FEATURED PROJECTS
SOMEONE ELSE'S TREASURE
“When the company first came here, we welcomed them because they promised to bring us development – services to local communities, schools, hospitals, basics. But since they came, they have turned our whole society upside down! Land is going away, our food sources are going away, culture, costume, everything is going away, fading away! It’s worse than you can imagine!”
– Jethro Tulin, Ipili tribesman from Porgera, Papua New Guinnea.
Someone Else’s Treasure is a collaborative multimedia project that examines the social and environmental impacts of different multinational mining projects from the perspectives of affected indigenous communities around the world.
PHOTO ESSAYS
VIDEO
TAR SANDS HEALING WALK (Video)
July 2014. At the Tar Sands Healing Walk, Elder Taz Bouchier talks about the impacts of the Tar Sands on Indigenous people in the Athabasca watershed. The walk covered 14 kilometres along Highway 63, where it loops around the Syncrude site, just north of Fort McMurray. (4:48 minutes)
The Elders of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation say the water flows through their blood, and their bodies are built of the trout that swim in these clean rivers and lakes. Taking care of their watershed is a relationship at the core of who they are as an Indigenous Nation, it is a responsibility handed down to them from the Creator through the teachings of their Elders. (28:26 minutes)
NESKANTAGA: WE LOVE OUR LAND (VIDEO)
In the heart of the world's largest intact boreal wetland, a tiny First Nation community is fighting to protect their lands, water and way of life. Governments are refusing to listen and a giant mining corporation is determined to mine the Ring of Fire on Neskantaga land. (12:25 minutes)
High in the mountains of the Philippine island of Mindoro, members of the Alangan tribe live in the village of Kisluyan, on the same land their ancestors have lived on for generations. Kisluyan is one of 26 indigenous villages that face the threat of displacement by the Mindoro Nickel Project, a proposed open pit nickel mine on their ancestral land. (5:49 minutes)
TRANSFORMATIONS
Transformations: Stories of Partnership, Resilience and Positive Change is a collaborative photojournalism project intended to increase dialogue and further understanding of international partnerships that address complex global challenges. Through individual and organizational stories the Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC) invites viewers to actively engage in a new narrative on international cooperation and solidarity.
PARTNERSHIP RESILIENCE AND POSITIVE CHANGE IN TANZANIA (Photo Essay)
Tanzania 2016. In this exhibit we share photos and stories of several women, men and children impacted by CPAR’s Farmer Field Schools and Junior Farmer Field Schools in Bunda District, Northern Tanzania. These provide a glimpse into the efforts of farmers, communities, students, and their schools to integrate sustainable approaches to food production and livelihood development by: encouraging gender equality; through alternative energy production, such as biogas; and with village community banking (VICOBA).
COMING SOON/UNDER CONSTRUCTION:
PEOPLE'S CLIMATE MARCH - NYC, USA
COP15 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
COP21 PARIS, FRANCE
MINING INJUSTICE SOLIDARITY NETWORK
SIPAKAPA
COP16 CANCUN, MEXICO
PEACE
PHILIPPINE LEARNING TOUR