Diamond mines in Canada’s Northwest Territories are not a girl’s best friend

“Diamonds are said to be a girl’s best friend. I’m not sure which girls they are because it’s certainly not anyone in here.”

By Rebecca Hall, Queen's University April 27, 2022
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Almost three years ago, Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its final report and among its findings, the report identified resource extraction as a site of gender violence.

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