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Interviews, Articles, and Newsletters Featuring Ohneganos

McMaster research team tackles water issues in First Nations communities by Lori Dillon. Brighter World. 24 October 2017. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/co-creating-indigenous-water-quality-tools/

Research will probe dangerous water quality in First Nations communities by Nicole O’Reilly. Hamilton Spectator. 1 November 2017. https://www.thespec.com/news-story/7765451-research-will-probe-dangerous-water-quality-in-first-nations-communities/ or https://www.h2oiq.org/research-will-probe-dangerous-water-quality-first-nations/

Indigenous communities and McMaster lab partner in water quality research by Flora Pan. CBC. 4 November 2017. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/mcmaster-university-indigenous-community-water-quality-1.4386447

Why so few people on Six Nations reserve have clean running water, unlike their neighbours by Out in the Open. CBC News Radio. 20 April 2018. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/neighbours-1.4618733/why-so-few-people-on-six-nations-reserve-have-clean-running-water-unlike-their-neighbours-1.4618968?fbclid=IwAR2nUxEBAAnvCC29QfUF9sb6f_tTK4tNFsc2XHhig-eXd92INA1NB6TuW0A

Six Nations hosts a landmark symposium on water safety by Sonia Verma. Brighter World. 31 May 2018. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/six-nations-hosts-a-landmark-symposium-on-water-safety/

Six Nations water focus of Mac conference by Nicole O’Reilly. Hamilton Spectator. 3 June 2018. https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8645830-six-nations-water-focus-of-mac-conference/

Making water testing more affordable by Sara Laux. Brighter World. 4 June 2018. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/making-water-testing-more-affordable/

Trickling down knowledge about water quality concerns with Sarah Duignan by The AlmaMAC. Episode 70. CFMU Student Radio. 14 June 2018. http://cfmu.ca/episodes/9239-the-almamac-episode-70-june-1415-trickling-down-knowledge-about-water-quality-concerns-with-sarah-duignan

Engineering Fresh Faces: Charles de Lannoy by Fresh Faces Series. Brighter World. 25 September 2018. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/engineering-fresh-faces-charles-de-lannoy

While Nestlé extracts millions of litres from their land, residents have no drinking water by Alexandra Shimo. The Guardian. 4 October 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/oct/04/ontario-six-nations-nestle-running-water

‘Third World conditions’: Many of Canada’s indigenous people can’t drink the water at home by Amanda Coletta. The Washington Post. 15 October 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/third-world-conditions-many-of-canadas-indigenous-people-cant-drink-the-water-at-home/2018/10/14/c4f429b4-bc53-11e8-8243-f3ae9c99658a_story.html

Helping to solve the First Nations water crisis through collaboration by Tim Alamenciak. TVO. 24 October 2018. https://www.tvo.org/article/helping-to-solve-the-first-nations-water-crisis-through-collaboration

Protest at Nestle plant in Aberfoyle by Phi Doan. Kitchener Today. 25 November 2018. https://www.kitchenertoday.com/regional-news/protest-at-nestle-plant-in-aberfoyle-1135217

‘It’s a human right’ by Michelle Ruby. The Brantford Expositor. 25 November 2018. https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-news/its-a-human-right

Six Nations youth leads protest against Nestle water operation in Ontario by Emma Lui. Rabble Blogs. 30 November 2018. https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/making-waves/2018/11/six-nations-youth-leads-protest-against-nestl%C3%A9-water-operation

Water is priceless, but not free: How much should it cost? by Denise Balkissoon. The Globe and Mail (Opinion). 13 December 2018. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-water-is-priceless-but-not-free-how-much-should-it-cost/

Global Water Futures fund more water-quality research at Six Nations. Brighter World. 21 January 2019. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/global-water-futures-funds-more-water-quality-research-at-six-nations/

‘I Wanted to Be Beautiful - Or, at Least, Clean’: What It’s Like to Grow Up Without Running Water by Alicia Elliott. Chatelaine. 29 April 2019. https://www.chatelaine.com/living/real-life-stories/safe-drinking-water-first-nations-canada/

From the Amazon to the Great Lakes: sharing knowledge and mapping oral histories with First Nations communities in Canada by Rudo Kemper. Amazon Conservation Team. 9 July 2019. https://www.amazonteam.org/from-the-amazon-to-the-great-lakes-sharing-knowledge-and-mapping-oral-histories-with-first-nations-communities-in-canada/

