Yesterday news outlets in several countries simultaneously released the results of investigations by a consortium of journalists into human rights and environmental abuses at Barrick Gold’s North Mara gold mine in Tanzania. This exposé by, among others, Canada’s Toronto Star, UK’s Guardian, and...
MiningWatch Canada Personnel
Communications Coordinator Valerie Croft works to make sure that MiningWatch's communications are as effective as possible in support of our campaigns and our partners' struggles. Val brings over a decade of experience accompanying communities resisting Canadian mining projects, amplifying their...
Save the Date! Announcing Our 20th Anniversary Conference – Ottawa, November 14-15, 2019
There is an urgent imperative to cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep global warming from getting worse than what is already “locked in.” But many current projections for a ‘decarbonised’ energy economy require massive amounts of metals to be able to generate, store, and transmit...
Canadian Organizations Denounce Federal Government's Ongoing Negotiations for MERCOSUR with Brazil's Extremist Bolsonaro Government
On June 10th, the Trade Justice Network, on behalf of several Canadian organizations, including MiningWatch Canada, submitted a letter to Premier Minister Justin Trudeau, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland and Minister of International Trade Jim Carr, expressing their...
"Extraction Casino" Ottawa Launch Event – June 17, 2019
Mining companies are suing Latin American governments and making millions and even billions of dollars at the expense of people and the environment.
Find out how this came to be, what affected communities from Colombia think about it, and what people are doing to stop it.
Join us on June...
Mi'kmaq Matters – Episode 99: Mining Mi'kmaq Land
By Mi'kmaq Matters – A weekly podcast about the Mi'kmaq people and the Qalipu First Nation, with host Glenn Wheeler.
Without having consulted the Mi'kmaq people who have used the lands over centuries, a mammoth gold mine is being developed in the Valentine Lake area of central Newfoundland.
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Talking Points podcast episode 4 - Digging for Dividends
Learn about the secret weapon Canadian mining companies are using to extract money from developing countries when environmental measures, Indigenous rights and community resistance create democratic roadblocks to their extracting oil, gas and minerals.
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)...
Canada Still Needs an Ombudsperson to Investigate Mining Cases – Not an Advisor to the Minister of International Trade or another CSR Counsellor
The Government of Canada has fundamentally broken its electoral promise of 2015 and its commitment of January 17, 2018 to create an Ombudsperson with: independence from both government and industry; strong investigatory powers to compel documents and witnesses, when necessary, in the course of...
MiningWatch Mourns Death of Ana Paula Hernández and Colleagues in Guatemala Crash
MiningWatch Canada is saddened by tragic news coming out of Guatemala today.
It is with great sadness that we learn of the sudden and tragic deaths of four tireless activists who have dedicated much time and energy to defending human rights. Ana Paula Hernández from the Fund for Global Human...
Announcing MiningWatch Canada’s 20th Anniversary Annual General Meeting
Murky Business: How Communities are Fighting to Protect Water & Prevent Mine Waste Disasters in Canada & Internationally
When: April 26th, 2019, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Public Service Alliance of Canada Boardroom, 233 Gilmour St., Ottawa
Program:
1:15 p.m. MiningWatch Canada...
Overwhelming “No” Vote in Southern Ecuador Referendum Targets INV Metals Project
On March 24th, the peoples of the southern Ecuador canton of Girón voted overwhelmingly in favour of water and life, and against metal mining in their territories. Canadian company INV Metals (majority shareholder IAMGOLD) and the Ecuadorian government are being sent a strong message, “No to...
Are Canadian Embassies Free to Ignore Government Human Rights Policies?
[This article was originally published in The Hill Times.]
It does not seem to be a controversial proposition that when a government department publicizes a policy, government officials should carry out those policies. In fact, that is exactly what the federal Code of Values and Ethics[2] requi...
Aura Minerals & Honduran Government Criminalizing 19 Azacualpa community Defenders
Statement by ASONOG (Associación de Organismos no Gubernamentales) and MADJ (Movimiento Amplio por la Dignidad y la Justicia)
On Monday, March 4, 2019, criminal charges were presented against 19 members of the Azacualpa community in La Unión, Copán. The community members are accused of causing...
Canadian Company INV Metals Fights Local Referendum Over Ecuador Gold Project Against Mounting Community Opposition
Toronto-based INV Metals is fighting tooth and nail to dispel investor worries over a local vote concerning its Loma Larga project in south-central Ecuador. INV Metals is over 35% owned by IAMGOLD, the former owner of the Loma Larga project. Despite recent statements claiming strong community...
Report One Month After the Crime-Tragedy of Brumadinho
By the International Articulation of Men and Women Affected by Vale (AV)
On January 25, 2019, three years after the biggest environmental crime in the country, we are once again living a major tragedy caused by mining. By February 22, the collapse of Dam Number 1 in the Corrego do Feijao...
New Film “The Shadow of Gold” - Do You Know Where the Gold in your Ring Comes From?
Do you know where the gold in your ring is coming from, or Canada’s role in the global market of gold? And did you know that more than 1 in 4 metal mines in Canada and the world is a gold mine? If not, you must see The Shadow of Gold, a new international production by award-winning filmmakers that...