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Melina Laboucan

@Melina_MLM

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Cree • MA Governance • Co-Founder Indigenous Climate Action @Indigenous_ca • Board @NDNcollective • TV host “Power to the People” @weathernetwork • MMIW family

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Melina Laboucan
2 years
Start your journey towards true reconciliation by learning about the hidden histories of our past so we can heal our future together. This #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay WATCH 🎥 Power to the People now airing on @weathernetwork
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The Weather Network
2 years
It's important we listen to the voices of Indigenous peoples that have been silenced for far too long. Watch Power to the People this #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay to hear from those empowering their communities with #climatechange solutions.
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3 years
Dedicated to all Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives including my little sister Bella whose life was taken too soon. May you Rest In Peace. May you Rest in Power. #happyvalentinesday
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3 years
Today I spoke at the Royal Bank of Canada’s AGM to tell RBC shareholders about the devastation their fossil fuel investments are causing to Indigenous communities, including my own, in the tar sands. RBC is financing cultural and environmental genocide. #NoMoreDirtyBanks
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8 years
Today the # MMIW Memorial March. I walk for my sister Bella whose death is listed as suspicious & remains unsolved.
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3 years
The fight to save Mother Earth and our climate is far from over, but at least today we can take a pause to celebrate the defeat of another pipeline. Shout out to every person who worked to stop KXL! We did it. Line 3 & TMX - you're next. #WeCancelledKXL #NoKXL #NoLine3 #StopTMX
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4 years
My testimony at US Congress against the KXL pipeline & tar sands impacts at home. I want to acknowledge all those who work so diligently to stop the #kxl for years. As @AOC recently said, “Thank an organizer.”
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3 years
The @bcndp government led by @jjhorgan is allowing the destruction ancient old growth forests in unceded Indigenous territories. Over 50 people have been arrested over the long week. Forests abate climate change. Trees give us LIFE 🌱
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7 years
Excited to help launch this #book today - "Whose #Land Is It Anyway - A Manual for #Decolonization "
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5 years
While we go into #Quarantine & #Isolation - ADD this to your #must watch list! During these trying times, I guarantee this TV series of incredible stories will uplift your spirit! Watch: #QuarantineAndChill #isolationandchill
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4 years
As #MMIWG marches happen across the country this weekend - Watch “Bella’s Story” on @APTN for an intimate look at who my sister was, a bright light that was stolen, and what a Murdered and Missing family goes through AFTER their loved one is murdered:
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8 years
Standing Rock to Secwepemc territory. Honouring Art Manuel's legacy. Pipeline resistance north & south #NoKM #NoDAPL
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7 years
I'm here today to solarize the Tiny House Warriors in the path of the Kinder Morgan pipeline #StopKM #climate #solar
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As you’re watching this, 1% of the LAST old-growth trees across B.C. are being logged – it doesn’t have to be this way. Join us in calling on @jjhorgan , @KatrineConroy , and the @bcndp to take action to protect old growth forests: #LandBack #RespectTheSacred @MarkRuffalo
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Indigenous leaders, celebrities & scientists are urging @jjhorgan & @bcndp to take urgent action to protect the last old growth forests in B.C. Join @MarkRuffalo , @MargaretAtwood , Grand Chief Stewart Philip, David Suzuki and raise your voice. RT & sign:
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#Indigenous Leaders Call on Trudeau to #BreakFree from Fossil Fuels w #Solar gift to Tseil Waututh Nation #cdnpoli
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9 years
#BlackLivesMatter - Indigenous #solidarity & #unity outside the Toronto Police Headquarters. No Justice No Peace.
