of Waterloo
It’s 2019 and people are becoming more aware of the seriousness of the climate crisis and more importantly, the part we as nations, communities and humans play in addressing it. In recent years, a large number of communites in Canada have been developing sustainable energy plans. For instance, Oxford County, Ontario and Vancouver, […]
The Kayanase Connection
On a beautiful stretch of green fields and trees on the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, two rounded structures stand out from the landscape of rolling hills: an open-air greenhouse and a 17th century replica longhouse. This is the site of Kayanase (pronounced Guy-yawn-na-say), an Indigenous owned and […]
Nogojiwanong Water Walks
Following a Buffy Sainte-Marie concert at the Phoenix in Toronto in October 2011, four Water Walkers needed a battery boost. While I offered my assistance, one of the women, Liz Osawamick, perused one of my Treaty Commemoration Photobooks. She then invited me to document a water walk on Mother’s Day […]
The AJ Recap: Urban Sprawl
The A\J Recap is a weekly video series we’ll be bringing you throughout the summer. We’ll be rounding up the most important environmental news and taking an in-depth look at one environmental problem in our feature every week. The Recap is part of our Student Summer Takeover series which aims to […]
Painted Scars
Marcia Ruby interviewed Tom Wilson in May 2019, about his art, his music and his journey to discovering his identity.
From climate inaction to government class action
As politicians dither, the clocks on climate change are ticking. The Canadian government has continued to promise action on climate change—from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement—but its commitment to change remains to be seen. Many Canadians have become fed up with government inaction on climate, including a young […]
Nish Dish: Nourishing the Community
Johl Whiteduck Ringuette is the proprietor of NishDish Marketeria and Catering, an Indigenous restaurant in downtown Toronto centred on reclaiming and sharing traditional Anishinaabe food and knowledge.
The House that Becky Built
Educational Video Companion: Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Housing Security Environatives Training Initiative
Moccasin Identifier Project
On this National Indigenous People’s Day, June 21st, 2019, the Greenbelt Foundation and Alternatives Journal are pleased to announce the first look of the Moccasin Identifie
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