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Massive sewage leak reinforces critical need for wastewater infrastructure upgrades
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Massive sewage leak reinforces critical need for wastewater infrastructure upgrades
Volunteer Opportunity: Water Sampling with the Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network
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Get involved with local water sampling efforts this field season!
Decolonizing Reading Club: White Supremacy Culture – Still Here
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Read LWF Program Coordinator Claire Harvey’s reflection on Tema Okun’s article, which explores how characteristics of white supremacy culture shows up in our workplaces and personal lives.
Statement by LWF Executive Director Alexis Kanu on the South Winnipeg Sewage Spill
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Read our Executive Director’s comments on the south Winnipeg sewage spill.
New Year, Fresh Idea
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The LWF and Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective (LWIC) teams are implementing a reduced workweek trial to advance our strategic goal of demonstrating excellence in non-profit governance and practice.
Decolonizing Reading Club: A Grandmother Begins the Story
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Read LWF Communications Advisor Marlo Campbell’s reflection on Michelle Porter’s novel, which uses episodic storytelling to explore themes of family, trauma, resistance, endurance and resilience.
Decolonizing Reading Club: Rehearsals for Living
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Read Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective Program Lead Kianna Durston’s reflection on Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s analysis of current and historical collective efforts to build a better world.
Provincial mandate letters mark government’s commitment to protecting Lake Winnipeg
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With a mandate to "protect Lake Winnipeg and safeguard the health of all our waterways,” Manitoba’s new government must focus on phosphorus reduction.
Advocacy Success! Renewed federal funding for Lake Winnipeg
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Join us in advocating for targeted federal investment in evidence-based phosphorus reduction.
Decolonizing Reading Club: Five Little Indians
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Read Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective Communications and Engagement Coordinator Kakeka ThunderSky’s reflection on Michelle Good’s novel, which follows a group of friends dealing with the trauma they endured at a church-run residential school.