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3 years
In case the Twitter world missed this - stories about Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women were removed from #Instagram after The National Day of Awareness for #MMIW #MMIP #MMIWG2S - see more here:
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I’m honoured to be named a Climate Champion by @canclimatelaw alongside Dr David Suzuki. I want to extend my deep gratitude to all who work tirelessly to address the #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #JustTransition
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I presented to the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment today. Grateful there are medical practitioners out there who are making the connections between the climate crisis, toxicity, mental health, colonization and trauma. #climatecrisis
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#Instagram stories about violence against Indigenous women disappeared. I spoke with @VICENews after posts about my sister’s unsolved death were deleted on eve of The National Day of Awareness for Violence Against Women💔 #MMIW #MMIWG2S By @KellyBoutsalis
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9 years
Dene National Chief Erasmus - "We cannot support pipelines if we are serious about addressing #climate change." #FMM
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9 years
4,000 Indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered. Their families refused to be overlooked any longer. #MMIW
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9 years
#ShellNo at #ToasttheCoast Vancouver unceded Coast Salish Territories #PeopleVsOil with @Janefonda & Rachel McAdams http://t.co/5FsNZZAUFR
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Melina Laboucan
2 years
The @weathernetwork will be airing weekly episodes of the docuseries I host, Power to the People, starting June 17. For those feeling overwhelmed with #climateanxiety , this show will give you hope!! Join us to learn about solutions to the climate crisis. 🌍💕
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In Scotland at #RBS AGM demanding #divestment - NOW 5 years later - RBS divests & doubles investment in #greenenergy
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4 years
#internationalwomensday Let’s uplift each other, and allow the world to flourish in the ways we know it will. Let the love we hold for ourselves, each other, and Mother Earth be limitless. Our resistance has always sprung from this great love. #solidarity #uplifteachother
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4 years
I spoke with @voxdotcom on @today_explained about Indigenous peoples being at the forefront of the movement to cancel #KXL . Though this has been cause for celebration - Indigenous peoples continue to fight for a just transition. #nodapl #stopline3 #tmx
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4 years
Join us as we discuss the future of Indigenous media & clean energy in Indigenous communities. Who is telling these stories? And why? For BC Creative Industries Week 2021 - our TV series Power the the People will join @creativebcs for a Q&A and short screening of our series 🎥
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9 years
Today on Bella's birthday the New York Time published my article on #MMIW . #JusticeForBella
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A historic moment - The FIRST Indigenous Premier in Canada’s history. You make us proud @WabKinew !!
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#BlackLivesMatter - Indigenous #solidarity & #unity outside the Toronto Police Headquarters
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It felt like there was no end to the screaming sadness. My personal account of #MMIW & inquiry http://t.co/3y2Fz8EIg4 http://t.co/B88AAQWIHK
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8 years
. @TorontoStar 's latest on my sister Bella's suspicious death. I hope this can shine more light on the case #MMIW
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8 years
Just finished LIVE stream w AJ+ on Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women @ajplus #MMIW #CAJ16
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3 years
Listen to @Spotify ’s @how2saveaplanet by @Gimletmedia connecting several fights against pipelines & tar sands interviewing Indigenous women water protectors including my sis @zhaabowekwe , me, @joyem_braun and @jennimonet 💙✊🏾🌎 Listen: #waterislife
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8 years
VICE - Here's what the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry is Missing #MMIW #accountability @NaomiAKlein
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7 years
@MarkRuffalo I agree, why our community started the transition to #solar in the #tarsands - short video of project:
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Melina Laboucan
2 years
People vs Pipeline tells the stories of people & communities who helped stop the KXL pipeline. Led by Indigenous communities from the tar sands & along the pipeline route, see how we worked together to kill the zombie pipeline: @wbnofficial @billmckibben
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4 years
* worked so diligently - and continue to do so. This work is often thankless, unseen and brutal. This work has real impacts on the bodies & spirits of those who do this work. I thank all the Indigenous Elders who led the way long before the word “climate change” even existed.
