Photo: Asbestos Reservations: Raven ThunderSky’s fight for an outright ban
Raven ThunderSky’s fight for an outright asbestos ban.
Tag Archives: Indigenous
My extensive reporting on aboriginal issues has been short-listed for two awards by the Canadian Association of Journalists.
From in-depth coverage of missing and murdered aboriginal women, to profiles of indigenous artists, leaders and environmental advocates, my work has been published in the Toronto Star, Windspeaker, Indian Country Today Media Network, The Tyee, THIS Magazine, and the Vancouver Observer.
Below are some samples from my aboriginal and indigenous portfolio.
Asbestos: Raven ThunderSky’s Struggle for Justice
WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg woman says the deaths of her whole family could have been averted had the government and mining companies come clean to the public about the dangers of asbestos
This is our struggle, says West Papuan activist
West Papuan human rights worker and Yale professor Octovianus Mote expresses his hope for Papuan independence from Indonesia.
Students join First Nations in urging referendum boycott
BC’s controversial referendum on First Nations treaty negotiations arrived in mailboxes over the past few weeks. Citizens are being asked to register their opinions, but key groups have launched an “active boycott”
Trek for treaties joins aboriginals & church groups
When Leonard James left a therapy session for First Nations residential school survivors in Duncan, he never expected he’d be walking all the way to Victoria to oppose the BC Liberals’ treaty referendum
Two-spirited warrior speaks
Renowned Indigenous poet Chrystos reads to a packed audience at the University of Victoria
David P Ball 