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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for October 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in southwestern Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before October 13th.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
At Neepawa Pride today? We'll be there with info on this and our other programs!
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for October 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in southwestern Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before October 13th.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
At Neepawa Pride today? We'll be there with info on this and our other programs!
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for October 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in southwestern Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before October 13th.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
At Neepawa Pride today? We'll be there with info on this and our other programs!
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for October 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in southwestern Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before October 13th.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
At Neepawa Pride today? We'll be there with info on this and our other programs!
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for October 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in southwestern Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before October 13th.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
At Neepawa Pride today? We'll be there with info on this and our other programs!
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Two different pleasant strolls - two very different parks: Turtles Back Summit at William Lake Park on Thursday and Spirit Sands Dunes & Punchbowl on Friday.
Many thanks to the glaciers that were here 11,000+ years ago.
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Adam Chernoff’s CFL picks: bank on Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ old, stale offence returning
Samantha Keen/3DownNation. All rights reserved. Winnipeg Blue Bombers versus Saskat…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #3Down #3DownNation #AdamChernoff #BlueBombers #Bombers #BradyOliveira #CA #Canada #Canadian #CFL #LabourDayClassic #Manitoba #MosaicStadium #Regina #riders #Roughriders #saskatchewan #SaskatchewanRoughriders #TommyCondell #Winnipeg #WinnipegBlueBombers #ZachCollaros
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Mapping Snow On Northern Winter Roads - A Dual-Frequency Polarimetric Radar Approach For Snow Characterization Over Land, Lake And Sea Ice
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-4367-2026 <-- shared paper
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H/T @Monojit Saha | Geospatial Analysis | Remote Sensing | Satellite Altimetry | Cryosphere
“Winter roads are essential transportation links for many remote northern communities, but their safety and reliability depend strongly on snow conditions and ice growth. In this study [link above], [the authors] evaluated a fully polarimetric, dual-frequency Ku- and Ka-band radar approach for retrieving snow depth across landfast sea ice, lake ice, and tundra.
Using field measurements near Churchill, Manitoba, and Resolute Bay, Nunavut [Canada], [they] found that the approach produced snow-depth retrieval bias and error within 3 cm over landfast ice, with encouraging Ku-band performance over frozen ground as well. [They] also developed an interface-detection approach for lake ice that can retrieve both snow depth and ice thickness - a promising direction for characterizing conditions relevant to winter-road planning and safety…”
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“Winter roads are lifelines for remote northern communities. Built over land, lakes, rivers, and sea ice, these travel routes are increasingly vulnerable to warming temperatures and variable precipitation. To ensure safety and adapt to these changes, operators require high-resolution monitoring of snow depth across these diverse surfaces, as natural snow accumulation dictates ice growth rates, route viability and road stability. This study extends our polarimetric radar method, previously demonstrated on pack ice, to landfast sea ice, tundra, and frozen lakes and assesses how well we can retrieve snow depth over these surfaces. Results indicate consistency with earlier sea ice analyses, maintaining a mean snow depth retrieval bias and error within 3 cm over the landfast ice. Promising performance is also found over frozen ground using Ku-band (mean biases less than 6 cm). To address the specific challenge of lake ice, which includes strong returns from the ice/water interface, we present a new interface-detection technique that simultaneously retrieves snow depth and ice thickness. While current validation focuses on undisturbed snow, this approach could provide a path forward for characterizing the cryospheric environment in a way that can directly support the optimization of winter roads…”
#Cryosphere #RemoteSensing #Snow #SeaIce #LakeIce #WinterRoads #characterisation #ArcticResearch #EarthObservation #PolarScience #maintainence #ploughing #winter #roads #transportation #northern #communities #mines #FirstNation #canada #remotesensing #polarimetric #radar #snowdepth #ice #landfastice #iceroad #tundra #Churchill #Manitoba #ResoluteBay #Nunavut #monitoring #planning #safety #trucking #freight -
Thanks to all who attended the workshop, "Introduction on Two-Spirit Inclusion in Ceremony and Feather Wrapping," hosted by 2Spirit Manitoba in partnership with us! We believe that teachings like this one will help our community grow, diversify and become more inclusive.