Indigenous inclusion at U.N. ‘tokenistic’ as Amazon chief denied access to climate summit by Justin Brake. APTN National News. 23 September 2019. https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/indigenous-inclusion-at-u-n-tokenistic-as-amazon-chief-denied-access-to-climate-summit/

Why some First Nations still don’t have clean drinking water - despite Trudeau’s promise by Jane Gerster and Krista Hessey. Global News. 28 September 2019. https://globalnews.ca/news/5887716/first-nations-boil-water-advisories/?fbclid=IwAR1MqxLKt99b3k9aq7dZrN6AMIIHI1BREjqRSFZTjp0quimAgJoKaKAxYko

11 Young Climate Justice Activists You Need to Pay Attention To by Maia Wikler and Thanu Yakupitiyage. Motherboard Tech By Vice. 1 October 2019. https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xwvq3/11-young-climate-justice-activists-you-need-to-pay-attention-to-beyond-greta-thunberg

Working with Indigenous communities to improve water quality by Faculty of Engineering. McMaster University. 29 October 2019. https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/working-indigenous-communities-improve-water-quality

Film tells tale of devastation of environmental racism by Dave Waddell. Windsor Star. 9 November 2019. https://windsorstar.com/entertainment/local-arts/film-tells-tale-of-devastation-of-environmental-racism

Environmental Activists of Color by Ananya Garg. YES! Magazine. 19 February 2020. https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/world-we-want/2020/02/19/environmental-activists-of-color/

First Nations don’t give up by Light Manuel. Climatica. 31 March 2020. https://www.climatica.lamarea.com/las-primeras-naciones-no-se-rinden/

Water Is Life: Indigenous Women Are Fighting for Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans by Charnel Anderson and Kelly Boutsalis. Chatelaine. 21 April 2020. https://www.chatelaine.com/living/water-is-life-part-two/

Recipients of the Faculty of Social Sciences COVID-19 Catalyst Grant by Faulty of Social Sciences. McMaster University. 7 June 2020. https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/ee/news-events/faculty-of-social-sciences-covid-19-catalyst-grant-recipients-announced

Two Row Research Paradigm and Participant’s Experiences by Faulty of Social Sciences. McMaster University. 17 June 2020. https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/ee/news-events/two-row-research-paradigm-and-participant2019s-experiences

National Indigenous peoples day by Dominick Nagy. CHCH. 21 June 2020. https://www.chch.com/national-indigenous-peoples-day-2/

New Indigenous Student-led YouTube Series: Ohneganos Let’s Talk Water by Faulty of Social Sciences. McMaster University. 23 July 2020. https://indigenous.mcmaster.ca/news/new-indigenous-student-led-youtube-series-ohneganos-lets-talk-water

New Indigenous Student-Led YouTube Series: Ohneganos Let’s Talk Water by Global Water Futures. 23 July 2020. https://gwf.usask.ca/articles/2020/new-indigenous-student-led-youtube-series-ohneganos-lets-talk-water.php

Indigenous action highlighted in new Wellington Water Watchers' billboard by Keegan Kozolanka. GuelphToday. 19 August 2020. https://www.guelphtoday.com/amp/wellington-county/indigenous-action-highlighted-in-new-wellington-water-watchers-billboard-2647547

Wellington Water Watchers continues billboard campaign; promotes Indigenous podcast by Advertiser Staff. The Wellington Advertiser. 9 September 2020. https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/wellington-water-watchers-continues-billboard-campaign-promotes-indigenous-podcast/

Why Makasa Looking Horse is Fighting for the Right to Water by Malika Ladha. The Ismaili Magazine. 30 September 2020. https://iicanada.org/magazine/in-focus/why-maka%C5%9Ba-looking-horse-fighting-right-water or https://iicanada.org/magazine/digital-version

Ohneganos: Indigenous-Led Water Conservation by Wetland Knowledge Exchange. Issue 52. October 2020. https://mailchi.mp/ed6ffcfa1e9a/october_newsletter_2020

