Reading Time: 4 minutes The process can include something as simple as discovering and using the ancient name for where you live
Author: Mike Robinson
Mike Robinson’s career combined his academic training in Law and Anthropology at UBC and Oxford University, in frontier regulatory compliance work at Petro-Canada and PolarGas, and the leadership of three national NGOs: The Arctic Institute of North America, The Glenbow Alberta Institute, and The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. In addition, he has chaired the national boards of Friends of the Earth, The David Suzuki Foundation, and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. In 2004 he became a Member of the Order of Canada.
A quarantined Sunday drive down memory lane
Reading Time: 4 minutes Reliving my mother’s life experiences through memories formed in her favourite Vancouver park
Talking to my elders about coping with anxiety
Reading Time: 4 minutes When crisis strikes, I instinctively wonder if there are any parallels and guidance I can take from my elders’ lives
Political leadership in Alberta missing in action
Reading Time: 3 minutes The province is stuck in a one-generational political rut that’s built on memories of easy money
Building informed consent for a mega-project
Reading Time: 3 minutes Following a step-by-step and community-by-community process to develop a socio-economic plan
Bending pipe to fit the Dene culture
Reading Time: 3 minutes Selecting a pipeline route through Aboriginal title lands requires care, consultation and attention to detail
Pipeline politics or industry insensitivity?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The initial Mackenzie Valley Pipeline site selection process demonstrated how industry can be utterly insensitive to impacted communities
Wet’suwet’en protests create a national tipping point
Reading Time: 3 minutes The duties of Aboriginal title and the general public awareness of climate science have combined to create a sense that enough is enough
It’s not too late to strap the skis back on
Reading Time: 4 minutes Does your basement or garage storage area contain (even overflow) with unused exercise equipment? Put it to use
Imagine only having opinions that made you happy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Readers are starved of simple stories that make human happiness seem once again possible for regular folks