Now, we are taking these demands to the Canadian government, asking them to:
1) Publicly reaffirm the Xinka people’s right to self-determination
2) Call on the company to respect the Xinka people's denial of consent
There is still time to sign the petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Back in November, a group of concerned citizens in Vancouver delivered a petition with over 6,000 signatures to Canadian company Pan American Silver's headquarters to demand respect for the Xinka people's decision to deny consent for the re-opening of the Escobal mine.
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For decades, climate policy has been framed as a technical swap: fossil fuels out, minerals in. But if extraction keeps expanding overall, the model has not changed — only its branding has.
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📣 A public inquiry into the proposed gold mine in the Sperrins — supposedly for the public, but not giving them time or opportunity to respond to key evidence
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"Once a mine has opened, habitat is often lost for ever." An incredible visual piece on nickel mining in Indonesia shows how the scale & damage of mining is vastly underestimated:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@pgreenfielduk.bsky.social @ashleyjkirk.bsky.social @pablogutierrez.bsky.social 👏
Sign and share this petition demanding that Premier Ford and @mark-carney.bsky.social bring mercury Justice to #GrassyNarrows
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me...
Today, three justices of the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of 29 Indigenous Tanzanian plaintiffs who sought permission to have their case against Barrick Mining heard in Canada.
Read the full press release here: miningwatch.ca/news/2026/4/...
📢 Call to Action: Tell the Government of Canada to respect the Xinka people's right to self-determination!
A House of Commons e-petition in support of the Xinka people's demands for the closure of the Canadian-owned Escobal mine is now live!
Sign the petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
In case you missed it before the long weekend, on Thursday we published this piece by @fatimabsyed.bsky.social delving into the Ford government's plans to speed up mining development, and how different groups affected by that plan are feeling about it. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-1p1p...
Join Grassy Narrows on March 30 for a rally in downtown Toronto demanding justice from Premier Ford.
Will Premier Ford continue to remain silent?
📅 March 30
⏰ 8:30 AM
📍 Fairmont Royal York Hotel — 100 Front St. W
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/doug-...
#FreeGrassy #OnPolii
A yellow, black and white graphic with images of a freight train, a tall urban building and a "mine-o-polis" bill with the text: Come play with us as we test Mine-o-polis, an alternative board game that invites players to explore and question Toronto as a centre of mining power. Together, let's discover how play can facilitate new forms of anti-extractive activism.
Come for an afternoon of play, conversation, and a catered lunch with activists and researchers to collectively imagine how we can make extractive politics visible and facilitate resistance through the power of board games. REGISTER here: www.eventbrite.com/e/mine-o-pol... 3/3
A yellow, black and white promotional graphic with the text "Mine-o-polis. The Game of Extraction. But at what cost?" and the illustration of a corporate personage in front of an edited photo of a quarry.
🎲 We're excited to announce an upcoming #workshop to introduce our latest project: MINE-O-POLIS, an alternative #boardgame that invites players to explore #Toronto as a global capital of mining power. www.beyondextraction.ca/mine-o-polis 1/3
2 people hold a banner on a city street, with many police officers in the background. The banner is colourful and says "Mining is not the future. The future is - decolonized- relational - life giving."
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us yesterday to disrupt PDAC and imagine a future beyond mining!
It felt powerful to join together in solidarity with communities across Turtle Island and around the world who are rejecting the violence of mining.
Photo cred: Jay Geerts @torontodocumentarist
A hand holds a "water is life" sign high in the air, with a building and the CN tower in the background
Two people hold a banner that says "Toxic Toronto. Belly of the Beast for the Global Mining Industry" in front of urban buildings on snowy ground
Sunny day to protest #PDAC with @mininginjustice.bsky.social outside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre #NoToMining #MiningIsNotTheFuture
We have confirmed ASL interpreters for this event!
Individuals tracing a projected image onto a canvas banner. The projected text states "Mining is not the future. The future is...relational"
A hand paints shapes on a canvas banner. Painting supplies sit atop the banner
Getting #PDAC ready with @mininginjustice.bsky.social (MISN) at their teach-in and art build. Join MISN's #MiningIsNotTheFuture rally next Sunday, March 1 at 1pm at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre!
