Lauren Williamson
@earthandwild.bsky.social
Artist. Michif (Métis) & Celtic Roots. Unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən Territory. (she/her)
www.earthandwild.ca
www.earthandwild.ca
Pinned
"Tammen acknowledged the Wet’suwet’en hereditary leaders’ decades-long fight to affirm the nation’s rights and title — and the B.C. and Canadian governments’ failure to engage meaningfully in negotiations over the outstanding claims."
Supporters Cheer After Indigenous Land Defenders Avoid Jail | The Tyee
Judge rejects the prosecutors’ call for more jail time for protesters arrested at a Coastal GasLink pipeline work site.
thetyee.ca
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Tammen acknowledged the Wet’suwet’en hereditary leaders’ decades-long fight to affirm the nation’s rights and title — and the B.C. and Canadian governments’ failure to engage meaningfully in negotiations over the outstanding claims."
"We are seeing now what we have unfortunately and repeatedly seen in the past. Ten years on, only fourteen of the ninety-four Calls to Action have been implemented."
The Truth of Reconciliation | The Walrus
The TRC report, released in 2015, laid out ninety-four clear Calls to Action. Ten years later, Indigenous writers reflect on what has and hasn’t been achieved
thewalrus.ca
September 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"We are seeing now what we have unfortunately and repeatedly seen in the past. Ten years on, only fourteen of the ninety-four Calls to Action have been implemented."
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Hi folks we got all the items uploaded to the auction for Palestine which opens tomorrow morning at 8am (ET) and closes at 8pm.
Signing up is easy: just sign up using your email, then they send you a link to log in. link: mobilbid.co/o/1169/en/au...
You can use your mobile phone to make bids.
Signing up is easy: just sign up using your email, then they send you a link to log in. link: mobilbid.co/o/1169/en/au...
You can use your mobile phone to make bids.
MobilBid
mobilbid.co
September 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Hi folks we got all the items uploaded to the auction for Palestine which opens tomorrow morning at 8am (ET) and closes at 8pm.
Signing up is easy: just sign up using your email, then they send you a link to log in. link: mobilbid.co/o/1169/en/au...
You can use your mobile phone to make bids.
Signing up is easy: just sign up using your email, then they send you a link to log in. link: mobilbid.co/o/1169/en/au...
You can use your mobile phone to make bids.
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On-line Auction Tuesday September 23, 2025 from 8am - 8pm (EST)
Advance viewing of art Saturday Sept 20th, between 1-4pm in Ottawa.
Online auction site will also be up on Saturday for advance viewing.
Sept 23rd Ottawa, please join us at my studio shop for a casual drop in 6pm - 8pm.
Advance viewing of art Saturday Sept 20th, between 1-4pm in Ottawa.
Online auction site will also be up on Saturday for advance viewing.
Sept 23rd Ottawa, please join us at my studio shop for a casual drop in 6pm - 8pm.
September 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
On-line Auction Tuesday September 23, 2025 from 8am - 8pm (EST)
Advance viewing of art Saturday Sept 20th, between 1-4pm in Ottawa.
Online auction site will also be up on Saturday for advance viewing.
Sept 23rd Ottawa, please join us at my studio shop for a casual drop in 6pm - 8pm.
Advance viewing of art Saturday Sept 20th, between 1-4pm in Ottawa.
Online auction site will also be up on Saturday for advance viewing.
Sept 23rd Ottawa, please join us at my studio shop for a casual drop in 6pm - 8pm.
“Rather than being met with partnership, we are given an ultimatum: accept fossil fuel expansion or be pushed aside. "
Ksi Lisims LNG approval shows reconciliation just a slogan: UBCIC
First Nation leaders and environmental groups are “gravely concerned” about the approval the liquid natural gas (LNG) export project.
www.aptnnews.ca
September 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“Rather than being met with partnership, we are given an ultimatum: accept fossil fuel expansion or be pushed aside. "
“We cannot separate human health from the health of our climate. The choices being made today about LNG and fossil fuel expansion will directly shape the safety, well-being, and future of our communities.”
Halt LNG Expansion Until Health Risks Studied, Say Doctors | The Tyee
First Nations leaders and health professionals say people are getting sick, and BC needs to hit pause.
thetyee.ca
September 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“We cannot separate human health from the health of our climate. The choices being made today about LNG and fossil fuel expansion will directly shape the safety, well-being, and future of our communities.”
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Goldstream Park is under threat from a harmful highway expansion project.
Join us for a walk through this stunning, biodiverse landscape and hear directly from Tsartlip Elder Carl Olsen
📆 Sunday, Oct 5, 1 — 3 p.m.
📍Goldstream Day Use Parking Lot
RSVP: www.wildernesscommittee.org/events/join-...
