Beyond Extraction

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

Nous embauchons!! MiningWatch et @coalitionqmm.bsky.social cherchent une personne pour coordonner, administrer et développer la Coalition Québec meilleure mine!

Pour en savoir plus sur le poste: miningwatch.ca/fr/blog/2026...

Brazil Court Revives Belo Sun’s Controversial Amazon Gold Mine as Indigenous Communities File Misconduct Complaint | Amazon Watch “We are already suffering the impacts of the Belo Monte dam.. If another project of this scale comes, the Volta Grande will not withstand it.”

BREAKING: Brazil Court Revives Belo Sun’s Controversial Amazon Gold Mine as Indigenous Communities File Misconduct Complaint
amazonwatch.org/news/2026/02...

Belgian museum caught in row over millions of DR Congo records KoBold Metals and DR Congo are pushing a Brussels museum to release records that would help map valuable metals

Fascinating look at the tangled legacies of colonialism.

DRC wants colonial-era geological surveys so a Bill Gates-backed mining/AI firm can digitize them. The Belgian museum won't release them as it's already doing so.

Trump II is now applying pressure as part of its resource grab.

No good guys.

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!

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...

New article in the Journal of Environmental Media is out, co-authored with Jordan Kinder, Zannah Matson, & @camillemarys.bsky.social . We write about Beyond Extraction’s creative media interventions challenging PDAC (the world’s largest mining convention every year in Toronto).

And check out the rest of this special issue on the theme of 'Care-ful Convening' with writing by @sarahcomyn.bsky.social & @mediacology.bsky.social among others! intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

I enjoyed reflecting on our recent scholar-activist interventions for the Journal of Environmental Media with comrades @emeliedt.bsky.social, Zannah Matson, and Jordan Kinder. Check it out 👇🏻

Published in time for this year's #PDAC, a new article by Beyond Extraction members in the Journal of Environmental Media reflects on our last few years of creative, anti-extractive interventions against Toronto mining hegemony: doi.org/10.1386/jem_...

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/...

Protect Grassy Narrows: Reject Kinross Gold's Mine - Leadnow

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

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the French translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the Spanish translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the Portuguese translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

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

A photo of several people on a rainy downtown street, with a large banner that says "We believe survivors of Canadian mining" in the background. Text above the photo says "Donate to Mining Injustice Solidarity Network's mining-impacted community fund. E-transfer (preferred) info@mininginjustice.org. Donate via paypal @misntoronto."

Text on a green backgound, with an image of an open pit mine behind. Text says "Recently, we've received many requests for funds from mining impacted communities. Canadian mining companies are ramping up efforts to push harmful mining projects through. To name a few, we have received requests from land defenders fighting Reconn Africa in Namibia, Central American Nickel in Guatemala and Sigma Lithium in Brazil. Donations to our impacted community fund go directly to support mining impacted communities globally and we are low on funds right now!."

Text says "Here in Canada, Bill 5 and Bill C-5 are working to expedite mining project and trample over Indigenous Treaty Rights. You can give directly to 8th fire rising, youth leading resistance, here: gofund.me/58e21753 We want to be able to support as many communities as possible. We are asking for donation for our impacted community fund so that we can continue to distribute funds to people on the front lines. E-transfer (Kill Bill 5) K_llb_ll5@proton.me"

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

Underground mine where workers trapped was on BC fast-track list Three miners are trapped in an underground refuge station following a collapse. The Red Chris mine's underground section was on BC Premier David Eby's list of projects to fast-track under Bill 15.

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. Battery recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China.

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

Lakota artist smudges the former gold mine inside the Black Hills When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota, he doesn’t just see its natural beauty, he also sees a scar cut deep into the heart of the universe.

“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.

As a counter-pedagogical intervention, 'What It Takes' seeks to promote critical energy literacy while disrupting the grip that Canadian mining has on culture and education. We are so grateful to the trusted allies who helped us translate this resource over the last year! #SayNoToMining

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the French translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the Spanish translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the Portuguese translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

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

Linear illustration of Toronto's landscape (colouring book style) with the following words in Spanish: "¿Lo sabías?: Toronto es la capital mundial de la minería. La mayoría de las empresas mineras en el mundo tienen oficinas en Canadá y casi el 60% cotiza en la Bolsa de Toronto (TSX, por sus siglas en inglés)."

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

A black and white photograph showing a crowd of people, with some holding megaphones is in the background. Text in the foreground says "Canadian mining kills, destroys, colonizes. Rally and March against mining violence. Ending at the world's biggest mining convention, PDAC. Sunday March 2. 1:00. Toronto Stock Exchange. 100 Adelaide St W. Info - mining injustice.org

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