Rebecca Ferris

A Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies candidate and teaching assistant at @UNBC. @StThomasU alum!

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

U.S. Sends Border Patrol Agents to Guatemala https://t.co/L0drzFSVIy

[Catherine Nolin @cnolin]

Geographer & humanitarian aid worker #ScottWarren faces 20 Yrs in prison for providing food, water & shelter to Central Americans lost in the desert while seeking asylum. 20 YEARS in prison for actions I hope any person of conscience would take #borderviolence #survivalmigration

[Rebecca Ferris @beferris]

National inquiry calls murders and disappearances of Indigenous women a 'Canadian genocide' https://t.co/krOHpsNW9y

[Emma Jackson @EmmaJackson57]

today marks the first morning of the season that i’m waking up to the unmistakable smell of wildfire smoke pouring through my windows.

don’t you dare tell us not to politicize these fires when no one else will. we refuse to get used to this

#OurTime2019
https://t.co/wnvOfqOt8p

[Catherine Nolin @cnolin]

So appreciated @CanGeographers #CAG2019 conference theme #geographiesofresistance - great fit for Charlotte Connolly & Rebecca Ferris (@UNBCGeography grad students working w/ me) to present their #CDNMiningImpunity research in #Guatemala & Canada @uwinnipeg #geographymatters

[Zoë Meletis @zedtweetz]

Thanks to all who joined the IPWG and CWAG for a wonderful @CanGeographers sponsored night with the talented @katherenav, who shared so much with us. Thanks especially to @cnolin and @fondahlg. #CAG2019

[Vassy Kapelos @VassyKapelos]

BREAKING: Jody Wilson Raybould announces she will run in 2019 federal election as an independent #cdnpoli

[UfMJ @UFMiningJustice]

This is how Canadian mining companies operate all over the world. Don’t agree with their agenda? You’ll pay for it. Criminalized, beaten. And that’s before they destroy your water source. Thanks John Perkins for the courage to speak out. Our lives are depending on ppl like you!

[Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network @BTS_MG]

“From our work in Guatemala, we see that human rights abuses associated with Canadian mining are actually are the norm, in contrast to what was shared by the new #Ombudsperson...,” said Lisa Rankin, BTS Guatemala Coordinator. #CDNmining #CDNpoli | https://t.co/W1CEg2kke4

[Corporate Accountability in the Americas - Amnesty @AIBHRGuatemala]

Yes! Let's not forget how many defenders have appeared before Canada's parliamentary sub-committee on Int'l Human Rights to talk about the terrible price paid for resisting #Cdn extractives investment Or the lawsuits Or the defenders living with life-altering injuries. #Diodora

[Rebecca Ferris @beferris]

“The decision is thought to be the US response to Ms Bensouda's investigation into possible war crimes by American forces and their allies in Afghanistan.”

[CBC Daybreak North - Prince George & Northern B.C. @daybreaknorth]

Lila Mansour says she feels safe living as a Muslim woman in Prince George, but worries about the rise of Islamophobia across the country. She brought her passion to Ottawa yesterday, and she's on our show this morning. Listen here: https://t.co/G9vFpA40wB

[National Newswatch @natnewswatch]

‘This isn’t about a lack of loyalty’: Jane Philpott addresses expulsion from Liberal caucus https://t.co/Yf9SlPUWJX

[JCAP @JCAPosgoode]

In court Monday March 25 representing Mariano's surviving brother, Uriel, and his son Jose Luis with super Ottawa lawyer @yavar_hameed.

[JCAP @JCAPosgoode]

We have filed complaints against mining companies to @BCSC_Info, @OSC_News and @SEC_News for failure to disclose social conflict. Securities Commissions seem deaf, but not so class action lawyers who rely on our reports. #ResponsibleInvestments @DwightNewmanLaw @InvestForRights

[Canada | Central America Advocacy & Information @CanadaCAAI]

@edwinLibertd We are still waiting for @justintrudeau and @cafreeland to demand the release of political prisoners and to stop supporting the Drug-Trafficking linked Government of Juan Hernandez in #Honduras. #cdnpoli @rightsaction

[Charlotte Connolly @charlierosecon]

Supreme Court of Nova Scotia grants Alton Gas its injunction against water protectors and Mi'kmaq treaty rights. But as Grandmother Dorene Bernard spoke, this fight is for all of us! https://t.co/tQQUqA1Ozc

[Joseph Tunney @TunneyTun]

Saint John protesters out again today to raise awareness about Canada’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Busy rush-hour traffic, but many people pulled over to receive informational packets.

[Joseph Tunney @TunneyTun]

Latest from ya boi:

https://t.co/b3XfL0YtuA

[Rebecca Ferris @beferris]

Very grateful to have had the opportunity to travel with my geography peers and mentors to represent @UNBCGeography at this year's #WDCAG2019 where I had the privilege of presenting some of my preliminary findings for my Master's Research Project!