Tag Archives: mining

Radio: Forcing Canadian companies to respect human rights

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Scott

Emily Dwyer is the policy director at the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA), and Aidan Gilchirst-Blackwood is its network coordinator. The CNCA is a broad network of Canadian civil society organizations that are working to ensure that Canadian companies … Continue reading →

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Radio — How to protect your community from the mining industry

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Scott

Joan Kuyek has been involved for decades in struggles related to mining, including serving as the first national co-ordinator of MiningWatch Canada from 1999 to 2008. Scott Neigh interviews her about her lifetime of activism and organizing, and about her … Continue reading →

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Radio — Fighting a proposed gold mine in Nova Scotia

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Scott

Scott Beaver is the president of the St. Mary’s River Association. Chris Hunter is a past president of that organization and he is currently the program director for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island with the Atlantic Salmon Federation. Scott … Continue reading →

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Radio — Against the global harms caused by Canadian mining

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Jamie Kneen. He is the communications coordinator with MiningWatch Canada, an organization that supports communities in struggles, does research, and works to change policies and laws, all with … Continue reading →

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Radio — Opposing the uranium industry and ‘nuclear colonization’ in Saskatchewan

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309840776-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-136-oct-212015-opposing-the-uranium-industry-and-nuclear-colonization-in-saskatchewan.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Candyce Paul. She is a member of the Committee for Future Generations, a group that formed in northern Saskatchewan to oppose efforts to locate a radioactive waste storage … Continue reading →

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Radio — Extractivism, colonialism, and building a health justice movement in Canada

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309838221-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-133-sep-302015-extractivism-colonialism-and-building-health-justice-in-canada.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Dr. Baj Mukhopadhyay. He is a physician and a core activist in the Canadian chapter of the People’s Health Movement. They mobilize around a health justice perspective, and … Continue reading →

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Radio — Grassroots Dene people defending the land in northern Saskatchewan

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309720792-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-108-mar-252015-grassroots-dene-people-defending-the-land-in-northern-saskatchewan.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Don Montgrand and Candyce Paul. They are grassroots Dene people living in northern Saskatchewan, and they talk with me about the Northern Dene Trappers Alliance and its efforts … Continue reading →

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