Taking the heart from the land reportage by Dawn Paley

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The world's unluckiest people reportage by Tamara Herman

Tamara Herman is a community organizer who has been active for over ten years in groups and collectives fighting for justice, dignity and self-determination. Her work as a community media journalist has led her to Mali, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia, covering issues ranging from migration to militarization. In 2005, she traveled to Kashipur, India to report on local resistance to an Alcan-backed bauxite mine. Tamara is currently working on a Master’s degree at the University of Victoria and is presently active with the Alcan’t in India collective and the Canada Out of Afghanistan Campaign.

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Highway of the atom

reportage by Sophie Toupin

Sophie Toupin is a social justice/media activist and volunteer at CKUT 90.3 FM. For three years, she worked for the International Secretariat of the World Association of Community Radiobroadcasters (AMARC) mostly coordinating and organizing live international broadcasts from the four corners of the world. It’s through her Master’s degree in International Development at Aalborg University in Denmark, that she discovered the ‘power’ of community radio. Every time she hit the road, whether by bus, bike, pirogue, rickshaw, taxi-brousse or on foot, she makes sure she visits the local community radio station.

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From the bottom of the pit

reportage by Petr Cizek

Petr Cizek is an independent environmental consultant, who lived in the Northwest Territories for over a dozen years, working primarily with First Nations and environmental organisations. He is currently working on a PhD at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Petr specializes in the application of geographic information systems, remote sensing, and 3D visualisation to mapping of aboriginal wildlife harvesting/ cultural sites and modelling the cumulative impacts of mega-projects such as oil/gas fields, pipelines, mines, and hydro-electric dams.

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General Mining Issues :

June 11, 2007 - À quel prix? (Le Téléjournal); TSX to launch global mining index --- May 28, 2007 - Central American Countries Protest Canadian Government's Role in Mining --- May 26, 2007 - Earth audit: We are using up minerals at an alarming rate. How long before they run out? --- May 24, 2007 - The late Glen Davis was no ordinary philanthropist --- May 2007 - Rights & Democracy Initiative on Human Rights Impact Assessment --- April 29, 2007 - CIM REPORTER : Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum conference and exhibition, Montreal (pdf) --- Exploration minière : Québec atteint de nouveaux sommets en 2006! ---

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About Comix Journalism :

-- BD Reporters au Centre Pompidou --- BD reporters --- The Case for Comics Journalism --- Comics at War --- Joe Sacco --- Talking with Joe Sacco --- Joe Sacco: Presentation from the 2002 UF Comics Conference --- La Bande Dessinée dans la cour des grands reporters --- Reportage d'images / Images du reportage --- Midnight Ramblings with a Comics Journalist: An Interview with Joe Sacco --- Declarations of Oruro Gathering on Environmental Justice and Mining in Latin America --- Drawn In, David Collier on Comics Journalism ---

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About Mining :

--- Dirty Business, Dirty Practices: How the Federal Gov. Supports Canadian Mining, Oil and Gas companies Abroad (English) (français) --- APEC Ministers Responsible for Mining --- Business & Human rights Resource Centre (Mining) --- Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative --- Above-Ground Risk Country Ratings for Mining --- Argentina Province Bans Open-Pit Mining --- Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries -- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum --- Canadian Mining Companies Helping Themselves to Others’ Wealth --- Dirty Waters: Regulating Canadian Mining Companies Overseas (pdf) --- Mining Philanthropy (pdf) --- Canadian Mining Map (pdf) --- Stakeholder Engagement: A Good Practice Handbook for Companies Doing Business in Emerging Markets (2.59mb.pdf) --- Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities --- The Mining Industry's Track Record on the Environment --- To Have and Have Not: Resource Governance in the 21st Century --- Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire (CSRwire) --- Global InfoMine --- International Cyanide Management Code for the Mining Industry ---

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General Resource Weblinks :

Canadian Government : --- CIDA/ACDI --- Canada's Minerals and metals (propaganda video) --- Social Practices in the Canadian Minerals and Metals Industry --- Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities --- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission --- Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development --- The Geopolitics of Energy --- Indian Oil and Gas Canada --- Canadian Mining, Metal and Mineral Industries --- National Energy Board --- Natural Resource Canada (NRCan!!!) !!! --- NRCan Library --- National Mining Week (scam) --- Canadian Global Mining Presence (NRC) --- Canadian Pension Plan Equity Holdings (March 31, 2006) ---

Québec Government : --- Resources Naturel et Faune : Québec Mines ---

Watchdogs/NGOs : --- Corpwatch --- Human Rights Watch --- Mining Watch --- Who Owns What --- Market Watch --- Transparency International --- Publish What You Pay --- The Dark Side of your Canadian Pension Plan --- Rights Action --- Rights & Democracy --- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives ---

Altenative Media : The Dominion --- Canadian Dimension --- NarcoNews ---

Mining Apologist Media : --- Resource Investor --- Frontier Strategy Group --- MineWeb ---

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