By Matteo Cimellaro Local Journalism Initiative\u00a0 Following years of advocacy and struggle, Indigenous nations downstream of the oilsands have received funding to understand the diseases they argue are a direct cause of the fossil fuel industry. On Wednesday, flanked by Indigenous leaders from the region, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced funding for a community-led study into the health impacts of the oilsands. There is a sense of payoff and joy within the community\u2019s following years of advocacy at the federal-provincial level to receive the funding for the community-led health study. Chief Allan Adam, who has become a familiar face in Ottawa over the past years, has himself had family members pass away from rare cancers. He is not alone in Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) with that family history. For… <\/p>\n
By Matteo Cimellaro Local Journalism Initiative\u00a0 Following years of advocacy and struggle, Indigenous nations downstream of the oilsands have received funding to understand the diseases they argue are a direct cause of the fossil fuel industry. On Wednesday, flanked by Indigenous leaders from the region, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced funding for a community-led study into the health impacts of the oilsands. There is a sense of payoff and joy within the community\u2019s following years of advocacy at the federal-provincial level to receive the funding for the community-led health study. Chief Allan Adam, who has become a familiar face in Ottawa over the past years, has himself had family members pass away from rare cancers. He is not alone in Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) with that family history. For... <\/p>\n