Climate, Community, and Indigenous Resilience: Impacts of Water Stress on Planning a Climate Secure Future by Dawn Martin-Hill, Tariq Deen, Nidhi Nagabhatla, Altaf Arain, Colin Gibson, Kathryn Chen. Global Water Futures Featured Science Outcomes. 23 October 2020. https://gwf.usask.ca/outreach/science-features/climate-indigenous-resilience.php

Focus on infrastructure, involved community to fix reserve water issues: observers by Holly McKenzie-Sutter. The Canadian Press. 28 October 2020. https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2020/10/28/focus-on-infrastructure-involve-community-to-fix-reserve-water-issues-observers/

From groundwater to wildfires, Global Water Futures invests $2.4M in McMaster researchers by Praem Mehta. Brighter World. 28 October 2020. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/from-groundwater-to-wildfires-global-water-futures-invests-2-4m-in-mcmaster-researchers/

Indigenous Youth Want Deb Haaland to be Joe Biden’s Interior Secretary by Cecilia Nowell. Teen Vogue. 19 November 2020. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/indigenous-youth-interior-department-deb-haaland?fbclid=IwAR1sevH3GzkthKTDUQIFLu1AfqMYIiK91uJvegnRkoAJ4so3BHLR5DTJ8eU

GWF Highlight – Ohneganos: Water is Life by McMaster Water Network. December 2020. https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=f4af81022c327da635dfe84c9&id=da8ba45a1b

New and existing partnerships and collaboration by Terrastories. December 2020. https://mailchi.mp/d52026dd9a0a/open-source-volunteerism-and-oral-histories-mapping-during-a-pandemic-terrastories-2020-in-review?e=997445f378

Empowering communities to shape sustainable water solutions by Sonia Verma. Brighter World. 10 December 2020. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/empowering-communities-to-shape-sustainable-water-solutions/

Clearbridge Mobile Adds New Features to Mental Health App to Help Adolescents and Young Adults Increase Psychological Resilience by Clearbridge Mobile Inc. Cision. 9 February 2021. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/clearbridge-mobile-adds-new-features-to-mental-health-app-to-help-adolescents-and-young-adults-increase-psychological-resilience-820071240.html

Anthropologist on AG's report blaming Ottawa for First Nations lacking clean water by Ginella Massa. Canada’s Tonight CBC News. 26 February 2021. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1867509827998

2020 Changed Everything About Climate Justice by Maia Wikler. Vice World News. 9 March 2021. https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7vp9b/2020-changed-everything-about-climate-justice

Makasa Looking Horse: Why I Took on Nestle by Makasa Looking Horse. Rematriation. 9 March 2021. https://rematriation.com/makasa-looking-horse-why-i-took-on-nestle/

Global Water Futures - Ohneganos: Let’s Talk Water by McMaster Water Network. March 2021. https://mailchi.mp/a30066a05883/water-network-mar-update?e=62fef75def

Students’ Indigenous-led podcast forges global connections by Sonia Verma. McMaster University Daily News. 9 June 2021. https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/students-indigenous-led-podcast-forges-global-connections/

Uncovering Indigenous History In Canada by A Public Affair. WORT 89.9FM Madison. 2 July 2021. https://www.wortfm.org/uncovering-indigenous-history-in-canada/

What Does Mental Wellness Mean for Indigenous Youth? Research Background to the Adaptation of the JoypopTM App for Haudenosaunee Culture (pp. 32-41) by Christine Wekerle, Dawn Martin-Hill, Katherine Kim, and the Six Nations Youth Mental Wellness Advisory Committee. July 2021. https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=b43e8d51-b6f4-48ca-9e31-d7936ed7a950

COP26: The Sacrifice of Indigenous People – An interview with Makasa Looking Horse by Where the Leaves Fall. Issue 8. October 2021. https://wheretheleavesfall.com/explore/article-index/cop26-makasa/

’The problem is we survived’: Q&A with Dawn Martin-Hill about truth and reconciliation by Alessia Passafiume. Hamilton Spectator. 1 October 2021. https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2021/10/01/the-problem-is-we-survived-qa-with-dawn-martin-hill-about-truth-and-reconciliation.html?rf

Canadian Scientist Receives University of Oklahoma International Water Prize by University of Oklahoma, Gallogly College of Engineering. 6 October 2021. https://www.newswise.com/articles/canadian-scientist-receives-university-of-oklahoma-international-water-prize