Join us for a walk through this stunning, biodiverse landscape and hear directly from Tsartlip Elder Carl Olsen
📆 Sunday, Oct 5, 1 — 3 p.m.
📍Goldstream Day Use Parking Lot
RSVP: www.wildernesscommittee.org/events/join-...
September 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Goldstream Park is under threat from a harmful highway expansion project.
Join us for a walk through this stunning, biodiverse landscape and hear directly from Tsartlip Elder Carl Olsen
📆 Sunday, Oct 5, 1 — 3 p.m.
📍Goldstream Day Use Parking Lot
RSVP: www.wildernesscommittee.org/events/join-...
Join us for a walk through this stunning, biodiverse landscape and hear directly from Tsartlip Elder Carl Olsen
📆 Sunday, Oct 5, 1 — 3 p.m.
📍Goldstream Day Use Parking Lot
RSVP: www.wildernesscommittee.org/events/join-...
Artist Talk by Meryl McMaster in support of the exhibition Meryl McMaster: Bloodline, currently on view at the AGGV until October 19th 2025.
Offsite Artist Talk: Meryl McMaster - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
All are welcome to enjoy an Artist Talk by Meryl McMaster in support of the exhibition Meryl McMaster: Bloodline.
aggv.ca
September 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Artist Talk by Meryl McMaster in support of the exhibition Meryl McMaster: Bloodline, currently on view at the AGGV until October 19th 2025.
Reposted by Lauren Williamson
For a labour movement that understands the power of a strike..
For a labour movement that stands with, not against, Indigenous blockades
For a labour movement that stops the flow of weapons & the whole world for Palestine
For a labour movement with migrant workers, and against policing & borders
For a labour movement that stands with, not against, Indigenous blockades
For a labour movement that stops the flow of weapons & the whole world for Palestine
For a labour movement with migrant workers, and against policing & borders
September 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
For a labour movement that understands the power of a strike..
For a labour movement that stands with, not against, Indigenous blockades
For a labour movement that stops the flow of weapons & the whole world for Palestine
For a labour movement with migrant workers, and against policing & borders
For a labour movement that stands with, not against, Indigenous blockades
For a labour movement that stops the flow of weapons & the whole world for Palestine
For a labour movement with migrant workers, and against policing & borders
"Two-thirds of AI data centres globally are built or planned in places with high water stress."
Why drought is so widespread in Canada — and what to do about it | The Narwhal
A rush of water-hungry AI data centres is just one reason to rethink industrial water use, as drought becomes a real, year-round problem across Canada
thenarwhal.ca
August 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Two-thirds of AI data centres globally are built or planned in places with high water stress."
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Kinross Gold wants to dump inadequately treated industrial wastewater upstream of Grassy Narrows.
Speak out before Ontario makes its decision.
Take action with 1 click: leadnow.ca/campaigns/re...
#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
Speak out before Ontario makes its decision.
Take action with 1 click: leadnow.ca/campaigns/re...
#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
Protect Grassy Narrows: Reject Kinross Gold's Mine - Leadnow
leadnow.ca
August 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Kinross Gold wants to dump inadequately treated industrial wastewater upstream of Grassy Narrows.
Speak out before Ontario makes its decision.
Take action with 1 click: leadnow.ca/campaigns/re...
#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
Speak out before Ontario makes its decision.
Take action with 1 click: leadnow.ca/campaigns/re...
#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
Threading The Spirit Bead
"Beadworkers will sit there for hours and it’s always one more leaf or one more stem and it’s connecting with our ancestors.”
"Beadworkers will sit there for hours and it’s always one more leaf or one more stem and it’s connecting with our ancestors.”
Beadwork for these three Métis artists is more than art — it connects them to their culture, identity, and ancestors.
workingdraftmagazine.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Threading The Spirit Bead
"Beadworkers will sit there for hours and it’s always one more leaf or one more stem and it’s connecting with our ancestors.”
"Beadworkers will sit there for hours and it’s always one more leaf or one more stem and it’s connecting with our ancestors.”
The mine’s tailings dam failed catastrophically on Aug. 4, 2014, depositing 25 million cubic metres of mine waste into the Fraser watershed. It is considered one of the worst mining disasters in Canadian history.
Mount Polley Can Continue Tailings Expansion, BC Supreme Court Says | The Tyee
Xatśūll First Nation had applied to stop construction on the project.
thetyee.ca
August 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The mine’s tailings dam failed catastrophically on Aug. 4, 2014, depositing 25 million cubic metres of mine waste into the Fraser watershed. It is considered one of the worst mining disasters in Canadian history.
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Between 1962 and 1970, the Dryden pulp and paper mill dumped 9,000 kg of mercury into the Wabigoon River, just upstream from Grassy Narrows.
These images summarize the criss and impacts on the community.
#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
These images summarize the criss and impacts on the community.