Collage style art of black and white factory smokestacks, with colourful flowers coming out of them. Text over the image says "Call for Donations. Funds needed for rally outside PDAC (The world's largest mining convention). Donations will go towards: speaker and offerings honorarias, land defenders travel and child care, ASL< sound system, snacks, beverages and supplies, printing. E-transfer (preferred): info@mininginjustice.org Paypal: @MISNToronto. At the bottom of the image is the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network logo and a QR code that says "learn more."
MISN is organizing a rally on March 1st outside of this year’s PDAC mining convention, and we need some help to make it happen! We are looking for donations to help cover rally costs.
Please donate by sending an etransfer to info@mininginjustice.org
River Run Rally 2026 🌊🌊🌊
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | 12pm | Toronto
RSVP: freegrassy.net/river-run-20...
Join Grassy Narrows youth and community members as they travel 1,700km to demand mercury justice
#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
Collage style art of black and white factory smokestacks, with colourful flowers coming out of them. Text over the image says "Sunday March 1st 1pm. Mining is not the future. The future is land back. Protest the world's largest mining convention - PDAC-and imagine a world beyond war and extractivism. Simcoe park, across from 255 Front St W, Toronto." At the bottom of the image is the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network logo and a QR code that says "learn more."
The world’s largest mining convention - PDAC- is coming to Toronto again this year, to sell a future of war, environmental destruction and greed.
Join us to imagine a different future!
📅 Sunday March 1st
⏰ 1 pm
📍 Simcoe Park (across from 255 Front St W, Toronto)
More info: linktr.ee/mininginjustice
This is so shocking - years after the EU put together conflict minerals legislation precisely because of the abuses and conflict associated with coltan mining in the DRC so little has changed
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Concerned citizens asked Premier Ford - “Grassy Narrows is still being poisoned. Will you compensate #GrassyNarrows for the ongoing mercury crisis?”
www.mississauga.com/news/mississ...
#FreeGrassy #Onpoli
A grey background with black and white tentacles creeping in from 3 sides. Text in red and black says: No mining without militarism. No militarism without mining. Join us for a teach-in and art build. Saturday February 21 3-7 pm. Greenpeace Office 33 Cecil St Toronto. Dinner and refreshments provided.
The PDAC 2026 mining conference is looming, and we would like to invite you to a teach-in & art build in preparation for our upcoming action on March 1st!
We'll discuss links btwn mining and militarism, and Canada’s role in the global mining industry.
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1gf0...
Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
Join us for the next webinar in our series with @abovegroundngo.bsky.social on critical minerals, and hear from MiningWatch's Outreach Coordinator and National Program Co-Lead Jamie Kneen!
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Great article about how Canada's approach to trade and investment treaties prioritizes protecting corporate profits for mining companies - using controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2201202...
Text on an orange background, a large red heading reads: Alert: Anti-mining land defender assassinated. Smaller text reads: Dec 14, activist Victor Colindrez was assassinated on the side of the highway. 6 months ago he organized a blockade against a Montreal mining project at the same spot. He was a land defender in the Sierra Santa Crux, in Livingston Guatemala, where the Rio Nickel Mining company hopes to operate. Colindrez was a leader in the local 54 communities' alliance. They reject the mine, a subsidiary of Central America Nickel, with headquarters in Montreal Canada. Victor Colindrez, nicknamed 'Owl', is from Maya Q'eqchi' territory, from San Antionio Seja in Livingston. He was buried on December 16. On the side of the image, there is a photograph of Victor speaking into a megaphone in a crowd of people.
Heading reads "Alert: 2 Indigenous activists assassinated this year opposed to Montreal company Central America Nickel. Below are 2 photographs. One shows a man speaking into a megaphone. Text says: Victor 'Owl' Colindrez, shot on December 14 2025. The second photo shows a man standing in front of trees. Text says: Misael Mata Asencio, shot on May 14 2025.
🚨We are deeply alarmed to learn that a second Guatemalan land defender involved in resistance to Montreal-based mining company Central America Nickel has been assassinated in less than a year.
Victor Colindrez, nicknamed Owl, was shot and killed at a highwayside shop on December 14th.
In other words, they will not even be recording water withdrawals.
The Ontario government is proposing changes that would allow hundreds of mineral exploration companies to take water for early-stage work without a permit. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
On #HumanRightsDefendersDay, Colombian environmental defenders & inter allies are questioning Canadian authorities’ ongoing silence as #Santurbán Committee faces threats related to their activism against Aris Mining's Soto Norte project $ARIS.TO
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