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3 years
First webinar of 2022! ✅ Thank you to Indigenous Clean Energy for inviting me to speak on Energy and Climate Intersections to the Generation Power program of @IndigClnEnergy #ClimateCrisis #EnergyTransition
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8 years
Learn how you can pull together with First Nations to stop Kinder Morgan: #NoKm #NoTarSands
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Melina Laboucan
5 years
My @CBCEarlyEdition interview w @CBCStephenQuinn about #clean #energy in #Indigenous communities featured in my new TV show “Power to the People.” This is the future we need to see! Not more #climate inaction seen in projects like #TMX #Teck or #LNG
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5 years
Best news this year on the climate front! Thank you to Indigenous Climate Action & all who supported the #RejectTeck campaign that helped stop this carbon bomb in its tracks! #IndigenousRights #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice @Indigenous_ca
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7 years
I'm very honoured to be chosen as a David Suzuki Fellow! #climate #solutions #renewables #Indigenous #knowledge
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Tomorrow! Hope in Resistance - Stories of Climate Justice. I’ll be speaking alongside @AnjaliApp & @naishville_ moderated by @cbcideas hosted by @SFU @SFUPublicSquare My first in person speaking event since the pandemic started 🌱 #climate Register:
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8 years
Thank you @Janefonda for visiting Alberta to stand with Indigenous leaders from across Canada #climate #solar #noKM
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Melina Laboucan
3 years
Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay ! Today I celebrate all of the beauty & all of the perseverance of so many to get to where we are. There is still work to do to decolonize. Not just for Indigenous peoples, but for ALL people living on Turtle Island. Read more:
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Melina Laboucan
3 years
Tomorrow I’ll be a guest on @DohaDebates #DearWorldLive alongside Tyson Yunkaporta, author of Sand Talk. We’ll discuss with @nelufar on how #Indigenous perspectives & knowledge are critical in addressing the climate crisis:
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Melina Laboucan
4 years
Reimagining #ClimateJustice movements w a focus on #HealingJustice gives BIPOC women, non-binary and 2S ppl space to prioritize #healing & put #decolonization into practice. Thank you @jessatGP for this profile 🌱💚 Read more in @Medium & @asparagusmag -
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Melina Laboucan
10 years
Violence against Mother Earth begets violence against Women they are inextricably linked #MMIW http://t.co/fG1nbmsuGS http://t.co/Rn8ZRiDGLP
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2 years
Oil and gas billionaires are celebrating record profits AGAIN this quarter (as the planet burns) because they are jacking up prices and buying stock buybacks for their shareholders. We need to hold them accountable and pass a windfall tax. #BlameBigOil
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This 🧵 is important info, especially for those with chronic health conditions. I experienced serious impact to my health from wildfire smoke that caused reoccurring bronchitis which then put my ribs out of place & left me bedridden for months 😔 #AirQuality #WildfireSmoke
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9 years
With Meryl Streep for an #Environmental call to action to protect #Indigenous homeland & the #climate #WITW
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Melina Laboucan
3 years
Thank you @IngeniumCa for including me in the Women in #STEM poster series. BIPOC #women have always been in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, but our knowledge and expertise are often invisibilized. To download & learn more:
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2 years
The TV show I host Power to the People is airing on national TV in Australia on @SBS @SBSOnDemand Global audiences can join me as I visit visionary Indigenous communities to learn about #food security, eco #housing & #renewable energy all leading the way to a #JustTransition
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9 years
Sacrilegious. Being born right beside the Peace River. This makes my blood boil. #NoSiteC
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9 years of missing your laugh. 9 years of searching for truth. 9 years of wishing you were here. 9 years of not knowing why. 9 years of unending grief. 9 years and still no Justice. #MMIW #MMIWG2S
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LIVE for the UN Commission on the Status of Women on #solutions , systemic change, women's #leadership and #climate action. It is an honour to join such an incredible group of women organized by @WECAN_INTL :
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8 years
Indigenous communities transition to #renewable energy across the globe #solar #australia #CECongess17 @LubiconSolar
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#MyReconciliationIncludes police & govt ACTING without delay when Indigenous women are Murdered or go Missing #MMIW http://t.co/86M3MR0w71