Didn't go, or couldn't make it, to the workshop? Whether it's due to scheduling, location, or something else, we want to know why!
If you did go, we also want to hear from you, both pros and cons about the event!
Send us a message, or email us at [email protected].
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Wanted: clothing, gender-affirming apparel, and surgical items!
We're building more programming to serve more Two-Spirit, transgender, non-binary and gender-diverse people in Westman. To help with this, we're now seeking donations of clothing, as well as pre- and post-surgical items used in gender-affirming surgeries. Have something to donate? Contact us: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/about#contact-us
As always, monetary donations are greatly appreciated! Please send them via e-Transfer to [email protected]. Regular donations of binders, breast forms and pocketed bras for our Free Gender-Affirming Apparel program are also greatly appreciated. See westmanempowermentfund.org/ways-to-help/donate for more info.
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Ontario seeks federal support for evacuations as wildfires devastate remote Canadian towns
Toronto, CanadaReuters Ontario requested federal assistance to evacuate people from remote northern Canadian communities ravaged by wildfires on…
#Canada #CanadianNationalRailway #canadian-wildfires #manitoba #MarkCarney #NamaygoosisagagunFirstNation #ontario #Saskatchewan #WhitesandFirstNation
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Our next Trans ID Clinic in Brandon is at SERC MB's Brandon office (B-345 10th St) on Thursday, August 6th, 6-8pm! We offer peer support with legal name/gender changes, and have a Commissioner for Oaths on site.
More info: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/trans-id-clinics/
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Last day for Name/Gender Change Grants for July 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba. Applications close tonight at 11:59 PM CDT.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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One more week left for our Name/Gender Change Grants! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Manitoba Vital Statistics fees, birth certificates, fingerprints, criminal record checks more. Applications open until July 12th.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Two more weeks for Name/Gender Change Grants applications! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints, criminal record checks and more. Applications open until July 12th.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for July 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before July 12th, 2026.
Changes for this intake:
- We have removed the requirement to not be eligible for legal name/gender change funding from Manitoba EIA, as we have been made aware that they no longer offer this funding.
- We now provide funding for updating Manitoba Métis Federation citizenship cards.For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Our next Trans ID Clinic in Brandon is at SERC MB's Brandon office (B-345 10th St) on Tuesday, May 26, 6-8pm! We offer peer support with legal name/gender changes, and have a Commissioner for Oaths on site.
More info: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/trans-id-clinics/
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Name/Gender Change Grants are closed for April 2026! If you applied, check your email (and spam filter) for a message from [email protected]. Next intake TBA in June!
Like what we do? Support our work: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/ways-to-help/donate/
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Last day for Name/Gender Change Grants for April 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba. Applications close at 11:59 PM CDT.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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One more week left for our Name/Gender Change Grants! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Vital Statistics fees, birth certificates, fingerprints and more. Applications open until April 14th.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Two more weeks for Name/Gender Change Grants applications! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Applications open until April 14th.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for April 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply until April 14th, 2026.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Signal-boosting another community event!
The Assiniboine Affirm Cluster is once again hosting PIE Day at Knox United Church (451 18th St, use 17th St entrance), March 14th at 1pm. This year's event features special guest artist and first openly gay minister of Knox United, Rev. David Cathcart, in a presentation titled, "Embracing the Wonky Line and Following Happy Accidents: What Art Taught Me About Creating Community". There will be information tables, a pie auction, and real pies to eat after the presentation. No registration is required!
Also happening at 10:45am - 12pm is a Line + Wash Watercolour Workshop, in which participants will combine ink and watercolour to create unique works of art. All materials will be provided. Entry fee is $25 (with some scholarships available), with a limit of 20 participants. Register by March 4th by calling Knox's office at 204 727 6975.
For more information on PIE Day as a whole, see https://pieday.ca/
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Deadline for submissions is April 2026.
