By Dennis Anderson, Samantha Blais and Bobbie Mang’eli Tour of hydro-affected communities – Misipawistik (Grand Rapids), Kinasoa Sipi (Norway House), Pimicikamak (Cross Lake), Makeso Sakaihikun (Fox Lake), Tataskweyak (Split Lake), O-Pipon-Na-Piwin (South Indian Lake), Nisichawaysihk (Nelson House) with Professor Peter Kulchyski and group of 12 on Wednesday, July 10 – Tuesday, July 16. Three rental...Continue Reading

By Mathew Scammell On June 10th, 2019, residents of Misipawistik Cree Nation and Grand Rapids hosted a rally and march in their community to protest the removal of night shift workers from the Grand Rapids Generating Station operated by Manitoba Hydro. This change in policy would see the dam go unmonitored from around 5:30pm until...Continue Reading

By Joseph Dipple, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Native Studies University of Manitoba My research focuses on relationships with the land and its connection to the inherent rights of Indigenous communities and nations to self-government. In particular, I am looking at how Manitoba Hydro’s operations in the north are impacting relationships with the land and as...Continue Reading