Public Project
Canada's Water Crisis
The Ojibwe community is about 450 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, and is only connected by air, or ice road during the wintertime. The region is located near the Ring of Fire, an area known to be rich in deposits of copper, platinum, chromite, and nickel for which the Ontario government is eager to capitalise on. Despite being surrounded by natural resources, the water many Indigenous communities depend on is highly contaminated, inaccessible, or at risk due to faulty treatment systems. Today, there are 31 long term boil water advisories across the country.
The trauma of an entire generation without this basic human necessity has left its mark.
With support from National Geographic Society and the Canadian Royal Geographical Society, I reported on Canada's water crisis over the course of several years. This is the story of one community.
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