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#ICYMI Last July, Springer Nature abruptly cancelled the publication of CICADA collaborator Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell’s book “Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala”, which had been accepted and gone through peer review.
Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell continue to make their voices heard and to publicly denounce Springer Nature’s decision, allegedly taken out of fear of being sued for defamation by a third party.
Read or listen to their recent interviews to learn more about the issue:
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In case you missed the article we shared on the topic last November: bit.ly/3bChrBy
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What are the root causes of migration from Honduras and Guatemala?
CICADA collaborator Catherine Nolin hosted a webinar on this topic with Grahame Russell from Rights Action for the Conference of Latin American Geography - CLAG.
Learn more on the policies and actors that drive repression, exploitation and forced migration from Honduras and Guatemala by watching the recording here ⬇ ... See MoreSee Less

No End in Sight: Root Causes of Migration from Honduras and Guatemala
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Panelists Catherine Nolin (University of Northern British Columbia) and Grahame Russell (Rights Action) discuss how foreign policy, the international communi...« Les personnes les plus proches de la rivière seront celles qui veilleront désormais sur elle, déclare Jean-Charles Piétacho, chef du Conseil des Innu de Ekuanitshit. Les Innus de Ekuanitshit ont toujours été les protecteurs du Nitassinan et continueront de l'être à travers la reconnaissance des droits de la rivière Muteshekau Shipu. » 🙌 ... See MoreSee Less
Société pour la nature et les parcs - SNAP Québec
[ 🏆 Première au Canada ] L’Alliance Muteshekau-shipu annonce la reconnaissance des droits de la rivière #Magpie !Après une décennie de sourde d’oreille du gouvernement du Québec, la rivière Magpie reprend ses droits : deux résolutions miroir basées sur des fondements juridiques solides du droit provincial, national et international, permettent de reconnaître la rivière comme personnalité juridique et donc de la protéger!
🌊 Lire le communiqué : bit.ly/2NvtbxC
Observatoire international des droits de la nature Ekuanitshit Association Eaux-Vives Minganie Alliance Muteshekau-shipu
🎥 The Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue Film Festival will open on Sunday, on International #MotherLanguageDay!
This year, the festival takes the form of a monthly online screening series and features 45 films in 39 languages. The festival is a celebration of cultural and linguistic diversity and highlights the crucial role languages play in our daily lives.
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Smithsonian Presents the Mother Tongue Film Festival, “The Healing Power of Storytelling”
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The Smithsonian’s Recovering Voices initiative will host a monthly film-screening series highlighting the crucial role languages play in daily life. Presented virtually this year, the sixth annual Mother Tongue Film Festival features 45 films in 39 languages from regions across the globe. Through ...The webinar on Rolling back social and environmental safeguards in the name of COVID-19 begins in an hour! ⏰
Register here ➡ bit.ly/2LCowcw
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[2/2] Want to learn more about the work of CICADA collaborator Janelle Baker with Bigstone Cree Nation on sakâwiyiniwak (Northern Bush Cree) experiences with wild food contamination in Alberta’s oil sands region?
🔈 Listen to the podcast “Berry Patches, Bears & Oil Sands in the Boreal Forest with Dr. Janelle Baker”: bit.ly/37mpOQl
📰 Read this CBC article on environmental monitoring partnerships between university-based scientists and Bigstone Cree Nation: bit.ly/3disG4H ... See MoreSee Less
[1/2] New release! CICADA members Janelle Baker and Josie Auger collaborated on a recent publication on contaminant concentrations in plant and animal foods collected by the Bigstone Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada.
The article is available for free for 50 days, do not miss it! ⬇️ ... See MoreSee Less