#mmib2s #memorialblanket #indigenous #memorial #healing #socialjustice #rememberthem #saytheirnames #manitoba #winnipeg
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Our first Trans ID Clinic of 2026 is at SERC MB's Brandon office (B-345 10th St) on Tuesday, January 27th, 6-8pm! We offer peer support with legal name/gender changes, and have a Commissioner for Oaths on site.
More info: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/trans-id-clinics/
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One more week left for our Name/Gender Change Grants! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Manitoba Vital Statistics fees, birth certificates, fingerprints, and more. Applications open until January 16th.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Our Name/Gender Change Grants are open for two more weeks! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Manitoba Vital Statistics fees, birth certificates, fingerprints, and more. Applications open until January 16th.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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This happened here in #winnipeg. Enough is enough. The brutal #antisemitism sweeping the world is unacceptable and revolting.
If your cause or beliefs cause you to hate #jewish people, you're a bigot, pure and simple, and backing hate. That hate festers and snowballs until it turns into situations like #bondi. Take it all seriously.
Standing with my Jewish friends this #hanukkah, and always.
#stopantisemitism #hate #discrimination #manitoba #winnipeg #hategroups.
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for January 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, incl. Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints + more. Apply before January 16th, 2026.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Today's the last day to apply for our Name/Gender Change Grants! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba. Applications close at 11:59 PM CDT.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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🗳️ Brandon School Division Ward 1 trustee by-election on October 16th! Official voter info: https://brandon.ca/votes. We collaborated with Brandon Pride on this by-election - find more on their Facebook/Instagram (@bdnpride), including candidate statements.
Info for trans voters:
If you changed your address, legal name, or other info, and your info does not match the voters' list, you will be required to take an Oath of Voter, swearing/affirming that you are eligible to vote and have not voted before in this by-election.
If you don't look like the picture/gender marker on your ID, you may also be asked to take an Oath of Voter.
As in other elections, if using two pieces of non-photo ID, the names must match, and the ID must match any other requirements.
Remember, go to https://brandon.ca/votes for official voter info, and don't forget to vote on or before October 16th!
Thanks to senior election official Heather Ewasiuk for filling us in on the details in this post.
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We still have one more spot to fill for our Name/Gender Change Grants this October! If you haven't applied yet, you have a better chance of being selected. If you applied during a previous intake but weren't selected, and still have a legal name/gender change you can't afford, you're still eligible!
If you're hearing about this program for the first time, we offer funding to cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, new birth/marriage certificates, fingerprinting fees, and more: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Two weeks remain to apply for our Name/Gender Change Grants! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certificates, fingerprints and more. Applications open until October 12th.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Our Name/Gender Change Grants program is back for October 2025! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certificates, fingerprints and more. Applications open until October 12th.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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Costa Rica envía segundo grupo de bomberos forestales a Canadá en 2025 para combatir incendios
Costa Rica envía segundo grupo de bomberos forestales a Canadá en 2025 para combatir incendios
San José, 14 ago (elmundo.cr) – Un total de 102 costarricenses, incluyendo 99 bomberos forestales y tres técnicos especialistas, partieron este jueves haci [...]#BomberosForestales #CIFFC #Canadá #CooperaciónInternacional #CostaRica #Emergencia #IncendiosForestales #Manitoba #SINAC
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“Prosperity for all Canadians means responsible, sustainable development for all. Sustainable development requires respecting First Nations rights…”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #cdnpoli #Canada #BillC5 #Alberta #abpoli #Ontario #onpoli #Quebec #pqpoli #BritishColumbia #bcpoli #Manitoba #mbpoli #skpoli #peipoli #nspoli #nbpoli #nldpoli #nupoli #ntpoli #ytpoli -
Today's the last day to apply for our Name/Gender Change Grants! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in Manitoba. Applications open until July 12th.
For more details and to apply, see: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
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A dynamic sky is reflected in a puddle off of Princess Avenue on Friday after an early morning rainfall. #bdnmb #Manitoba #Photography
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Gens du pays, bonne Saint-Jean!
