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B.C. Premier David Eby speaks as Nisga'a Nation President, Eva Clayton, and Nisga'a CEO, Andrew Robinson, listen during a Ksi Lisims LNG announcement of an environmental assessment certificate from the Government of British Columbia in Vancouver, on Sept. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Who benefits from ‘nation‑building’ projects like Ksi Lisims?

Calling Ksi Lisims a “nation-building” project masks unresolved questions about who benefits, who bears the risks and how the project fits into a rapidly changing global liquefied natural gas market.
Indigenous land protectors and allies in September 2025 at the Here We Stand encampment in Treaty 9 territory, in northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire. (Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence/Eleven North Visuals)

Ontario’s Bill 5 erodes good governance in the province

Ontario’s Bill 5 eliminates key environmental protections and grants the provincial government sweeping powers to fast-track development with little to no oversight.
Canada’s latest General Auditor’s report found unsatisfactory progress on five of 11 recommendations regarding access to health services for remote communities. (Unsplash)

Reconciliation without accountability is just talk — especially when it comes to Indigenous health

Despite a decade of commitments, audits and Calls to Action, the federal government has failed to deliver meaningful and measurable improvements in First Nations health services.
Soy fields advance over native forest near the Curuá-Una highway, in the Lower Tapajós region of Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon. A study conducted by the author shows that glyphosate — a herbicide widely used in soybean plantations — produces a slow form of chemical violence that suffocates people, ecosystems, and ways of life. This process forces riverine communities to leave their territories, opening space for soy expansion and causing harm to Indigenous and Afro-descendant (quilombola) populations as well. Foto: Bruno Kelly

“Expulsion by suffocation”: how soy expansion and herbicide use are displacing Amazonian communities

A study argues that the use of glyphosate produces a slow form of chemical violence that suffocates people, ecosystems and ways of life. This violence forces riverside communities to leave and makes way for soya to advance.
The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images

A billion‑dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied

Cancer. Diabetes. Aging itself. Rapamycin’s potential to treat an array of diseases has been a source of scientific fascination. But many aren’t aware of its origins – and its complicated legacy.
Blue oak woodlands in California offer beauty and opportunities to sustain traditional knowledge and ecological resilience. Nina Fontana

What Native‑held lands in California can teach about resilience and the future of wildfire

Indigenous forest management practices can help control wildfires’ frequency and severity, while also restoring people’s connections to the land.
A volunteer with the Manitoba Métis Federation helps a young girl look for a sweater outside of the evacuation centre in Thompson, Man., during a series of wildfires in northern Manitoba in June 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Deal

Evacuations of Indigenous communities during wildfires must prioritize keeping families together

Evacuations do not impact everyone the same way, and Indigenous evacuees can be re-traumatized and treated poorly.

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