Jasmiini Fransala ❄️

PhD Candidate @UniOulu & @RexsacArctic | 🏠,💙, 📚 & 🎨 in the #CircumpolarNorth | #ArcticResearch : Social justice, mining, natural resources, environment

[Connie Walker @connie_walker]

!!! 30 Best Podcasts of 2022 !!!

Thanks to ⁦@esquire⁩ for including Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s in their best of 2022 list!

https://t.co/Z5BCxKY5iu

[Jasmiini Fransala ❄️ @JasmiiniF]

Found this podcast only now... but never too late to learn more and spread the word about residential school injustices in Canada

[Gimlet @Gimletmedia]

A ghost from her father's past. A dark legacy passed down through the generations. @connie_walker investigates one of Canada's darkest chapters: the residential school system. The first two episodes of Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's are out now. https://t.co/prWEIof8dX

[Dr. kakiyosew - ᑲᑳᔭᐃᐧᓰᐤ @belindadaniels9]

“Language [reclamation] is difficult work; work fit only for those few whose devotion to [ancestral] language (for whatever reason) is unstoppable”- A compelling read of essays & research. The Vision(s) of language warriors share methods & strategies & that language is medicine.

[@clclyne @clclyne]

Canadian educators. Do not turn a blind eye to the white supremacy in full view south of the border & think it is really different here. We need anti-racist, decolonized abolitionist teaching NOW. What convos will you have with your students tomorrow? Need to learn more? ...1

[Jasmiini Fransala ❄️ @JasmiiniF]

Science-based rap about environmental concerns and hope:

[University of Oulu @UniOulu]

Everyone is a prospect! New science-based rap on biodiversity loss, climate change and the Arctic by a team from Oulu, Finland @UniOulu. #arcticattitude #sustainabledevelopment #science #rap #biodiversity #climatechange @alicealicealice

https://t.co/CRpoKwQqqA

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

Some people say that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the Earth.

But that's not true.

Over the last 30 years, the Arctic has actually warmed more than 4 times as fast as the global average.

[The Saami Council @SaamiCouncil]

In a historical decision, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination demands that Sweden stop the mining project in Rönnbäcken in Västerbotten.
https://t.co/CBq8DTImZP

[Arctic Council @ArcticCouncil]

Pandemics have struck the #Arctic dating back to the medieval times Plague. The experiences of past pandemics offer important lessons for today. Learn about #pandemic history in the Arctic in this guest post by Peter Sköld, professor at @UmeaUniversity👉 https://t.co/Uyf8WFutzY

[Connie Walker @connie_walker]

Honestie Hodges, who was handcuffed by the police outside her home in Grand Rapids, Mich., when she was 11, a frightening incident that drew outrage and national headlines in 2017, died on Sunday. She was 14. https://t.co/1R2Ram2O49

[Nicola Sturgeon @NicolaSturgeon]

Proud to vote for this groundbreaking legislation, making Scotland the first country in the world to provide free period products for all who need them. An important policy for women and girls. Well done to @MonicaLennon7 @ClydesdAileen and all who worked to make it happen

[The Siberian Times @siberian_times]

Bad weather did you say... children of the Yamal peninsula in pictures by photographer Sergey Karpukhin

[Dr. Heather Green @heathergreen21]

Today on the blog,
@NiCHE_Canada
shares @mercedesmpeters post discussing settler [selective] memory and the long struggle for recognition of inherent and #TreatyRights among the #Mikmaq. #ModerateLivelihood #MikmaqRights https://t.co/5aVCEjObMI

[Jasmiini Fransala ❄️ @JasmiiniF]

Sweden moves to update Sámi reindeer laws in the wake of a landmark land-rights decision https://t.co/MakSGTVhrx via @ArcticToday

[Nunatsiaq News @NunatsiaqNews]

Rayelle Allen of Iqaluit was among the winners of Skills Canada Nunavut’s #museumathome challenge for her recreation of Ningeokuluk Teevee’s famous print “Sedna’s Wonder.” #Nunavut

[MinErAL Network @minesindigenous]

To keep to us active during this special summer, the MinErAL network is happy to put in place a series of webinars on Zoom!
Feel free to join in:

[Sean Carleton @SeanCarleton]

New piece out today with @Sarah_Rotz and @danrueck exposing “the settler playbook” and examining the discursive maneuvers settlers use to respond to events like #ShutDownCanada in ways that protect the colonial status quo.

[Lásse-Ivvár Erke @eiriklarsen]

@AiliK: «Yesterday Sámi reindeer herders were crying on the stage when they told about how the plans of an Arctic railway would affect their futures. While others were probably close by toasting in champagne for the glorious prospects of the future.» #kirkeneskonferansen

[treena chachacha @adogabroadayear]

We really aren’t talking enough about how coastal gas was offered an alternative route to avoid the culturally sensitive sites and refused to make changes and thus escalated the current situation.

[ActiveHistory.ca @ActiveHist]

Today on #ActiveHist: "If only we had only known… whistle blowers, Florence Nightingale, and residential schools" by @tpcanoe https://t.co/qS531b5CzW #Cdnhist #ResidentialSchools #twitterstorians

[Jasmiini Fransala ❄️ @JasmiiniF]

This visual piece by @YleSapmi tells five different stories of the Sámi dress. Wonderful pictures, so no need to know Sámi languages or Finnish to enjoy the article https://t.co/OgEfBfrO6d 💚. Happy Sámi National Day 🤗! ##saamelaistenkansallispäivä #sami #sapmi