It is two years today since the disappearance of 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teacher Training College in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico with no sign of their whereabouts, except for the remains of 19-year-old Alexander Mora Venancio. International experts have shown the Mexican...
The Chevron Case: Debate with Representatives of the Affected Communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Thursday, September 15 @ 7:00pm @ Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor St. W., Floor 2, Room 212
Organizers: International Human Rights Program of the University of Toronto (IHRP), MiningWatch Canada, Educators for Peace and Justice, and Union of People Affected by the Oil...
A North-South Dialogue on Extractivism: Resistance and Alternatives
This workshop was held on August 11, 2016, as part of the World Social Forum in Montreal. It was jointly presented by Kairos and MiningWatch Canada.
Predatory extractivism — the exploitation of natural wealth for short-term profit without regard for its consequences — is being challenged ever...
Join MiningWatch at the World Social Forum!
The World Social Forum is coming to Montreal August 9-12, with tens of thousands of people from around the world, hundreds of workshops, and dozens of major assemblies on all kinds of pressing issues, from climate changes to tax justice. Join us in the midst of the craziness to focus on predatory...
Bad News for Eldorado Gold and its Greek Projects
Eldorado Gold’s stock is soaring on the NYSE and TSX stock markets following the rising price of gold, but investors are unaware of the most recent developments regarding the company’s Greek projects.
In Greece, Eldorado is developing the Kassandra Mines in the northern peninsula of Halkidiki...
Federal Government Opens Door to Paradigm Shift in Environmental Assessment
No less than six Cabinet ministers stood in the foyer of the House of Commons yesterday to announce sweeping reviews of key environmental laws. The details are not clear yet – in fact, the government has (perhaps wisely) asked for public input before it finalizes the review processes – but it is...
Berta Didn't Die, She Multiplied
Join the call for #Justice4Berta/#JusticiaParaBerta, sign and share our petition here.
Yesterday, dozens of people gathered in front of the Honduran Embassy in Ottawa to demand justice for Berta Cáceres, a world-renowned Indigenous Lenca leader who was brutally murdered while she slept on March...
Mining Offshore – Jurisdictions, That Is
“The scandal is what’s legal.” – Edward Snowden
The massive leak of secret banking information tagged “The Panama Papers” has made a lot of waves in the weeks since its contents started being made public, and they were renewed this week with the release of a searchable database of leaked...
In Need of Repair: Acacia Mining’s Grievance Mechanism at North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania
RAID and MiningWatch Canada have engaged in extensive exchanges with Acacia Mining over the past two years about security and human rights concerns at the North Mara Gold Mine. Our organisations have been critical of the continuing high level of violence at the mine site and the lack of a...
Urgent Action: What Does Aura Minerals Have to Hide?
Today, the 'Canada Honduras Delegation for Justice, Land and Life', including First Nations women leaders, lawyers, human rights and solidarity activists, had planned to visit Aura Minerals' San Andrés project in Copán, Honduras. They want to observe and document information that we have been hear...
Six Reasons To Be Concerned About the Ajax Open Pit Mine in Kamloops, B.C.
MiningWatch Canada joins with local, provincial, and national groups in urging the public to voice their concerns to both provincial and federal governments about the proposed AJAX open pit mine located on the edge of the city of Kamloops, British-Columbia.
If this gigantic open pit mine is...
Honduras: Criminalization and Threats to Community Cemetery in Copán Persist
Today, Tuesday March 29, the Azacualpa Environmental Committee in Copán, Honduras issued the following alert regarding the continuing criminalization of dissent in their communities and the ongoing threat they face from the expansion of Aura Minerals’ San Andrés mine into their 200-year old...
Zacualpan's Struggle: A Video Series about Territorial Defence in Mexico
The Nahua Indigenous community of Zacualpan in the state of Colima, Mexico set out to learn about the implications of potential mining activities in 2013.
Residents of the small town of Zacualpan in the State of Colima formed the Indigenous Council for the Territorial Defence of Zacualpan to...
Another Indigenous Leader Killed in Honduras, Canadian Organizations say Enough is Enough
(Montreal/Toronto/Ottawa) Today, fifty Canadian organizations and networks sent a letter calling on the Canadian Government to pressure Honduran authorities and review Canadian foreign policy after another member of Berta Cáceres’ organization was murdered this week.
On Tuesday, Nelson Noé...
Open Letter From Malartic Resident to City Council of Kamloops - AJAX Open Pit Mine
(Letter presented to Kamloops City Concil's Public Presentation Session on 15 March 2016)
Mr. Mayor, Councilors,
First, I would like to thank you for allowing me to speak here today, in the beautiful city of Kamloops. I would also like to thank MiningWatch Canada for this opportunity, and...
Honour Berta with Action
“Even though it's very hard and very painful, we have learned to fight with joy.”
- Berta Cáceres, cited this week by Canadian journalist Sandra Cuffe
Dozens of organizations from across Canada and Quebec signed a communiqué sent to Canadian politicians today, condemning the assassination of...