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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Did you know? Our critical colouring book about resource extraction is now available in Eastern Ojibwe, Inuktitut, and Plains Cree Nēhiyawēwin! Find free versions of the books on our website and don't forget to tag us in your creations! www.beyondextraction.ca/what-it-takes

Preview of the colouring book cover page in Eastern Ojibwe

Preview of the "No More Stolen Sisters" page in Inuktitut

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Can play and design be reoriented towards anti-extractive futures? We developed a new, alternative board game to do just that! 1/3 (Photos courtesy of Garry Tutte)

close-up of board game cards on a table, with a stack of yellow and black cards titled "mining extraction" in focus

a board game is set up on a table, complete with black and yellow cards and yellow 3-d printed game pieces

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We had an amazing time playing MINE-O-POLIS at CONTACT Gallery yesterday--thank you to everyone who came out and for your invaluable feedback on the game. We look forward to finalizing it and making it available to all on our website 🎲

A table with monopoly-style money and game materials and players in the background

A yellow vinyl sign on the "Contact photography festival" door with details of the workshop

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Big thanks to our Mine-o-polis team who is working hard behind-the-scenes to get game cards and pieces (3D)printed! www.beyondextraction.ca/mine-o-polis

Printed game cards including one that says "Ministry of mines and energy"

3-printed gray hard hat and yellow pylon (game piece sized) in someone's hand

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

🔍 SNEAK PEEK: preparing for our upcoming #Mineopolis board game workshop this Sunday at CONTACT Gallery! Looking forward to seeing everyone there (registration is currently full but please do sign up for our waitlist) www.eventbrite.com/e/mine-o-pol...

Printed board game cards on a table, including a yellow card with the words "Mining Matters" and a black card with the word "Exploration"

Printed Monopoly-style dollar bills with the text "Mine-o-polis" and two 3-printed hard hats

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Come for an afternoon of play, conversation, and a catered lunch with activists and researchers to collectively imagine how we can make extractive politics visible and facilitate resistance through the power of board games. REGISTER here: www.eventbrite.com/e/mine-o-pol... 3/3

A yellow, black and white graphic with images of a freight train, a tall urban building and a "mine-o-polis" bill with the text: Come play with us as we test Mine-o-polis, an alternative board game that invites players to explore and question Toronto as a centre of mining power. Together, let's discover how play can facilitate new forms of anti-extractive activism.

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Join us on April 12 at CONTACT Gallery in Toronto and be among the first to play-test our pilot game! Together, we'll explore how the city’s landmark institutions—from the Toronto Stock Exchange to banks and universities—sustain Canadian #extractivism. 2/3

Yellow, black and white promotional graphic detailing the logistics of the workshop, titled "Playing Against Extraction": Sunday April 12, 2026, 11am to 1:30pm at CONTACT Gallery, 80 Spadina Ave Suite 205, Toronto. All are welcome! RSVP via the link in bio

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🎲 We're excited to announce an upcoming #workshop to introduce our latest project: MINE-O-POLIS, an alternative #boardgame that invites players to explore #Toronto as a global capital of mining power. www.beyondextraction.ca/mine-o-polis 1/3

A yellow, black and white promotional graphic with the text "Mine-o-polis. The Game of Extraction. But at what cost?" and the illustration of a corporate personage in front of an edited photo of a quarry.

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Getting #PDAC ready with @mininginjustice.bsky.social (MISN) at their teach-in and art build. Join MISN's #MiningIsNotTheFuture rally next Sunday, March 1 at 1pm at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre!

Individuals tracing a projected image onto a canvas banner. The projected text states "Mining is not the future. The future is...relational"

A hand paints shapes on a canvas banner. Painting supplies sit atop the banner

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

NEW! Our all-ages colouring book about extraction is now available in French, Spanish & Portuguese. You can find all versions of 'What It Takes' (with instructions on how to print!) on our website: www.beyondextraction.ca/what-it-takes #DisruptPDAC

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the French translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the Spanish translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the Portuguese translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

DYK? Toronto is the global capital of mining - nearly 60% of mining companies are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)! Join @mininginjustice.bsky.social TODAY at TSX to protest the world's largest mining conference. Here's a sneak peek of what we have in store for PDAC this year. #DisruptPDAC

Linear illustration of Toronto's landscape (colouring book style) with the following words in Spanish: "¿Lo sabías?: Toronto es la capital mundial de la minería. La mayoría de las empresas mineras en el mundo tienen oficinas en Canadá y casi el 60% cotiza en la Bolsa de Toronto (TSX, por sus siglas en inglés)."

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Peek our 'What It Takes' colouring book on display at the Environmental Design Gallery Space at @colorado.edu! We've got something fun in store for this project during #DisruptPDAC (March 2-5) - watch this space and follow @mininginjustice.bsky.social for info about the anti-mining rally in Toronto

Pile of white colouring books on a table in a white-walled gallery space with various other media in the background

White table with various media in a white-walled gallery space with posters on the walls and white and beige light fixtures hanging

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Addressing the entanglement of Canadian #architecture and #extraction, this issue includes 8 interdisciplinary articles from heritage to waste studies, and features a stunning cover image of Madeleine Reinhart’s research into the colonial afterlives of Montreal limestone.

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Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

How does extraction shape contemporary Canadian architecture? Join BE members & co-editors Christopher Alton, @emeliedt.bsky.social and Zannah Matson today to explore this question and celebrate the launch of their special issue "Architecture and Extraction" for SSAC Journal! bit.ly/jssaclaunch

Promotional graphic with the title "Architecute & Extraction" on several overlaid gray-scale images

Same promotional graphic featuring details of the event in French: "Journal de la Société pour l'étude de l'architecture au Canada. V49 No. 1. Lanchement & Discussion: 18 novembre 2024, 14h-15h EST"

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