Trina

Canada election 2025 party platforms on environment, natural resources | The Narwhal From critical minerals to pipelines, here’s what the Liberals, Conservatives and others are saying on the 2025 election campaign trail

The federal election in Canada is just around the corner. What does that mean for the environment? We have a voter’s guide that has you covered — detailing federal party platforms from critical minerals to pipelines: thenarwhal.ca/2025-federal...

Three Things Reporters Would Ask Poilievre. If They Could | The Tyee The Conservatives are keeping a stranglehold on media questions. Here are a few that aren’t getting to the party leader.

Three Things Reporters Would Ask #Poilievre. If They Could #cdnpoli #elxn2025 thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...

Trump funding cuts put Canadian-led bat research at risk | The Narwhal Researchers are closer than ever to finding a solution to a deadly fungal disease that has killed millions of bats. But Trump put cross-border funding on the chopping block

Researchers are closer than ever to finding a solution for white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has killed millions of insect-eating bats across North America. Now Trump's funding cuts have put their research at risk. #bcpoli VIA @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social
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Guest Post - Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs - The Scholarly Kitchen The renaming of "Mount Denali" and "Gulf of Mexico" to the politically loaded “Mount McKinley" and "Gulf of America" reveal the naked truth of what cataloging has always been: a battlefield where mean...

Excellent guest post by Mike Olson on how the ways libraries catalogue and organise information are not and never have been neutral. I've got a journal article in peer review at the moment which touches on some of these issues, among others. 📚

Mi'kmaw chiefs reject fracking in Nova Scotia | CBC News Days after Premier Tim Houston’s government passed legislation that lifts the provincial moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for onshore natural gas, Mi’kmaw leadership in Nova Scotia are making their ...

"The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs continue to remain opposed to hydraulic fracturing and will not see it happen in our unceded and traditional territory,"
#Mikmaki #NovaScotia #NSpoli #Fracking #PeaceAndFriendshipTreaties

ANALYSIS | How Trump uses disinformation in his trade war with Canada | CBC News The Trump administration has spread disinformation about the true terms of trade between the U.S. and Canada. While tariff rate quotas are rarely used, disinformation about them complicates negotiatio...

The #Trump administration has spread disinformation about the true terms of trade between the two nations as a pressure tactic, falsely presenting the "over-quota" tariff rates that are almost never charged as the normal rate. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Evening walks in the weak warmth of the sun. The days are longer, spring is coming.

The erosion of democratic norms - Halifax Examiner We fall into the trap of thinking each change is no big deal — until it is.

The erosion of democratic norms
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

Just saw a cartoon map of North America that labelled everything as part of the US. Meant to be funny but in Canada, we aren’t laughing. As a Mi’kmaw person, I thought I should share a better map from the super cool site native-land.ca

#indigenous #turtleisland #mikmaki

Nahuatl Named Gulf of Mexico To Be Renamed Gulf of America by Trump

Renaming and remapping is colonialism 101. Trump said it, Google maps did it.

For context: “The Gulf took its name from the Mexica people, aka the Aztecs, in the Indigenous language of Nahuatl. The gulf has been named "Mexico" even longer than the country of Mexico”

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YouTube video by APTN News Ellen Gabriel and the ‘watershed moment’ that was the Siege of Kanehsatà:ke | Face to Face

‘This is not self-determination, its municipalization.’

Human rights activist Ellen Gabriel explains how governments have not changed, but have simply repackaged the colonial laws imposed on Indigenous people.

Watch the full Face to Face interview:

The news is overwhelming these days, and that’s coming from a journalist. And a reminder that colonialism is not past tense. Renaming, wanting to claim territory, policing identity, white supremacy; all happening now in real-time in the US with global implications.

#mikmaw #indigenous #history

Last day to register for this online training webinar w/ @trinaroache.bsky.social! 👉 zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📝: Writing to pictures & reporting in #Indigenous communities

⏰: Thu, Jan 30 @ 1pm CT/2pm ET

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Still time to join! DM me for the link to our webinar about our Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative

High school student? Have a degree already? Wondering about life after your degree? Learn more about options for studying journalism and tuition waivers for Mi’kmaw students in undergrad and graduate programs at the University of King’s College.

Register here: ukings.ca/campus-commu...

Kicking off our guest speaker series for the Growing Indigenous Storytellers Fellowship with @trinaroache.bsky.social!

⏰: Jan 30, 1pm CT / 2pm ET
🔗: tinyurl.com/2s3myky2

With over 20 years of reporting experience, Trina will talk abt writing to pictures & reporting in Indigenous communities.

Mi'kmaw Journalism Initiative | Recognizing the importance of Mi'kmaw voices & perspectives in journalism, King's will cover tuition & incidental fees for three Mi’kmaw journalism students per year.

Are you Mi’kmaw? Interested in journalism and storytelling? Join us Tuesday, Nov. 19 online at 8pm to learn about our Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative at King’s.

For more info and for the link to our online session: ukings.ca/mikmaw-journ...

#mikmaq #education #journalism

A little light Sunday reading 📚Can you tell I’m doing my MA in history? 🤓

#mikmawhistory #paperdue #lifelonglearner