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  • The Dark Truth Behind Ontario Land Development and Bill 97

    The Dark Truth Behind Ontario Land Development and Bill 97

    Democracy dies behind a locked vault door. In a recent late-night session at Queen’s Park, the Ontario government permanently blocked the public from seeing how decisions are made about the province’s most vital landscapes. To paddle the sprawling reaches of Lake Temagami—known as dimii-agamiing, or “deep water by the shore,” to the Teme-Augama Anishnabai—just before…

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  • An Unsettled Mshkawji Giizis (The Freezing Moon)

    An Unsettled Mshkawji Giizis (The Freezing Moon)

    The Anishinaabe call this Mshkawji Giizis, the Freezing Moon. It’s a name that carries weight. It speaks of a hard, honest transition, a time when the land finally shrugs off the memory of warmth and submits to the ice. It’s the stillness of the first true freeze, the locking of the lakes, the silent signal… more

  • The Shutter Against the Synthetic Tide

    The Shutter Against the Synthetic Tide

    The profession of photography stands at a precipice that looks remarkably like a frontier. For over a century the trade was defined by a simple mechanical pact where light hit a sensor or film to record a moment of undeniable reality. The camera was a witness. Today that definition is being rewritten by software that… more