Empowering Indigenous youths with tradition and tech: Q&A with Dawn Martin-Hill by Caitlin Looby. Mongabay. 8 October 2021. https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/empowering-indigenous-youths-with-tradition-and-tech-qa-with-dawn-martin-hill/

Dawn Martin-Hill receives International Water Prize from University of Oklahoma by Meghan Johnston. Brighter World. 12 October 2021. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/dawn-martin-hill-receives-international-water-prize-from-university-of-oklahoma/

Grand River is full of contaminants, says award-winning Indigenous McMaster prof. CBC News. 3 November 2021. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/water-award-mcmaster-1.6234501

Shedding light on Indigenous culture and traditions by Abonti Nur Ahmed. The Silhouette. 5 November 2021. https://www.thesil.ca/shedding-light-on-indigenous-culture-and-traditions

The new normal of ‘Climate Grief’: Why mental health must feature in adaptation and resilience planning. UNU-CRIS. 12 November 2021. https://cris.unu.edu/new-normal-%E2%80%98climate-grief%E2%80%99-why-mental-health-must-feature-adaptation-and-resilience-planning

‘There’s a lot of troubling findings’: McMaster professor awarded international water prize for work at Six Nations by Alessia Passafiume. Hamilton Spectator. 23 November 2021. https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2021/11/23/theres-a-lot-of-troubling-findings-mcmaster-professor-awarded-international-water-prize-for-work-at-six-nations.html?rf

Climate Change: Six Nations already being hit with increased floods and droughts in summer. Turtle Island News. 22 December 2021. https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2021/12/22/climate-change-six-nations-already-being-hit-with-increased-floods-and-draughts-in-summer/?fbclid=IwAR0LxRQsv0l-liy6rFKdb11O-RlakcrqG5Jg8g6cws8IqLN15jyC9yEgQW0

Announcing support from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums by Mar Cartro. Digital Democracy. 6 March 2022. https://wp.digital-democracy.org/announcing-support-from-the-association-of-tribal-archives-libraries-and-museums/

World Water Day: Research at McMaster. Brighter World. 22 March 2022. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/world-water-day-2022-water-research-across-mcmaster/

Amplifying First Nations voices in water management by Lachlan Haycock. Australian Water Association. 12 May 2022. https://www.awa.asn.au/resources/latest-news/amplifying-first-nations-in-water-management

A Grand day of STEM activities for Indigenous high school students by Meggie MacDougall. McMaster Faculty of Engineering. 21 June 2022. https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/grand-day-stem-activities-indigenous-high-school-students

Gathering of Good Minds brings more youth events to Six Nations by Jace Koblun. Two Row Times. 3 August 2022. https://tworowtimes.com/news/local/gathering-of-good-minds-brings-more-youth-events-to-six-nations/

Empowering Communities to Shape Sustainable Water Solutions by Keith Hayward. International Water Association. 12 September 2022. https://iwa-network.org/news/empowering-communities-to-shape-sustainable-water-solutions/

Dawn Martin-Hill receives 2022 OU International Water Prize by Jim Chamberlain. Gallogly College of Engineering (The University of Oklahoma). 10 October 2022. https://www.ou.edu/coe/news-hub/news/2022/october/ou-international-water-prize

Engineering Co-op and Career Services launches new equity, diversity and inclusion e-course by Naz Kittani. McMaster Faculty of Engineering. 24 November 2022. https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/engineering-co-op-and-career-services-launches-new-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-e-course

’The world is running out of water,’ says water expert from Six Nations, Ont. by Aicha Smith-Belghaba. CBC News Hamilton. 16 December 2022. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/makasa-looking-horse-water-1.6669365

How Two Young Climate Activists Are Tackling Water and Food Insecurity Across North America by Kelly Boutsalis. Vogue Magazine. 19 December 2022. https://www.vogue.com/article/tokala-makasa-looking-horse-sumaya-bouhbal

How Indigenous and western knowledge can work together to improve Six Nations water security by Chris Pickles. Brighter World. 19 April 2023. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/grand-river-six-nations-water-security/

Ohneganos Water Project to be unveiled in August by The Staff. Two Row Times. 31 May 2023. https://tworowtimes.com/news/local/ohneganos-water-project-to-be-unveiled-in-august/