Dylan Sunshine Waisman
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About Dylan Sunshine Waisman
Dylan Sunshine Waisman received her Master's degree in International Human Rights law in 2018 from Radboud University in the Netherlands, and received her degree in European Law at Nottingham Trent University in England. Find Dylan's work on National Observer's FacebookLive page.
Please treat Indigenous women like your sisters
“You’d be hard-pressed to find an Indigenous person who hasn’t experienced that kind of loss and that kind of grief. We all know someone who has been murdered."
Three arrested as protests resume on Burnaby Mountain
Protests resumed on Burnaby Mountain at the gates of the Kinder Morgan pipeline construction site, as artists showed up with colourful signs representing fish, birds and other wildlife. Three women were arrested, including Pia Massie, the artist in residence at Emily Carr University's Centre for Culture and Community.
Vancouver imposes tightest regulations in Canada on Airbnb in move to protect city's renters
Vancouver has legalized short-term rentals, and has become the first city in Canada to sign an agreement with Airbnb to regulate the market.
Is Trans Mountain construction continuing, despite what Kinder Morgan said?
Only a day after Kinder Morgan announced it would suspend all non-essential spending on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, heavy machinery was at work on the site.
Naomi Klein braves storm to protest Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion
Around 300 people braved rain and thunder on Burnaby Mountain today to demonstrate against Texas-based energy giant Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion.
Hundreds rally outside Trudeau fundraiser in downtown Vancouver
Hundreds of people marched from the Vancouver Art Gallery to the Sheraton Wall Centre, an upscale hotel where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a $1,000-a-plate Liberal fundraiser on Thursday. They came with metal pots, pans, and wooden spoons with the intent to make their opposition against the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion heard by guests attending the event.
Will Vancouver's next mayor be Her Worship Shauna Sylvester?
Shauna Sylvester has announced her official bid for Vancouver Mayor as an independent candidate in one of the most unpredictable elections Vancouver has ever seen.
This clean-tech executive believes climate-change solutions go hand-in-hand with pipeline expansion
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces protests in Vancouver for his continued support for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, green business leaders in B.C. have mixed views on whether the project should be built.
Award-winning Tsilhqot’in filmmaker Trevor Mack on his new short film ʔEtsu (Grandmother)
The film explores themes of child abuse, and child suicide on reserves. Mack told National Observer he felt compelled to bring these issues into the Canadian consciousness, "to create that dialogue without those tragedies catalyzing the discussion first.”
Burnaby takes its pipeline fight to Supreme Court of Canada
The City of Burnaby is taking its fight with Kinder Morgan over municipal bylaws up to the Supreme Court of Canada.