Bearing the brunt of climate change in Nunatsiavut – The Independent Inuit in the self-governing region of Labrador speak about the ways climate change is impacting their mental health, food security and culture

"We’re seeing the culture slowly fade away,” says Rex Holwell, an Inuk elder from Nain.

Read Part 1 of a new 2-part feature from Frey Blake-Pijogge about how climate change is impacting Inuit in #Nunatsiavut.
#nlpoli
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Decolonizing climate action – The Independent Inuit governance and knowledge are at the core of Nunatsiavut's climate change strategy

Inuit governance and knowledge are at the core of Nunatsiavut’s climate change strategy

Read Part 2 of Frey Blake-Pijogge's feature on how Inuit are responding to the impacts of climate change in #Nunatsiavut
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Memorial’s Geography of Neglect: From Decay to Transformation – The Independent Decades of austerity have left Memorial’s buildings crumbling and its people sick, but beneath the mould and rats is a deeper story of land and labour — and a chance to transform the university from a...

Decades of austerity have left Memorial’s buildings crumbling and its people sick, but beneath the mould and rats is a deeper story of land and labour...

Read MUN Assoc. Professor Dean Bavington's new piece for The Indy's State of the University series #nlpoli

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Let’s make housing and mental health an election issue – The Independent It’s time to ask all municipal and provincial candidates what they would do to address the intersecting crises

It’s time to ask all municipal and provincial candidates what they would do to address the intersecting crises, writes 'Sick & Tired' columnist Kari Brown #nlpoli
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Every week Poilievre repeats the same playbook - fearmongering, scapegoating, and distortion.
Here’s what Poilievre pushed this last week-- and what the data actually says. #cdnpoli

Canadians can’t afford to relax barriers to foreign entry in their banking system As the U.S. pushes for greater access to Canada’s banking market, Canada must weigh the steep political costs of allowing a stronger American banking presence.

Canadians can’t afford to relax barriers to foreign entry in their banking system

🍉 Please help us continue to keep the thousands of eSIMs we bought active so Gazans can connect with the outside world

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Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green laws Guardian analysis finds fossil-fuel and mining firms have won $92bn of public money from states, with a growing number of cases backed by financial speculators

"Half of all third-party funded cases were launched by investors from the US, Britain or Canada, and more than 50% were cases relating to fossil fuels or mining. More than three-quarters of cases were against developing countries..."

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Feminist slogans written on walls along the route of the 2025 #8M demonstration in Bogota, Colombia.

this machine has disabled me on values, distribution, and information prisons

just go read this piece by @cyborgmemoirs.bsky.social
right now if you want a deep wide beautiful dive lamentation documentation of inflammation, disability, distribution, how to be alive and find your way through and out of hell right now. cyborgmemoirs.substack.com/p/this-machi...

Know Your Rights: Voices from the Frontlines of Immigrant Communities By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Years of organizing, educating and empowering people to defend themselves from racist immigration policies are showing results.

People aren’t just standing by amidst this intensifying, militarized attack on immigrants. Years of organizing, educating and empowering people to defend themselves from racist policies are showing results.

Understanding the backlash against corporate DEI — and how to move forward Two researchers explain how the current DEI pushback reveals the discomfort people feel when their identity is challenged but they say it can also present an opportunity for learning and growth.

Understanding the backlash against corporate DEI — and how to move forward

B.C. fires Victoria School Board over ban on police in schools | CBC News British Columbia's education minister has fired the entire Victoria School Board in a dispute over a safety plan where the board barred police from schools except in emergencies.

Holy eff

Supposedly left-center NDP has just fired the *entire* Victoria school board in order to reverse the ban on cops in schools.

The democratically elected school board was supported by Victoria Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils to keep cops out of schools.

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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Storytelling on stolen land: Indigenous eyes on Canadian politics: Pt 1 (ep 358) On this episode: Reimagining Political Journalism, the title of a three-day November 2024 event at Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa, it included a formidabl...

Rick Harp's @mediaindigena.bsky.social w/ @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social @umanitoba.bsky.social @veldoncoburn.bsky.social @uottawa.bsky.social Candice Callison @UBC & myself @torontomet.bsky.social that included our convo from @CarletonU School of Journalism event. podfollow.com/mediaindigen...

Jim Stanford: In the face of Trump’s tariff threats, Canada can emerge stronger than ever. Here’s the plan if we stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump with a new National Policy, Canada could emerge as a more independent country than we have recently imagined.

Canada's response to Trump tariff threat must go beyond just the trade response. In TorontoStar.bsky.social, I outline the bigger emergency national plan we will need:
1. emerg aid to export industries
2. emerg aid for workers
3. reorient growth strategy
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“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
-Angela Davis

Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis.

"If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory."
--Angela Davis

Gorgeous!

Scathing audit says MUN ignored asbestos, mould in favour of overspending on laptops and a tractor | CBC News Computers and heavy machinery were purchased using students' campus renewal fee, designed to address the institution's deferred maintenance needs like asbestos treatment.

This is a damning report, showing how decades of space and facilities mismanagement has left MUN campus dilapidated, underutilized, and dangerous. Going to campus is increasingly depressing (esp in old Science) & increasingly many avoid it if they can. #nlpoli
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