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Jan 3, 2023 · Alex Orton and Rod Snyder are among thousands of LGBTQ Christians who faced rejection from their families, churches and schools. They attended the signing of the Respect for Marriage Act, a federal law that protects same-sex and interracial couples.
Alexandra Morton has been called "the Jane Goodall of Canada" because of her passionate thirty-year fight to save British Columbia's wild salmon. Her account of that fight is both inspiring in its own right and a roadmap of resistance.
Alexandra Orton is a documentary filmmaker who has worked on shows like Who Do You Think You Are?, ReMastered, and Secrets of Playboy. See her full filmography, awards, and contact information on Kinorium.com.
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Despite her reputation for uncompromising resistance to B.C.'s salmon farms, Morton says she initially welcomed their arrival in a small community that sometimes struggled to stay afloat. "My first thought was that they were a good idea and that they would keep our school open," she said. "That they would be good for our tiny little local economy."...
Producing the data was one thing. Effecting change would prove to be quite another. Try as she might, industry and government seemed impervious to her claims that fish farms were infecting adjacent wild salmon populations with sea lice and other pathogens. "I spoke at the [annual general meetings] of these companies. I entered into all kinds of gov...
Then, in 2017, a school teacher and hereditary leader named Ernest Alfredof the Namgis, Tlowit'sis and Mamalilikala Nation decided to occupy the Swanson Island Fish Farm. "Everybody realized, 'OK, we're stepping over the line here.'" Morton said. "And so I jumped up and I joined him and became part of that occupation for 280 days, which was … gruel...
The jury is still out on the degree to which fish farms are responsible for the decline of wild salmon populations. Morton says she knows her overt stance on the issue has contributed to the perception that her research is biased, but insists she's always been open to other explanations for wild salmon deaths. "Climate change is huge," she said. "D...
Mar 26, 2021 · Alexandra Morton on her battle to save wild salmon. The B.C. based biologist reflects on her decades long fight to preserve the ecosystem she calls home.
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"Not on My Watch" by Alexandra Morton. Alexandra is a field biologist who became an activist who has done groundbreaking research on the damaging impact of ocean-based salmon farming on the coast of British Columbia.