#francophone #francophonie #quebec #nouveaubrunswick #terreneuve
#nouvelleecosse #IPE #PEI #ontario #manitoba #saskatchewan #alberta #CB #BC #nunavut #TNO #NWT #yukon #canada -
https://win.newmode.net/wildernesscommittee/grow-nature-lemay-forest
Please sign. The #LemayForest is a sacred space, a children's resting place, and in danger of being developed and destroyed.
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GLOBAL INDIGENOUS 2023: The Year in Review
Highlights of news from around the world on #Indigenous Issues in 2023
by Deusdedit Ruhangariyo
Dec 27, 2023Highs and lows: The year brought a wave of highs and lows for #IndigenousPeople around the globe on issues of land, #HumanRights, climate and the #environment, education, #CriminalJustice and health.
Recent victories
In #Brazil, a majority of the country's Supreme Court delivered an historic decision in September, rejecting an attempt to curtail the rights of Native peoples concerning protected reservations on their ancestral lands, Voice of America reported. The 9-2 ruling marks a significant triumph for Indigenous activists and advocates for #ClimateAction, VOA reported.
In #Ecuador, after more than 80 years of displacement because of war, the #Siekopai nation, an Indigenous community in the Ecuadorian #Amazon, secured legal victory in a court battle to reclaim ownership of their ancestral homelands. An Ecuadorian appeals court, in a ruling shared with CNN by the nonprofit organization Amazon Frontline, upheld the Siekopai nation's claim to #Pë’këya, a #biodiverse region situated in northeast Ecuador near the Peruvian border. The Siekopai people were originally displaced during the 1940s #PeruEcuadorWar.
In #Malaysia, #IndigenousActivists achieved two significant wins against timber giant #Samling in their longstanding efforts to protect #forests and territories in #Sarawak.
And in Canada, language revitalization got a boost with a decision by the University of Northern #BritishColumbia, which is now offering a groundbreaking bachelor’s degree in #Nisgaa language fluency. The program starts in September 2024.
Ongoing struggles
It has not all been cozy this year with the world’s Indigenous peoples, however. Native people continue to struggle with a host of issues that surface in communities around the globe.
Land rights and displacement
In #Ethiopia, the designation of #BaleMountains National Park as a UNESCO World Heritage Site could lead to the eviction of more than 20,000 people from farming communities on what were once homelands for the #Oromo people.
In Canada, federal prosecutors filed charges against numerous Indigenous fishers, setting up a court fight over constitutional and treaty rights for #FirstNations people that could end up in Canada’s highest court. The move comes just three years after the initiation of a self-regulated lobster fishery by a First Nation in #NovaScotia.
Health issues
A surge in #HIV infections among Indigenous people in #Manitoba, Canada, is being blamed on “systemic anti-Indigenous racism” in the health care system. In #Saskatchewan, another Canadian province, however, disparities prompted the #Ahtahkakoop #Cree Nation to work on building its own 24-hour urgent care center to offer options to residents.
In #Australia, meanwhile, the life expectancy of Indigenous people has increased by about nine years in the last 20 years but still falls short of the wider population. According to the Australian government department of health, Aboriginal communities experience higher rates of chronic diseases and lower life expectancies due to limited access to healthcare services and disparities in health outcomes.
Education
In #Canada, many Indigenous children living in remote reserves lack access to quality education facilities, resulting in lower graduation rates and limited prospects for higher education.
In #China, authorities banned a book on the early #MongolianPeople, invoking "historical nihilism" to suppress divergent historical perspectives.
But there were gains in Australia, where the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the nonprofit Yalari organization launched a three-year partnership to help support educational opportunities for Indigenous children from regional and remote communities.
Climate change and the environment
A coalition of countries agreed to a five-year plan to disburse $1.7 billion to support the land rights of Indigenous and local communities, but those funds are largely bypassing the very communities they are designed to help. The funding expenditures were detailed in a report released at the United Nations’ recent climate conference, known as COP28, held in Dubai.
