Today! Looking forward to giving the Symposium's feature paper: "Below Our Feet: The Rocky Foundations of Canadian Museums" 🪨

We're hiring! Join our small but mighty team as Interim Latin American Program Coordinator! Read more about the position and how to apply here: miningwatch.ca/blog/2025/11...

Phenomenal report www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...

Kinross Gold wants to dump inadequately treated industrial wastewater upstream of Grassy Narrows. Speak out before Ontario makes its decision. Take action with 1 click: leadnow.ca/campaigns/re... #FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows

NEW! Our all-ages colouring book about extraction is now available in French, Spanish & Portuguese. You can find all versions of 'What It Takes' (with instructions on how to print!) on our website: www.beyondextraction.ca/what-it-takes #DisruptPDAC

Help MISN support land defenders! We are looking for donations to our impacted community fund to support mining impacted communities globally.

The BC government considered "fast-tracking" the northern BC mine where three miners are currently trapped underground. Premier David Eby listed the mine’s underground expansion under Bill 15, the province's controversial new law to override regulations because of Trump's tariff war.

Great to see our own Caitlynn Beckett on this list!

It was MINING & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE week in my Canadian #envhist seminar today. Below is a short thread about what we read and watched ⛏️⚖️🧵

Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that. grist.org/energy/minin... #Mining #Recycle #Batteries #Phones #Computers #HumanRights #Climate

Land Back: Indigenous Resistance from Coast to Coast hosted Monday April 21st, 7:00 – 9:00pm EST via Zoom Register here: tinyurl.com/surjtolandback #FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows @biidaasamose.bsky.social

“You hear ‘land back’, and it means a lot of different things to different people,” he said. “It’s been interesting trying to reframe some of these conversations about stewardship and land rights and treaties.” apnews.com/article/azil...

Really looking forward to this.

NEW! Our all-ages colouring book about extraction is now available in French, Spanish & Portuguese. You can find all versions of 'What It Takes' (with instructions on how to print!) on our website: www.beyondextraction.ca/what-it-takes #DisruptPDAC

DYK? Toronto is the global capital of mining - nearly 60% of mining companies are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)! Join @mininginjustice.bsky.social TODAY at TSX to protest the world's largest mining conference. Here's a sneak peek of what we have in store for PDAC this year. #DisruptPDAC

Toronto - see you this Sunday at the Toronto Stock Exchange to say "NO" to mining hegemony! #DisruptPDAC

From the bombs falling on Palestine to the theft of Indigenous land to the war profiteering in DRC—Canadian mining kills, destroys, colonizes. Show up on March 2 to stand with frontline communities resisting Canadian mining & militarism to #DisruptPDAC. mininginjustice.org/pdac2025

Peek our 'What It Takes' colouring book on display at the Environmental Design Gallery Space at @colorado.edu! We've got something fun in store for this project during #DisruptPDAC (March 2-5) - watch this space and follow @mininginjustice.bsky.social for info about the anti-mining rally in Toronto

Looking to join a dynamic team of people passionate about mining justice? MiningWatch is hiring a contract Communications Coordinator (mat leave)! Apply by March 3. More details --> bit.ly/MWC-Comms

Solidarity to Environmental and Human Rights Defenders in Ecuador The convicted environmental defenders, along with thousands of other local residents, have resisted Canadian Curipamba-El Domo mining project for almost two decades Open letter👉 shorturl.at/347h4

Lunchtime Colloquium with Elijah Doro - @carsoncenter.bsky.social “Toxic Narratives of the African Wasteocene: Gold Mining and Arsenic in Southern Rhodesia (Colonial Zimbabwe).” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc5U... #envhist #mininghistory

Very pleased to announce the third online roundtable in the Minerals series is on 'Extraction and Forms of Representation', Monday 7 April 3-4:30pm (Dublin). Featuring a fantastic line-up: Adelene Buckland Julia Ditter @nathankhensley.bsky.social Charlotte Rogers imperialminerals.ie/events/miner...

“The top mineral companies were participating in forced labour in the Uyghur region, and some are not only participating but are architects of the programme.” @bertiehb.bsky.social interviews @rockdocgeoarch.bsky.social on supply chains in China. From the archive: 22/5/23 www.landclimate.org/...

Canadian company Aris Mining wants to mine in this vital ecosystem, in a joint venture with Mubadala of the United Arab Emirates. We stand in solidarity with the Committee in urging the 🇨🇴govt to ensure their protection & call on 🇨🇦 embassy to abide by its Voices at Risk commitments to protect HREDs

MiningWatch is hiring! Join our small dynamic team as a grant writer! Deadline is Feb 28. More details --> miningwatch.ca/blog/2025/2/...

MISN is creating a zine on mining and militarism. We invite you to share artwork or an accessible piece of writing that helps us lay out the connections between mining and militarism. We are accepting submissions on a rolling basis until March 14th, 2025. mininginjustice.org/campaigns/mi...

