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)

Western Canada is racing to become a “global hub” for "critical minerals"—but safeguards aren’t keeping pace. In our op-ed, we outline the risks and what must change: stronger regulations, transparency, and real investment in recycling and circular systems. Read the full op-ed: bit.ly/3Q6gRUE

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 🎲

Waitlist spots are now available!

Beyond Extraction@beyondextraction.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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

🔍 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...

🔍 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...

So corrupt. Remember when John Horgan retired and went straight to the board of Teck Coal? The NDP is run by corporations for their own interests. thenarwhal.ca/bc-teck-lobb...

B.C. and Teck pressured the feds not to investigate coal mine pollution: documents

Ktunaxa Nation has been calling for the International Joint Commission to investigate coal mine pollution. B.C. and Teck lobbied against it.

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Emily Lowan (she/her)@emilylowan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hundreds of Indigenous leaders, legal groups, and labour unions have told Eby that weakening DRIPA will create more uncertainty and distrust. Instead, he’s barreling forward with this “suspension” — yet another panicked snap-decision that will only create more instability.

After four days at a mining conference with 27,000 people, @fatimabsyed.bsky.social breaks down the buzz around Ontario’s plan to fast-track mine approvals, and why some people still have questions. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-1p1p...

Inside Ontario’s push to speed up mining | The Narwhal

Ontario says its ‘one project, one process’ (1P1P) framework will speed mining approvals. Many First Nations leaders have questions

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📰 In the news: B.C. government unveils plan to fast-track mine approvals. The new process could shorten environmental assessments for large projects under the Infrastructure Projects Act (Bill 15). 🧵(1/5)

This infiltration & surveillance of Dene leaders in the 70s is shocking but not surprising. In our book, we highlight the role of the Dene Nation (then Indian Brotherhood) in fighting pollution of Yellowknife by Giant Mine arsenic emissions in this same period. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Why Mounties paid 5 informers to spy on Dene leaders: Inside a secret surveillance operation | CBC News

Dene leaders believe the RCMP Security Service in the 1970s broke into their office in Yellowknife, bugged it, stole and leaked material while aiming to discredit them via Operation Checkmate, a natio...

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📢 Call to Action: Tell the Government of Canada to respect the Xinka people's right to self-determination! A House of Commons e-petition in support of the Xinka people's demands for the closure of the Canadian-owned Escobal mine is now live! Sign the petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Registration for this in-person event is now *at capacity* but we have opened a waitlist! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/mine-o-pol...

Mine-o-Polis: Playing Against Extraction

Mine-o-Polis, the board game about extraction, where every win has a cost

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Beyond Extraction@beyondextraction.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎲 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

"Australian Mining Billionaire Sues Canada for $2 Billion: Gina Rinehart’s Northback demands feds pay for finding the Grassy Mountain project too toxic to proceed." There should have NEVER been a possibility for this project to proceed in the Eastern Slopes to begin with thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

Australian Mining Billionaire Sues Canada for $2 Billion | The Tyee

Gina Rinehart’s Northback demands feds pay for finding the Grassy Mountain project too toxic to proceed.

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Stoked to be soft-launching this project next month with our talented @beyondextraction.bsky.social team. Help us spread the word or better yet, if you're in Toronto, join us!

Beyond Extraction@beyondextraction.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎲 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

🎲 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

job Climate Policy Analyst, full-time, The Atmospheric Fund, Toronto ON / Hybrid csn-rec.ca/job-postings...

"Kinross did not respond to @thenarwhal.ca's detailed questions about how the fast-tracking designation would affect environmental oversight, including safeguards around water quality. The Ministry of Energy and Mines also did not respond…" @freegrassy.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/grassy-narro...

Ontario fast-tracks mine despite Grassy Narrows First Nation’s concerns | The Narwhal

Grassy Narrows First Nation has challenged a water permit for Kinross Gold’s Great Bear project, as well as the Ontario Mining Act

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Check it! A new open access commentary article I reflect on a resource extraction conference, which only supports the idea of total extractivism. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @beyondextraction.bsky.social

Sunny day to protest #PDAC with @mininginjustice.bsky.social outside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre #NoToMining #MiningIsNotTheFuture

Nous embauchons!! MiningWatch et @coalitionqmm.bsky.social cherchent une personne pour coordonner, administrer et développer la Coalition Québec meilleure mine! Pour en savoir plus sur le poste: miningwatch.ca/fr/blog/2026...

Coalition Québec meilleure mine@coalitionqmm.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣 Offre d'emploi | Nous sommes à la recherche d'une personne coordonnatrice compétente pour administrer et développer la Coalition Québec meilleure mine! Consultez l'offre pour tous les détails: quebecmeilleuremine.org/2026/02/25/o...

BREAKING: Brazil Court Revives Belo Sun’s Controversial Amazon Gold Mine as Indigenous Communities File Misconduct Complaint amazonwatch.org/news/2026/02...

Brazil Court Revives Belo Sun’s Controversial Amazon Gold Mine as Indigenous Communities File Misconduct Complaint | Amazon Watch

“We are already suffering the impacts of the Belo Monte dam.. If another project of this scale comes, the Volta Grande will not withstand it.”

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Fascinating look at the tangled legacies of colonialism. DRC wants colonial-era geological surveys so a Bill Gates-backed mining/AI firm can digitize them. The Belgian museum won't release them as it's already doing so. Trump II is now applying pressure as part of its resource grab. No good guys.

Belgian museum caught in row over millions of DR Congo records

KoBold Metals and DR Congo are pushing a Brussels museum to release records that would help map valuable metals

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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!

The PDAC 2026 mining conference is looming, and we would like to invite you to a teach-in & art build in preparation for our upcoming action on March 1st! We'll discuss links btwn mining and militarism, and Canada’s role in the global mining industry. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1gf0...

New article in the Journal of Environmental Media is out, co-authored with Jordan Kinder, Zannah Matson, & @camillemarys.bsky.social . We write about Beyond Extraction’s creative media interventions challenging PDAC (the world’s largest mining convention every year in Toronto).

Beyond Extraction@beyondextraction.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Published in time for this year's #PDAC, a new article by Beyond Extraction members in the Journal of Environmental Media reflects on our last few years of creative, anti-extractive interventions against Toronto mining hegemony: doi.org/10.1386/jem_...

And check out the rest of this special issue on the theme of 'Care-ful Convening' with writing by @sarahcomyn.bsky.social & @mediacology.bsky.social among others! intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

I enjoyed reflecting on our recent scholar-activist interventions for the Journal of Environmental Media with comrades @emeliedt.bsky.social, Zannah Matson, and Jordan Kinder. Check it out 👇🏻

Beyond Extraction@beyondextraction.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Published in time for this year's #PDAC, a new article by Beyond Extraction members in the Journal of Environmental Media reflects on our last few years of creative, anti-extractive interventions against Toronto mining hegemony: doi.org/10.1386/jem_...

Published in time for this year's #PDAC, a new article by Beyond Extraction members in the Journal of Environmental Media reflects on our last few years of creative, anti-extractive interventions against Toronto mining hegemony: doi.org/10.1386/jem_...

Today! Looking forward to giving the Symposium's feature paper: "Below Our Feet: The Rocky Foundations of Canadian Museums" 🪨

Ge(Gigi)Tang@gigitang.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢Registration is OPEN! Join us at UCD on 7 Nov for the Critical Minerals Symposium – insights & networking all in one place! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/critical-m...