#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
July 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Between 1962 and 1970, the Dryden pulp and paper mill dumped 9,000 kg of mercury into the Wabigoon River, just upstream from Grassy Narrows.
These images summarize the criss and impacts on the community.
#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
These images summarize the criss and impacts on the community.
#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
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We have such a long way to go in Canada and the USA to protect our sisters. #MMIWG
Accessible link here: archive.ph/HVTlc
Accessible link here: archive.ph/HVTlc
"The connection between missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and sex trafficking is real."
Missing and stolen - Report highlights connection between sex trafficking and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnpoli
Missing and stolen - Report highlights connection between sex trafficking and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnpoli
Report highlights connection between sex trafficking and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls
The findings indicate that the intersection of disappearances and sex ads warrants further investigation among law enforcement and policy makers
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We have such a long way to go in Canada and the USA to protect our sisters. #MMIWG
Accessible link here: archive.ph/HVTlc
Accessible link here: archive.ph/HVTlc
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Sending all my love to survivors and others impacted by sexual assault. I stand in solidarity—in rage and grief—against systems that normalize sexual violence and discredit women and other targeted people. EM deserves a better world. We all deserve a better world.
July 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Sending all my love to survivors and others impacted by sexual assault. I stand in solidarity—in rage and grief—against systems that normalize sexual violence and discredit women and other targeted people. EM deserves a better world. We all deserve a better world.
"I was at the First Nations C-5 summit. Carney isn’t listening."
Inside the Bill C-5 First Nations summit | The Narwhal
I was at the First Nations summit on Bill C-5. It’s clear Mark Carney isn’t listening to Indigenous leaders.
thenarwhal.ca
July 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"I was at the First Nations C-5 summit. Carney isn’t listening."
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Canada’s new fast-track laws are sidelining Indigenous consent and gutting environmental protections—then calling it “reconciliation.”
@janellelapointe.bsky.social breaks down why Indigenous communities—and everyone else in Canada—must reject this false promise.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-new-...
@janellelapointe.bsky.social breaks down why Indigenous communities—and everyone else in Canada—must reject this false promise.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-new-...
Canada’s new fast-track laws double down on false promise of ‘economic reconciliation’ ⋆ The Breach
A swathe of new legislation across Canada threatens to weaken Indigenous rights and environmental protections
breachmedia.ca
July 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Canada’s new fast-track laws are sidelining Indigenous consent and gutting environmental protections—then calling it “reconciliation.”
@janellelapointe.bsky.social breaks down why Indigenous communities—and everyone else in Canada—must reject this false promise.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-new-...
@janellelapointe.bsky.social breaks down why Indigenous communities—and everyone else in Canada—must reject this false promise.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-new-...
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Today, Winnipeg community members are again reminded that despite what big oil and their partners in parliament want, we literally cannot ignore the climate crisis. (1/10)
July 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today, Winnipeg community members are again reminded that despite what big oil and their partners in parliament want, we literally cannot ignore the climate crisis. (1/10)
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"The last thing we need is the threat of more poison in our water… How many times can the government put our health and way of life in the hands of a dangerous industry that cares only about profits?”
freegrassy.net/news/the-thr...
freegrassy.net/news/the-thr...
July 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"The last thing we need is the threat of more poison in our water… How many times can the government put our health and way of life in the hands of a dangerous industry that cares only about profits?”
freegrassy.net/news/the-thr...
freegrassy.net/news/the-thr...
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You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
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400 strong at the Nuclear Waste Free Anishinaabe Aki rally Friday July 4th!
Incredible turnout, powerful speakers and amazing energy. We sent a clear message that this is not a done deal and #GrassyNarrows does not accept the risk!
#FreeGrassy
Incredible turnout, powerful speakers and amazing energy. We sent a clear message that this is not a done deal and #GrassyNarrows does not accept the risk!
#FreeGrassy
July 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
400 strong at the Nuclear Waste Free Anishinaabe Aki rally Friday July 4th!
Incredible turnout, powerful speakers and amazing energy. We sent a clear message that this is not a done deal and #GrassyNarrows does not accept the risk!
#FreeGrassy
Incredible turnout, powerful speakers and amazing energy. We sent a clear message that this is not a done deal and #GrassyNarrows does not accept the risk!
#FreeGrassy
Incredible 'Bloodline' exhibition at Art Gallery of Greater Victoria by Plains Cree / Métis, Dutch, and British artist Meryl McMaster.
Meryl McMaster - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
A survey exhibition of a remarkable Canadian artist whose pioneering large-scale photographic works reflect her mixed ancestry.
aggv.ca
July 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Incredible 'Bloodline' exhibition at Art Gallery of Greater Victoria by Plains Cree / Métis, Dutch, and British artist Meryl McMaster.