Someone Else’s Treasure

someone elses treasure

Home to seventy-five percent of the world’s mining companies, Canada leads the way in the global mining industry. But people the world over are raising complaints describing the industry as Canada’s number one contribution to global injustice. Complaints include the displacement of indigenous communities, families being torn apart, destroyed livelihoods, ruined ecosystems, and the erosion of ancient indigenous cultures.

Someone Else’s Treasure is an ongoing multimedia documentary project which brings to light some of the experiences of people around the world – including the Philippines, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Chile, and Canada – whose lives have been impacted by the global mining industry.

The companies’ perspectives are easily accessible; the views of NGOs, human rights organizations and environmentalists are easily accessible; the perspectives of economists and academics are easily accessible; the views of the politicians, geologists and engineers are also easily accessible; but the perspectives of the people who actually live there are not.

For this reason, the focus of Someone Else’s Treasure is on the people, the communities, not the companies. Someone Else’s Treasure is not about a handful companies that are breaking the law, because in fact there are no international laws to hold them accountable for what you’re about to see.

Someone Else’s Treasure is about one question — what is it that we treasure above all else, our families, communities, livelihoods, culture, health, or is it profit, money, or gold?

Contents:

I: Introduction

II: The Philippines

III: Tanzania

IV: Mining&Water: Benguet

V: Mining&Water: Marinduque

VI: Mining&Water: San Antonio Pit, Marinduque

VII: The Heartless Nature of the Mining Industry written by Sakura Saunders

VIII: Indigenous Leaders confront Barrick Gold

XI: RoyalOr Stakes a Claim on Mont-Royal

XII: Mankayan (coming soon)

XIII: Mindoro: Food Security (coming soon)