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Campaign Update: Kebaowek First Nation has issued a decision withholding its Free, Prior and Informed Consent on a nuclear waste facility in Chalk River. The Nation has stopped further consultation due to failures of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories in upholding their legal responsibilities.

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Kebaowek First Nation Withholds Free, Prior and Informed Consent on Nuclear Waste Facility in Chalk River - Raven Trust Kebaowek First Nation has issued a decision withholding its Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) on a nuclear waste facility in Chalk River. The Nation has stopped further consultation due to failures of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) in upho...

Join us on November 12th at 5pm PT (6pm MT, 8pm ET) for RAVEN’s Book Club as we discuss “The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada.”

The book features writing from many authors, including Crystal Lameman, the litigation representative for the Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s legal challenge that RAVEN supports!

Registration is free. Donations support Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s legal challenge. Register to join the discussion now at

RAVEN Book Club: The End of This World - Raven Trust RAVEN’s next virtual book club will be discussing “The End of This World: Climate Justice...

Yesterday was World Rivers Day. Twisting and flowing, the river whispers stories from the land if you take a moment to sit and listen. Each droplet, a precious piece of knowledge, nourishment, and life.

The protection of these waters is of the utmost importance. The plants that grow in and around her streambeds, the animals that swim in her waters and drink from her shores and float on her surface, and the people who gather, play, and hunt on, in, and around her rely on the river for their survival. We are not separate from the river but deeply interconnected. And any harm that comes to her comes to us as well; we cannot forget that.

Three RAVEN-supported legal cases know this at their core: protecting the rivers is inextricable from protecting each other. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Grassy Narrows First Nation, and Kebaowek First Nation.

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Weaving Watersheds: The Interconnectedness of Rivers and Laws - Raven Trust Twisting and flowing, the river whispers stories from the land if you take a moment to sit and listen. Each droplet, a precious piece of knowledge, nourishment, and life. Her waters run across the earth’s surface, branching into veins and arteries and capillaries, serving the same purpose as the b...

Grassy Narrows First Nation’s River Run is happening right now in Toronto! Meet at Grange Park to join Grassy Narrows in solidarity as they demand justice for the mercury poisoning that has been affecting their community for decades.

Can’t make it to the march? This week, every dollar you give to support their legal challenge will be matched up to $20,000, dollar-for-dollar. By donating today, you will help raise an incredible $40,000 for Grassy Narrows as they seek justice through the legal system.

Grassy Narrows’ legal case is taking Canada and Ontario to court to demand environmental cleanup, compensation, and the protection of their Treaty rights, as today, roughly 90% of tested community members suffer from severe mercury poisoning. Despite this, the government continues to permit industrial waste dumping that makes the mercury contamination even worse.

This lawsuit isn’t just about accountability for past harms—it’s about securing clean, safe water and a food system for generations to come.

Give now at raventrust.com/grassy-narrows/ or at the link in our bio to double your donation and support their legal challenge.

Grassy Narrows - Raven Trust Grassy Narrows First Nation – Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek is taking Canada and Ontario to court over mercury contamination of their life-giving river in northern Ontario.

We’re marching with Grassy Narrows First Nation!

Join RAVEN as we march with Grassy Narrows youth, leaders, and community members for mercury justice on Wednesday, September 23rd at 12pm at Granger Park in Toronto.

The devastating mercury crisis in Grassy Narrows First Nation has persisted for decades, ever since a pulp mill discharged 10 tonnes of mercury waste upstream in the 1960s, with little action from governments to help the people.

To this day, Grassy Narrows people have not received fair compensation for the serious impacts of the ongoing mercury crisis on their health, culture, and livelihoods. Meanwhile, proposals for new mines and a nuclear waste disposal site upstream threaten to make things worse.

Meet up early with RAVEN staff at Carbonic Coffee (37 Baldwin St.) at 11:30am, and we can walk over to the march together!

Show your solidarity and RSVP for the march at freegrassy.net, and follow FreeGrassy: Grassy Narrows Solidarity for more info!

Join RAVEN online via Zoom on November 12, 2026 at 5pm PT (6pm MT, 8pm ET) to discuss the book The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada.

The book features writing from many authors, including Crystal Lameman, the litigation representative for the Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s legal challenge that RAVEN supports.

More about Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s Legal Action:

Beaver Lake Cree Nation is going to court to defend its rights to hunt, fish, and practice their culture as guaranteed under Treaty 6. In the process, the First Nation is also pushing back against one of the largest and most carbon-intensive energy developments on the planet: the Alberta Oil Sands. Thanks to a generous donor, we are able to match donations leading up to the trial

Registration is free. Donations support Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s legal challenge. Register to join the discussion at

RAVEN Book Club: The End of This World RAVEN's next virtual book club will be discussing "The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada"