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Candis Callison

@candiscall.bsky.social
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Tāłtān, scholar, Media Indigena contributor, faculty - UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs & Critical Indigenous Studies. Books: How Climate Change Comes to Matter: The Communal Life of Facts / Reckoning: Journalism's Limits and Possibilities

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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Amazing to revisit + revive these conversations through a climate lens with @candiscall.bsky.social, @maxliboiron.bsky.social, @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social, Clifford Atleo Jr. + Jeffrey Ansloos!!👇
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Lovingly hosted, produced + edited by yours truly, this Indigenous climate fight retrospective includes the insights of: @irinaceric.bsky.social @shirip.bsky.social @trinaroache.bsky.social @kimtallbear.bsky.social @candiscall.bsky.social @karynpugliese.bsky.social
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A must read, deeply researched, powerful investigation by @tahtone.bsky.social for @grist.org that clearly defines what the problem of pretendianism is and how it impacts climate and environmental movements and challenges. grist.org/indigenous/t...
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The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.
How the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I always think of Arundhati Roy on this point: “There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” (One of the many reasons @marylynnyoung.bsky.social and I wrote the book, Reckoning, where we also quote Roy)
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So much great stuff in here! Mēduh, @rickharp.bsky.social for putting it all together
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Definitely feeling that what #climatechange will only worsen as time goes by this current cohort of politicians simply aren't built for, as they work to fan the fumes of a status-quo that won't/can't exist in 10 years. Where my mind goes early into this book by @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social👇
Cover of book "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" by Nicholas Beuret.
from book's rear cover:

"Or Something Worse" exposes the bleak realities of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Greening the economy has become a one-sided war, as governments and businesses squeeze the living standards of ordinary people. We need to seize control of the transition in order to reshape it to equitable ends.

Existing policies won’t limit global heating to anything close to a safe level. Claims of sustainability disguise a zero-sum battle where the powerful profit and everyone else foots the bill. Green growth was supposed to bring increased wealth for all. Instead, work has been degraded, energy bills have soared, and the most basic necessities have become expensive and scarce.

We need to disrupt green capitalism. Nicholas Beuret follows those already fighting back through ‘don’t pay’ campaigns, blockades of fossil-fuel infrastructure, and community counter-planning. He shows we have the tools not only to stop climate change but to build a fairer future.
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
More @mediaindigena.bsky.social episodes are rolling out from Beyond Fires & Floods - a gathering of almost 40 Indigenous journalists, scholars and storytellers talking about climate change, co-convened by @rickharp.bsky.social and me! Check it out: mediaindigena.com/bff
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BFF: Beyond Fires & Floods – mediaINDIGENA
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Of course, none of this would've been possible w/o the vision of BFF co-convenor @candiscall.bsky.social + joint sponsors @sppga.ubc.ca, the Trudeau Foundation, Global Journalism Innovation Lab, MOA at UBC, and supporters of @mediaindigena.bsky.social who got us to this point!
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Excellent new article by Cherokee scholar Daniel Justice in @theconversation.com: "Cherokee relations are profound, abiding and verifiable realities. They are far from the self-serving extraction fantasies of colonizers and their claimant descendants" theconversation.com/sovereignty-...
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Sovereignty over stereotypes: The data behind false Cherokee identity claims in Canada
Many claims to Cherokee identity are unsubstantiated, and this actively harms Indigenous sovereignty, distorts understandings of Indigeneity and enables appropriation of Indigenous rights and resource...
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UBC SPPGA @sppga.ubc.ca · 24/03/2026
Thrilled to announce the first of the "Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes" series of podcasts has just been released! @candiscall.bsky.social @rickharp.bsky.social @mediaindigena.bsky.social Listen now:
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🌱Learn how a germ of an idea @candiscall.bsky.social + I first had back in May 2024 took root by October 2025, and is set to flower in the weeks and months to come on the podcast, @mediaindigena.bsky.social 🌼👂📻
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It begins! Long awaited first episode of @mediaindigena.bsky.social introducing Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes, a series of amazing panels @rickharp.bsky.social and I organized at UBC podfollow.com/mediaindigen...
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Beyond Fires & Floods: Pt 0 (ep 365)
ON THIS EPISODE: Part 0 of "Beyond Fires and Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes." Otherwise known as "BFF," it's the name of a three-day gathering we co-convened last October on Mu...
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Thanks to @tazhii.bsky.social, @candiscall.bsky.social, @kimtallbear.bsky.social (and of course, @zoestodd.bsky.social) for just the latest in thought-provoking conversations!
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MEDIA INDIGENA @mediaindigena.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
🎙️ NEW AUDIO: In Part 3 in our series on 'the White Possessive,' our roundtable reflects on talk by @olgault.bsky.social about others’ misappropriation + misrepresentation of her personal stories and observations, a case study in "epistemological extractivism" 📻 PLAY👇 pod.fo/e/3827a7
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Interrogating 'The White Possessive', Pt. 3 (ep 362)
ON THIS EPISODE: part three of 'the White Possessive,' the latest in our five-part series on the seminar, "Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of 'Collaboration.'" This time ...
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
PSAs that shouldn't be -- but still very much are -- needed: a message from Sermersooq Mayor Avaaraq Olsen, (Sermersooq is a municipality that includes Nuuk in Greenland) sermersooq.gl/da/2026/01/2...
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To visiting media professionals and content creators: Please think before you act – Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We’re baaaack! So grateful to @rickharp.bsky.social for putting it all together and @zoestodd.bsky.social for organizing this event that the new episode dives into. Great to be back in conversation with Rick and @kimtallbear.bsky.social
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Employment in oil and gas is in terminal decline and won’t be saved no matter what Carney and Smith cook up, according to new research from the Centre for Future Work provided exclusively to @nationalobserver.com. The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.
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Exclusive: Fossil fuel workers won’t be saved by Carney’s oil and gas boosterism
A new pipeline won’t lead to new jobs in the oil and gas sector, and the only question for government officials is whether or not to plan for the inevitable energy transition, according to new researc...
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Essential read if you want to know what ‘the rush for critical minerals’ looks like for Indigenous communities and remote watersheds in Canada. This one’s about my First Nation but who’s next. Great reporting by @sevawood.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca thenarwhal.ca/eskay-creek-...
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Eskay Creek mine faces make-or-break vote | The Narwhal
Skeena Resources’ Eskay Creek mine in northern B.C. hinges on an upcoming vote by the Tahltan Central Government’s board
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Impressive, complex, and in-depth reporting by @stefanlabbe on Tahltan territory and our upcoming vote for Eskay Creek mine. Insight into what all this infrastructure talk really means for First Nations www.biv.com/news/resourc...
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Tahltan members raise alarm over $10K offers before critical mine vote
Some members of First Nation divided as it moves to vote on benefits connected to reopening of major gold mine in northwest B.C.
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
👥👥 Panelists include @tanyatalaga.bsky.social @paulseesequasis.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social + Judi Kochon! 🤝 Event co-covened by myself and @candiscall.bsky.social
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Wade Grant’s headquarters is buzzing with activity from volunteers working to make him the next federal representative of the Vancouver Quadra riding. Grant is from Musqueam First Nation. The riding sits within the borders of his territory.
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A look at Vancouver-Quadra in Musqueam territory in B.C.
A number of candidates are running to unseat the Liberals in the riding of Vancouver-Quadra which sits on Musqueam territory.
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Facts. Land acknowledgments are facts. Grateful to @indiginews.bsky.social for doing an appropriately in-depth story indiginews.com/news/indigen...
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Indigenous leaders denounce UBC profs’ 'outdated and regressive' lawsuit against land acknowledgements
B.C. Supreme Court petition says diversity, equity and inclusion efforts stifle ‘freedom,' while leaders call it 'thinly disguised' denialism
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Excited about this: grist.org/updates/gris...
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Grist organizes international pooled coverage of the 2025 UNPFII
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, IndigiNews, Osage News, the Associated Press, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
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MEDIA INDIGENA @mediaindigena.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
NEW! 📻 Pt 1 of ‘Storytelling on stolen land: Indigenous eyes on Canadian politics’ 🇨🇦👀 A panel at 'Reimagining Political Journalism'—a 3-day Nov/24 #cdnpoli event at Carleton U's School of Journalism & Communication, feat. MI's @candiscall.bsky.social + @rickharp.bsky.social HEAR👇 pod.fo/e/2a3b65
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Storytelling on stolen land: Indigenous eyes on Canadian politics: Pt 1 (ep 358)
On this episode: Reimagining Political Journalism, the title of a three-day November 2024 event at Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa, it included a formidabl...
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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Tallying up the cost of mining on #Indigenous land — Northern Ontario First Nation is seeking damages for ‘cumulative impacts’ since prospectors first discovered gold there in 1909. The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social: ricochet.media/indigenous/t... #Ontario #mining #landback #onpoli
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Tallying up the cost of mining on Indigenous land
Northern Ontario First Nation is seeking damages for ‘cumulative impacts’ since prospectors first discovered gold there in 1909
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Starter pack for good group of Science & Technology Studies scholars involved with @sthv.bsky.social go.bsky.app/L7FTy5w
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Elders gather for long overdue apology in Kangiqsujuaq.
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Feds apologize for slaughter of Inuit sled dogs in Nunavik
The federal government apologized Saturday for a 1950s and 1960s program that directed the RCMP to slaughter Inuit sled dogs.
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Christopher Curtis @titocurtis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
EXCLUSIVE: detectives gathering evidence against companies suspected of dumping thousands of tons of contaminated soil on Mohawk territory. This was only possible because of Mohawk whistleblowers putting themselves at risk to get the story out. Local news gets results. therover.ca/criminal-cha...
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Criminal Charges Sought in Illegal Dumping Scheme – The Rover
Most defendants so far have been small players or victims themselves, but investigators say they’re pursuing criminal charges against construction companies.
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Pabàmàdiz @karynpugliese.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Wrap up panel! What j-school profs have to say about #political #journalism #cdnpoli #cdnmedia @karmicangel.bsky.social TMU April Lindgren (TMU) Brooks DeCillia (MRU) Patrick White (UQAM) @candiscall.bsky.social (UBC)
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
insightful panel from Indigenous journalists and experts on the fight to exist in the face of the canadian state/media’s denial of their peoples’ sovereignty. ft. @rickharp.bsky.social, @veldoncoburn.bsky.social, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social, @pampalmater.com, @candiscall.bsky.social + Brett Forester
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Pabàmàdiz @karynpugliese.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
. @candiscall.bsky.social and @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social remember how the IKEA monkey trumped #IdleNoMore in the news, noting every #Indigenous person remembers how they were effected by the IKEA monkey.
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Pabàmàdiz @karynpugliese.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The #indigenous panel as always- serious, loud and funny #cdnpoli We have: Moderated by @rickharp.bsky.social Media Brett Forester (CBC) @veldoncoburn.bsky.social (McGill) Niigaan Sinclair (Winnipeg Free Press/UMB) @pampalmater.com Palmater  (TMU) @candiscall.bsky.social  (UBC)
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Candis Callison @candiscall.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I have left X… like so many, I debated it internally and among friends and colleagues for years. Frankly, I should have left ages ago… I have a research account still for a project I’m finishing (@arcticjourno) but I plan to be more active here!
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Sophia Rini @sophiarini.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
During trump 1.0, we had to pull down all of the climate change pages off the EPA website. Start archiving shit now, document, backup, photograph, whatever you need to do.
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MEDIA INDIGENA @mediaindigena.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
NEW: "The 'clean, green' face of colonialism,' our latest Indigenous roundtable feat. MI regulars @candiscall.bsky.social + Ken Williams 📻 HEAR: pod.fo/e/216574
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MEDIA INDIGENA @mediaindigena.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
📻 HEAR: "Carbon Colonialism and Culpability," our extended discussion with Simon Evans, co-author of this 👇 sweeping analysis 🔊 pod.fo/e/20ec7b
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MEDIA INDIGENA @mediaindigena.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
📻 NEW EPISODE 🔥 "How Canada Diddles While The World Burns: A Climate Check-In," feat. @candiscall.bsky.social, Kim TallBear + Rick Harp 🔊 LISTEN: pod.fo/e/203df5
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: How Canada Diddles While The World Burns...
This week, yet another ‘mini’ INDIGENA (the fast + furious version of MEDIA INDIGENA), with some world-wide words for our 333rd episode (!!!), recorded the evening of Sunday, November 12th. No ...
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