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Digging into mining industry trends: reflecting on PDAC 2021
This year’s conference just used new language to say the same thing as always: unchecked resource extraction will likely continue. But communities are fighting back. Read the in-depth report back on PDAC 2021.
Call for imaginings
UPDATE: Submission deadline extended until April 16th! The world’s largest mining convention comes to Toronto each year, hosted by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). This year, however, PDAC 2021 will move entirely online. But don’t be fooled...
Una llamada para la imaginación
**Fecha limite extendida hasta el 16 de abril** La conferencia minera más grande del mundo llega cada año a Toronto, Canadá y está organizada por la “Association Canadiense de Prospectores y Desarrolladores” (PDAC). Este año, la conferencia se volverá completamente...
Help us #DisruptPDAC! Some #PDAC2021 messages.
It's on us to counter the lies and shiny PR of PDAC! Help us take over the #PDAC2021 hashtag (and give attendees a reality check) by using the sample messages and images below and posting on all your social media platforms. Please regularly check out MISN's Twitter...
TAKE ACTION on Bill 197!
Is Ford using the pandemic as his chance to destroy laws that protect Indigenous sovereignty, defend environmental safety, and uphold our right to say no to extractive projects in Ontario? We have until November 10th to have our say about it! Click here for more...
Recovery or Cooptation? Understanding Bill 197
Is Ford using the pandemic as his chance to destroy laws that protect Indigenous sovereignty, defend environmental safety, and uphold our right to say no to extractive projects in Ontario? We have until November 10th to have our say about it! Keep reading for more...
Mining in the time of COVID-19
Hello friends, We hope you’re doing as well as possible during these times of both incredible difficulty and powerful global uprising. Many of you, like us, may be spending a lot of time figuring out what effective activism looks like in the new terrain of a pandemic...
Defund, Dismantle, Demilitarize the Police!
We at the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network stand in fierce solidarity with all those who are calling to defund the institution of policing in this moment of both immense devastation and immense possibility. Defunding the police matters because Black and Indigenous...
People Before Profit! An Epic #DisruptPDAC Report-Back
On March 1st, the world’s largest mining convention (PDAC, or the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada) began in Toronto, as it does every year. In response, we gathered alongside over 500 people outside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in solidarity...