Jesse Cardinal is a Métis woman who lives in Treaty 6 territory and is the executive director of Keepers of the Water, an Indigenous organization with a mission of protecting the water in the Arctic drainage basin. Scott Neigh interviews her about the threat posed by the Alberta tar sands and other resource extraction, and …
Had back-to-back interviews earlier this afternoon. Thanks to high school students Brie and Piper of MB Students for COVID Safety for talking with me about COVID-19 in Manitoba and about student organizing for better measures to ensure safe schools. And thank-you to Jesse from Keepers of the Water for speaking with me about Indigenous-led efforts …