#Protests emerged throughout the world over various mining projects, which largely targeted Indigenous lands with work that threatened vast environmental damage. In #Panama, for example, mass protests erupted against a government deal with Central America's largest #CopperMine over concerns about sovereignty, environmental damage, and the impact on the #PanamaCanal. And in #Brazil, more than four years after the rupture of a tailings dam in #BrumadinhoValley, #Brazil, the Indigenous #Pataxó and Pataxó Hã-hã-hãe people still suffer from the lack of secure land, water, and food.
And in the #Arctic region, The Christian Science Monior reported how tough it is for Indigenous guardians to preserve their culture in a warming world, highlighting the fact that the harsh realities of #ClimateChange are affecting most Indigenous people around the world.
Human rights
#HumanRights violations continue to be problems throughout the world.
In Japan, more than 150 activists, lawmakers and advocates urged leaders to investigate the Chinese government’s human rights abuses against the #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang.
The #Kenyan government has begun widespread destruction of homes and property of Indigenous #Ogiek people living in #MauForest, despite a 2017 legal victor acknowledging ancestral land rights.
Western Australia’s parliament, however, issued an historic apology and agreed to reimburse #Aboriginal and #TorresStraitIslander workers who were exploited between 1936 and 1972 under a system that some leaders compared to “slavery.”
Language, culture preservation
Australia, which once boasted more than 300 Indigenous languages, is now facing one of the planet’s most severe rates of language decline. Fewer than 30 Indigenous languages remain as primary tongues today.
In New Zealand, efforts to revitalize the Māori language and culture is an ongoing struggle, as colonization led to a decline in the use of the Māori language and traditional practices.
Access to justice
The arrest of five environmental activists battling #WaterPollution and #mining in #ElSalvador are believed to have been politically motivated, sparking global condemnation amid controversial court proceedings.
The same issues emerged in Norway, where activists protesting against a [GIANT] #WindFarm that they say obstructs the rights of the #Sami people to raise #reindeer in central and Arctic #Norway were removed from the entrances to two government offices by Norwegian police.
In #NewZealand, a study found that incarcerated Māori people are nearly twice as likely to face housing instability when released from prison as non-#Māori prisoners. The study calls for officials to provide stable housing for individuals re-entering society.
Source:
https://ictnews.org/news/global-indigenous-2023-the-year-in-review
#IndigenousRights #IndigenousActivists #ClimateJustice #IndianCountryToday #ProtectTheForests #LandBack #CriminalizingDissent #WaterIsLife -
I think I am most happy that I won't have to listen to Stefanson talk about her son Tommy anymore! 🤣🤣
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if we sacrifice lamont on the altar of the strategic vote and the ndp drops the ball itll be riots. #mbpoli #manitobaelection #manitoba
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Ok #NDP we all did our part now you live up to the promises and start fixing things.
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dramatic twist, electronic vote counting delay about to bring out all the conspiracy nuts. #mbpoli #manitoba #manitobaelection
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Obby Khan Winobi
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The #Manitoba #Government refuses to search the #landfill that contains the remains of two #Indigenous #women who were left there by a serial killer, citing safety concerns. But in #Canada we have successfully searched landfills for human remains in the recent past. These are just a few of those stories:
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM2CGHHhS/
The #Conservative government has a duty to search, but they're too #racist and #bigoted to begin it.
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#Chinese owner of #Tanco #mine in #Manitoba revived talk of draining a lake to extract more #cesium from one of the world's few deposits of the mineral.
#SinomineResourceGroup is musing about long-term redevelopment of its mine; purchased in 2019 along shores of #BernicLake - a small #CanadianShield body of #water located between Whiteshell & Nopiming provincial #parkshttps://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6897808
#Sagkeeng #FirstNation #Treaty3 #Anishinaabe #Ecocide #Canada #NativeLands #CanPoli #environmental
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A remote northern #Manitoba #FirstNation that declared a #StateOfEmergency last month following the deaths of three people is now facing another challenge.
The roof of the #ThunderbirdSchool in #OPiponNaPiwin #Cree Nation collapsed over the Easter weekend.
#KeewatinowiOkimakanak #Indigenous #IndianAct #HelpNeeded #Canada #IndianReservation #NativeReservation #NativeCanada