MICLA is a research collective based at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Much of this research went into the development our website at www.micla.ca.
Established in 2007, MICLA is a research collective based at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. MICLA’s approach is mainly empirical: gathering together data on different issues and making these available to the broader public in an accessible and intelligible form. Other pieces include papers, maps, GIS layers, and additional resources.
09/18/2020
Chile court orders “total and definitive” closure of Barrick’s Pascua-Lama - MINING.COM Barrick Gold's giant gold-silver project, straddling the border with Argentina, had been shut since 2013 over environmental concerns.
05/21/2020
Guyana Goldfields terminates over 160 workers - Stabroek News Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) on Tuesday terminated the services of over 160 employees and plans to continue to reduce its approximately
05/18/2019
Una docena de maneras de resistir a la minería - Otros Mundos Chiapas Organización mexicana en pro de los derechos humanos, los bienes comunes y la madre tierra. Desde Chiapas queremos aportar en la búsqueda de alternativas a la crisis social, económica, política y medioambiental que atravesamos en el actual sistema de dominación capitalista
05/14/2019
100,000 march in Colombia to protect drinking water from mining company | rabble.ca A massive march of more than 100,000 people took place in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia on Friday May 10. All of the media coverage of that protest is in Spanish. What happened that day and why? A mobilization to protect drinking water El Espectador reports that the protest march was in oppositi...
01/29/2019
An amazing youth climate justice conference is happening in Ottawa from Feb 14-18. There will be over 700 participants from across the country, incredible Indigenous speakers, non-violent direct action workshops, social events, etc. There are also bursaries for those that need help getting to it. Check how the website below.
https://powershift-youngandrising.ca/
If you're in Montreal, there is a bus to and from Ottawa. Sign up below ASAP.
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeyQlnh9cyWzH7RQQ…/viewform
Elementor #80 | PowerShift: Young and Rising From February 14-18, 2019, PowerShift: Young and Rising will convene hundreds of young people in Ottawa to build a powerful and intersectional youth climate justice movement.
12/05/2018
#Resistencias: Mujeres contra la mina En la sierra de Puebla las mujeres han emprendido una resistencia contra los proyectos mineros. Desde los espacios tradicionales o irrumpiendo los destinados a hombres
10/17/2018
Waste overflows at Canadian mine in Mexico, threatening dozens of communities Heavy rains caused the overflow of a tailings dam operated by Canadian company Fortuna Silver Mines in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Sunday, October 7, contaminating the Coyote Creek and threatening the primary source of water for farming communities in the Central Valleys region. Authorit...
10/17/2018
Mujeres, minería y fotografía participativa / Women, mining and participatory photography Un proyecto participativa re-pensando el desarrollo en el contexto de la minería de gran escala. / A participatory photography project about re-thinking Development in the context of large scale mi…
03/13/2018
Canada mining murder in Mexico A petition filed with public sector integrity commissioner alleges diplomats at the Canadian embassy in Mexico City intervened on behalf of Calgary mining company implicated in the murder of activist Mariano Abarca
12/05/2017
From our very own Gretel Kahn
What Would Trudeau Do?: The Effect of Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America | MIR During his post as Prime Minister, Stephen Harper enthusiastically promoted the expansion of extractive Canadian industries abroad. Thanks to Harper’s policies, today Canadian mining companies are responsible for up to 70 per cent of mining activities in Latin America. As the new Trudeaumania is a...
04/26/2017
Awesome video on deep-sea mining, please share widely!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsA0emd2FNw
Deep sea mining!? Leave my down below alone! Mr Smashing makes a comeback with a deep sea mining disco love song. Destroying the deep sea to get metals for our throw-away mobile phones and other e-devic...
03/30/2017
NY Times coverage of the El Salvador vote:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/world/americas/el-salvador-prizing-water-over-gold-bans-all-metal-mining.html?&_r=0
El Salvador, Prizing Water Over Gold, Bans All Metal Mining Environmental activists said the country was the first in the world to impose a nationwide ban on the mining of gold and other metals.