Sister Barbara Paleczny (right) met members of the Grassy Narrows First Nation community at an event this past fall in Toronto to protest mercury poisoning of the Anishinaabe community’s land in Northwestern Ontario. Sister Barbara shared the stories of SSND sisters who had lived there for decades and walked with them and thousands of others in support of Indigenous people and care of water.
To read more about restoring Indigenous rights and advancing climate justice in Canada, visit https://cpj.ca/report/restoring-indigenous-rights/.
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