Cancer Haunts Neighbors of the Canadian #oilsands.
New article from the @NewYorkTimes detailing why all Canadians should be concerned about what's happening to communities in northern Alberta. #ableg #cdnpoli #tarsands #ymm #ypy #fortchip #FortMcKay
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/h...
A kind review of #FortMcKay #Metis Nation: A Community History by Maegan Ellis on @ActiveHist.
“No more waste. Just results.”
• Audit RMWB spending and publish transparent budgets with easy-to-read summaries.
• Slash red tape for permits and small business licenses.
• Enforce performance-based funding for RMWB departments.
#RMWB #Ymm #Fortmcmurray #Anzak #FortMckay
You can find the full context in my book #FortMcKay #Métis Nation: A Community History. Available from the @ucalgarypress.bsky.social as an open source book. Here's the link: ucp.manifoldapp.org/projects/978... (page 122).
One of my favourite editorial cartoons showing #FortMcKay Chief Dorothy McDonald asking the AERCB (now the Alberta Energy Regulator) to better manage the negative impacts of #oilsands development to protect the community's kids. AMMSA June 22, 1984. #cdnhist #envirohist #Indigenous
#FortMcKay #Métis Nation: A Community History is now available thanks to the hard work of the @ucalgarypress.bsky.social. You can download for free following the link below or purchase at your favourite book store. #ymm #oilsands #extractivism #envirohistory
ucp.manifoldapp.org/projects/978...
Coming on Feb 25!
A community history of the Fort McKay Metis Nation that draws on oral histories, grey literature, and community research to tell the untold story of a place and a people in the heart of the oil sands.
#FortMcKay #CommunityResearch #APartofOurHeritage #ProductofCanada
