The Dominion - Dru Oja Jay

John and the crooks

Tim McSorley — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:10:57 +0000

A sign at a Quebec tuition fee protest reads, "John's friends, drunk on money," referring to Quebec Premier Jean (né John James) Charest. Many are criticizing the province's tuition fee increase, saying government favours corporate interests over accessible education.

Celestine AkpoBari and Sorbarikor Demual

Tim McSorley — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:02:15 +0000

Celestine Akpobari and Sorbarikor Demual, Ogoni Solidarity Forum, speak at Everyone's Downstream about the decades-long battle of the Ogoni people in the Niger Delta against massive oil developments that have led to the destruction of agricultural land, contaminated water and impaired health.

Christian Mounzeo

Tim McSorley — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:57:37 +0000

Christian Mounzeo, president of Engagement for Peace and Human Rights from Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, speaks at Everyone's Downstream about the negative impacts of tar sands developments in his country. The conference, which took place in Durban, South Africa, brought together representatives from communities directly impacted by tar sands and other fossil fuel developments from around the world.

South Durban Women EDS

Tim McSorley — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:51:48 +0000

Women from South Durban, who have been battling a nearby coal plant, attend Everyone's Downstream. The conference, which took place on November 25 and 26 in Durban, South Africa, before the start of COP17, brought together representatives from communities directly impacted by tar sands and other fossil fuel developments across Africa, North America and the Middle East.

Barriere Lake on Parliament Hill

Tim McSorley — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:18:39 +0000

Algonquin of Barriere Lake and solidarity activists took to Parliament Hill to demand the Canadian government allow the community to return to its traditional governance code. The federal government used Section 74 of the Indian Act to impose a band council system on the community earlier this year.

Greenwash Tar Sands

hillarybain — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:24:26 +0000

Will the plan to greenwash the tar sands continue apace?

Oka 20th Anniversary March

Cameron Fenton — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:39:51 +0000

Residents of Kanesatà:ke and allies from surrounding communities marched to commemorate 20 years since the Oka Crisis.

Comparison: deferred, logged and "suspended" by 2012

dru — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:58:48 +0000

A comparison of the actual content of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement with the claims made about it.

Annotated Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Map

dru — Wed, 26 May 2010 01:21:03 +0000

View enlarged version. Map source: Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement. Annotations and overlays by Petr Cizek and Dru Oja Jay.

Boreal Logging

dru — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:55:31 +0000

Clearcutting in the boreal forest in Alberta. The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement allows an area the size of Prince Edward Island to be cut in the caribou range, while deferring logging to outside the caribou range an area the size of Toronto.

Anti-trailbreaker info-session

dru — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:26:37 +0000

Bloc Quebecois MP Christian Ouellet speaks about the Trailbreaker project at a public meeting in Granby, Quebec.

Anti-trailbreaker info-session

dru — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:11:27 +0000

One hundred people gathered in Granby to find out about environmental impacts of the Trailbreaker project.

Suncor Toad

dru — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:31:03 +0000

"Ask a toad": Suncor is now the largest tar sands extraction company, and the fifth largest oil company in North America. It has an ongoing partnership with the Pembina Institute.

Olympic Security Tally

Tim McSorley — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:48:32 +0000

Greenwashing at the Games - tar sands

Moira Peters — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:14:56 +0000

Petro-Canada (now owned by Suncor) and the Royal Bank of Canada, both Olympic sponsors, are among the largest players in tar sands mining.