Sad to see the Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice (CMCJ) is on hiatus! This means Zannah Matson and I are looking for a new venue to publish our short article on countering mining hegemony through alternative pedagogies (which the CMCJ had previously shared as a blog post). Leads welcome! 🙏🏻

The Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN) is putting together a zine to highlight the relationship between Canadian mining and militarism - submit your artwork or short writing piece by March 14th! mininginjustice.org/campaigns/mi...

New for @gristnews.bsky.social : A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons. grist.org/justice/biso...

Explorations of the links between architecture and resource extraction in this special issue, focused on Canadian examples

My latest, exploring how the promise and peril of Ontario’s critical mineral boom is playing out for the communities on the frontline. Miigwetch to Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg and Biigtigong Nishnaabeg for hosting us over the summer — these are some truly special places and people.

Just published! A special issue of SSAC Journal on the theme of Architecture & Extraction, guest edited by Beyond Extraction members Zannah Matson, @emeliedt.bsky.social & Chris Alton. Find it in open-access here: www.erudit.org/en/journals/...

Graduate Student Opportunities: Mining Danger Project Call for Students Students who are interested in studying any aspect of mine workers or mining communities are encouraged to contact any of the co-investigators for info. niche-canada.org/2024/12/16/g... #envhist #mining

"10 years later, we're still picking up levels of metals like copper flowing down the Quesnel River and getting into the water column of the lake." The collapse of Mount Polley tailings dam was the worst environmental disaster in Canadian history. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It was one of the worst mining waste disasters in Canadian history. Now, charges have been laid 10 years after the fact — and conservation advocates wonder if future risks will be reduced. @sarahkcox.bsky.social has the details: thenarwhal.ca/mount-polley...

A decade after one of Canada’s worst mining disasters resulted in the dumping of billions of litres of toxic waste into the Fraser watershed, Vancouver-based mining company Imperial Metals has been charged under the federal Fisheries Act.

It’s taken over a decade, but Imperial Metals is now facing charges over the Mount Polley tailings disaster in BC. A rare potential example of accountability for mining pollution in 🇨🇦. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

While a UN summit took place in Colombia to create “Peace with Nature,” Canadian gold miners raked in profits at the expense of local communities on its sidelines. In a report from on the ground, Lital Khaikin investigates the wreckage left by Canada’s refusal to regulate its industry abroad.

The paper is part of a bumper special issue Mobilising Museum Minerals, edited by @camillemarys.bsky.social & @ellietheelement.bsky.social It showcases critical approaches to collecting, interpretating and displaying mineral specimens in museums, including extractivism & the legacies of empire

Contamination at yet another closed mine in Yukon. "How much more mining can our environments take?" - Chief Dylan Loblaw of the Ross River Dena Council. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

URGENT: The Vista coal mine is set to become The. Largest. Thermal. Coal. Mine. In. Canadian. History. 😱 Demand @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social launch an impact assessment now! 👉 ecojustice.ca/demand-an-im... via @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social

The Tulsequah Chief mine has polluted the Taku River watershed for decades. Now, before that mess is cleaned up, comes a proposal for the New Polaris gold mine nearby in the BC-Alaska watershed @writermjs.bsky.social has the details for @thenarwhal.ca #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-new-polar...

BREAKING: Brazilian Justice Voids Belo Sun Mining’s Concession In a major victory for the communities of the Amazon’s Volta Grande do Xingu, a judge’s ruling annulled the Canadian mining company’s contract with Brazil’s Land Reform Institute amazonwatch.org/news/2024/12...

Oh look, @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social has just given an early Xmas present to 3 huge coal mines. These mines are as big as Sydney! (map in link and below) Full post on @australiainstitute.org.au's Coal Mine Tracker site here: australiainstitute.org.au/coal-mine-tr...

(1/8) To kick off 2024, Ricochet won the 2024 Canadian Hillman prize for our doc Killer Water. Through our innovative collab with @therealnews.com + @indiginews.bsky.social, Brandi Morin and Geordie Day expose the damning repercussions of the Alberta oil sands. WATCH: tinyurl.com/kllrwater

Tallying up the cost of mining on #Indigenous land — Northern Ontario First Nation is seeking damages for ‘cumulative impacts’ since prospectors first discovered gold there in 1909. The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social: ricochet.media/indigenous/t... #Ontario #mining #landback #onpoli

My top NGOs to read, cite & follow on plastics research & advocacy (including plastic links to climate change & broader toxicants) are @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social, @toxicsfree.bsky.social, & @cielorg.bsky.social Also Alice May’s ‘Plastics Unlimited’ book. Excellent all around.

Analysis | Why do Canadian mining companies own most of the mines on the African continent? We haven't asked anyone and we're certainly not asking now

Join us this afternoon for a brief chat about this special issue of the JSSAC/JSÉAC