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#Ecoanxiety is felt by many people as we witness what is being done to Earth and how everyone is being affected disproportionately. I recently spoke with @CanadianLiving Magazine about how I approach these challenges. Read the full article here:
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4 years
Thank you Brandi Morin @Songstress28 for shining a light #MMIW & my sister’s story in @AJEnglish on the National Day of Awareness for Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women. #IndigenousPeoples #ViolenceAgainstWomen
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4 years
I am honoured to receive my #DefendBlanket - a collab by @ndncollective & @8thgen with a powerful design by Nahua & Maya artist Votan of @NSRGNTS This blanket is dedicated to the Indigenous women across Mother Earth who #standupandfightback 💕 #DefendDevelopDecolonize
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RBC & Suncor at an Indigenous Climate Action event at #COP27 - Is anyone surprised that the biggest fossil fuel bank in Canada & the largest oil company in the tar sands are there standing side by side while attending? @Indigenous_ca
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We’ve got RBC and Suncor representatives here at the Canada pavilion at #COP27
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9 years
Finally u can now call me a Master! lol in #Indigenous Governance that is. I successfully defended my thesis! #solar
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Please watch. Please listen. Please learn. Please share. #215 #hidden #history #legacy #of #genocide #in #canada
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CBC Indigenous
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WARNING: This video contains details some readers may find distressing. Former senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, delivered this statement on the discovery at Kamloops residential school.
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#MyReconciliationIncludes Indigenous communities not being forced to destroy their homelands in the name of "economic development"
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Apply to become a David Suzuki Fellow! To support #Indigenous knowledge & #climate solutions
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#Planting one of our #sacred medicines in our territory at Lubicon Lake #Revitalize #Land #Indigenous #Resurgence
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ᐊᐢᐱᓄᔦ [aspinoyê] - Happy New Year 🌟 “If I can’t dance I don’t want to be a part of your revolution.” 💃🏽 ~ emma goldman
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Chevron can't evade its #legal & #moral responsibilities. We demand #Justice for the #Amazon
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A beautiful day to host a #solar tour of our @LubiconSolar project for communities from across Alberta to Manitoba!
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Thank you @TheSocialCTV for having me on the show for #EarthDay 🌱💚🌎 Watch segment below 🎥
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Thx @bullfrogpower for supporting our @LubiconSolar project to build a #cleanenergy future
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At #MMIW Memorial March in Toronto demanding #Justice for my sister Bella outside the Toronto police headquarters.
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After 10 years of inaction on #climate , time to be bold @JustinTrudeau #ClimateWelcome
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Melina Laboucan
4 years
In response to the misguided approval of #SiteC by the @bcndp MEGA dams are NOT clean energy & violate Indigenous rights. #cancelsitec #indigenoussovereignty #climatejustice @DavidSuzukiFDN @NaomiAKlein @WCELaw @RAVENtrust
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Sacred Earth Solar
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The @bcndp approved #SiteC saying its "clean and affordable" power. Lets be clear: when Indigenous peoples say NO to centralized mega-extractors on their lands, to dams destroying ecosystems, to dams emitting methane, to dams costing 16bn- its not clean or affordable #cancelsitec
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Thank you @BillNye & National Geographic for coming to see the #tarsands & its impacts and talk about #climatechange http://t.co/2jjuzabsAm
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Melina Laboucan
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1 Year Later and Still No Justice after my sister Bella's death: New Database documents #MMIW http://t.co/Gp3qBd4qpd http://t.co/Sf7o89EddU
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Melina Laboucan
3 years
Tonight Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm & I will speak on the links between energy sovereignty and healing justice & on how Indigenous sovereignty is central in seeking justice for the people and the planet. Join us in conversation with @publicjustice & @ACaribouPeople tonight at 7PM PT
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Decolonizing Wellness on #IndigenousPeoplesDay Here are 5 tips I shared with the @Yoga_Journal on how the wellness and yoga community can stand in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples not only on Indigenous Peoples Day, but every day of the year 🌱 #wellness
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On #InternationalWomensDay �� Let’s remember: #Climate #Justice must include #Gender Justice
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