This is a story about a journey and the theme of this story is water. Water our most precious gift. I do not say resource, because water must be protected as a basic right for all life. Continue reading
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Give Grassy Narrows mercury survivors proper care and treatment
The people of Grassy Narrows need our help! Tell the Ontario and Canadian governments to build a treatment centre in Grassy Narrows for survivors of mercury poisoning. A large portion of the Grassy Narrows and White Dog First Nations communities suffer from the effects of mercury poisoning. In the 1960s, the government of Ontario allowed 10 tonnes of mercury to be dumped into the river that the Anishnaabe people of Grassy Narrows rely on for their food and employment . Continue reading
Stop the Underfunding of Water Plants on Indigenous Reserves
Many First Nations communities across Canada do not have access to clean water, which is a basic human right, because the government is severely under funding their water filtration and treatment plants, and this has caused many First Nations communities to live under a water advisory for over 20 years. Continue reading
Michigan, Ontario and Indigenous communities uniting to defend Great Lakes from Nestlé and water threats
September 25, 2017
Water is Life
On September 29-30, 2017, concerned residents from across Michigan, Ontario and Indigenous communities will gather for the Water Is Life: Strengthening the Great Lakes Commons summit in Flint, Michigan to organize and challenge Nestlé’s bottled water takings and Great Lakes threats and to promote human rights and water sovereignty. Continue reading