Academic Review of Testimonio
Why We Aren't Talking About Canadian Mining in Guatemala
What Has Testimonio Provoked in Canadian Society?
Interview with Catherine Nolin
Photo-Story
Radio Interview
Book review - Tom gives a thumbs up
Canadian CourseReadings
Testimonio Book Posting
Who is the woman on the cover of TESTIMONIO?
Podcast - Crying of Lote 8
Vaclav Masek, September 2023
Journal of Latin American Geography, Volume 22, Number 2.
Writing the Coast: BC & Yukon Book Prizes Podcast, November 2022
In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Grahame Russell. Grahame edited Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala with Catherine Nolin. Testimonio was a finalist for the 2022 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. In their conversation Grahame talks about his NGO Rights Action, and about why Testimonio shouldn't be a provocative book.
By Grahame Russell, Rights Action, May 2023
TESTIMONIO should not be considered a ‘provocative book’. It is fact-based reporting about the harms and violence caused by the Canadian-led mining industry in Guatemala, about the corruption and impunity with which the companies operate.
The British Columbia Review Interview Series, April 2023
Catherine speaks about Testimonio and the quest of the people of Guatemala for land and life in the face of aggressive actions by Canadian mining companies and the challenges of getting the book published.
Rights Action, November 2022
As follow-up to publication of TESTIMONIO, Rights Action led an 8-day delegation to visit four mining-resistance struggles
Gorilla Radio, September 2022
Chris Cook talks with Grahame Russell about TESTIMONIO and ongoing harmful impacts of Canadian mining company operations in Guatemala.
The Interior News, September 2022
Opinion column review of TESTIMONIO.
Canadian CourseReadings, April 2022
TESTIMONIO is included in this Academic Database ~ new and recent books from Canadian academic, university, and literary presses.
CBC Books, April 2022
What is land? A resource to be exploited? A commodity to be traded? A home to cherish?
Rights Action, March 2022
Grahame Russell writes of Diodora Antonia Hernandez Cinto, a Mayan Mam woman who refused to sell her plot of land to Goldcorp Inc., and suffered -and survived!- a brutal assassination attempt.
Did Swiss-based Solway Investment Group mining company pressure Swiss-based Springer Nature to quash publication of TESTIMONIO?
Rights Action, March 2022
Grahame Russell writes of the “Forbidden Stories” investigations and revelations about Solway Investment Group mining operation in Guatemala.
CanadaLand Podcast, February 2022
Many Canadian mining companies are pariahs around the world. Why does Canada allow this to happen? Interviews with Angélica Choc, Grahame Russell & Catherine Nolin, in part 8 of an 8-part series on Canadian mining.
Commentary - The Other Face of Renewable Energy: Extractivism
Medium.com, January 2022
Reflections by Sarah Wochele, Denver Justice & Peace Committee, inspired by TESTIMONIO.
Commentary - The Other Face of Renewable Energy: Extractivism
Medium.com, January 2022
Reflections by Sarah Wochele, Denver Justice & Peace Committee, inspired by TESTIMONIO.
Video - NRESi Colloquium
UNBC’s Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Institute, January 2022
Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell discuss TESTIMONIO.
Radio interview - CBC The Current
CBC, The Current, January 2022
Interview with Angelica Choc & Grahame Russell on Canadian Mining in Guatemala, TESTIMONIO, and the role and responsability of the Canadian government and private sector.
Book review - Witness to Canadian mining
By Howard Macdonald Stewart, The Ormsby Review, December 2021
The Ormsby Review is a Vancouver-based, online journal devoted to literature, arts, culture and society.
News report - Canadian mining companies profit as Guatemalans suffer
By Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee, December 2021
TESTIMONIO book says we pay too little attention to toll of environmental destruction, displacement and deaths caused by Canadian mining companies in Guatemala.
News report - “It pains me to tell you the image of Canada is severely damaged”
By Joan Baxter, Halifax Examiner, November 2021
Damning testimony in new book reveals the horrific record of Canadian mining companies in Guatemala.
Brisna Caxaj-Rowe, a victim of Guatemalan repression in the 1980s, comments on TESTIMONIO
Rights Action, October 2021
“I relate very well to this book. My own story has points in common with those of the victims talking about their struggles in Testimonio.”
Maude Barlow & others comment on TESTIMONIO
Rights Action, October 2021
Compilation of reviews and comments about TESTIMONIO.
Excerpt from TESTIMONIO - Is Canada to blame for human rights abuses in Guatemala?
By Annie Hylton, Now Toronto, October 2021
Ongoing civil suits against Canadian mining companies reveals embassy's role in creating a favourable climate for business in the country.
Video - Book launch
Between the Lines book launch, October 2021
Co-editors Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell discuss their powerful new book on the date of its publication, along with several of the book's contributors.
Video - The Exploration Place
Virtual Adult Speaker Series, ‘Exploration Place’, October 2021
Catherine Nolin talks about TESTIMONIO in this webinar presented by The Exploration Place Museum & Science Centre, Prince George, BC.
Report - UNBC researchers document Canadian mining company-linked human rights violations
UNBC News Stories, October 2021
“A new book, TESTIMONIO: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala, is co-edited by UNBC Geography Professor Dr. Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell (director of Rights Action, UNBC Adjunct Professor) and based on their research and direct community support work in Guatemala since 2004.”
News report - Between the Lines to publish mining book dropped by Springer Nature over libel chill
Springer Publishing succumbs to legal bullying, and why this matters in the struggle for a sustainable and just world
By Cassandra Drudi, Quill & Quire, February 2021
“A book about Canadian mining in Guatemala that was dropped by its European publisher over potential legal concerns last year will be published this fall by Between the Lines.”
Interview - Catherine Nolin & Grahame Russell
Canadian Association of University Teachers Council, February 2021
In November 2020, the Canadian Association of University Teachers Council passed a motion condemning the last-minute cancellation of a book deal by Springer Nature, allegedly following third-party interference, as its suppression threatens academic freedom and scholarly communications.
Podcast - Mining the Truth: Why a publisher buried a book exposing human rights abuses by Canadian companies in Guatemala
Public Letter - Why did a Swiss publisher abruptly refuse to publish “Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala”?
By The Global Development Primer, December 2020
The co-edited book titled "Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala" was peer reviewed, and on its way to bookstore shelves until a surprise legal review came forward against the book. Springer Nature, the publisher, then informed the authors that they were canceling the publication contract, and returned the manuscript to the editors.
By Steven Johnson, 15-15-15 Magazine, December 2020
Article in this Magazine For A New Civilization, on the quashed publication of Testimonio by Spring Publishing and why it matters.
Report - CUFA BC supports UNBC Professors, condemns publisher for cancelling book on Canadian mining
CUFA BC NEWS, December 2020
The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC stands in solidarity with faculty members at the University of Northern British Columbia after Springer Nature cancels book deal.
News report - Spiked. BC Profs Protest after Publisher Drops Book on Canadian Mining
By Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee, November 2020
UNBC researchers’ book alleging wrongdoing in Guatemala was accepted, reviewed, then cancelled.
Catherine Nolin & Grahame Russell
November 10, 2020
Due to significant interest, we re-publish this Public Letter, along with the Table of Contents and Bios of the editors and contributors.