People's Health Movement – North America
The People’s Health Movement – Canada stands in solidarity with activists from the coalition “Panama is Worth More without Mining” (Panama vale mas sin minería) who have taken to the streets to bravely contest the constitutionality of the Panamanian legislature’s October 2023 agreement with First Quantum Minerals Ltd. of Canada.
In May 2023, members of PHM Canada united to write a letter to the Minister of the Environment George Heyman and Minister of Energy Josie Osborne in British Columbia, as well as other government representatives, supporting Unist’ot’en resistances to the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline. To see the letter, continue reading below…
Beyond an Extractivist World: Why Imagining and Acting Upon Alternative Modes of Living are Crucial to Saving the Planet from Capitalism PHM Canada is excited to share with you all a working document entitled, Beyond an Extractivist World: Why Imagining and Acting Upon Alternative Modes of Living are Crucial…
PHM Canada has signed on to a joint statement developed by the Council of Canadians calling for the Canadian Government to back Mexico’s plan to phase out GMO corn and the use of glyphosate by 2024. The letter was sent to the Prime Minister of Canada, the Minister of…
Clean up the G&R dump on Mohawk Land! When it comes to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, our federal government must translate more of its words into action. Today, we are calling its attention to a clear manifestation of environmental racism and injustice in the Mohawk community of Kanehstatà:ke, just…
PHM Canada signed on to a joint statement (seen below) from NGOs and allied groups calling for the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, as well as the Premier of Quebec, François Legault, to address environmental racism occurring on the Mohawk lands of Kanehsata:ke. To view the current demands and…
The People’s Health Hearing sought to bear witness to the public health impacts of extractive industries and created a space to connect people’s struggles, and set out a vision for intersectional, transformative climate justice. It became a space for movement building, connecting health and climate activists across the world and…
PHM Canada has signed onto a solidarity letter for Vanessa Gray who was charged by RCMP in relation to a Wet’suwet’en solidarity rally in Toronto. Vanessa is a very active Indigenous Land Defender and is known by many for her work in Ontario’s chemical valley. To see the full sign…
PHM Canada signed onto The Gaia Foundation’s collective statement calling on the EU to abandon its plans to massively expand dirty mining as part of EU Green Deal and Green Recovery plans. To see the full collective statement, please click here. Pour voir la version française, visitez ici. A global…
PHM Canada signed on to Environmental Defence Canada’s joint statement (seen below) calling for Canada to align its public financing with our climate commitments. To view the original statement and a briefing, as well as a letter written to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade,…