On January 27, 2026, Above Ground and MiningWatch Canada co-hosted the second event in our Interrogating “critical minerals” event series. Four speakers, representing government and civil society, shared detailed insights and offered diverse perspectives and critiques of Canada’s strategy on critical minerals.

On January 13, 2026, Above Ground and MiningWatch Canada co-hosted the first event in our Interrogating “critical minerals” event series. This webinar brought together five Indigenous speakers from around the world to discuss global, regional and local struggles for justice related to the global push for critical minerals extraction.

In this report we examine the links between Canadian seafood imports and forced labour, the government’s policy response, and how Canada could better protect the rights of workers in fisheries, primarily by adopting a strong human rights due diligence law.

Importing goods made with forced labour has been prohibited under Canadian law since 2020. However, customs authorities have only once taken enforcement action under this prohibition. In this report we examine flaws in Canada’s enforcement framework and needed reforms, based on analysis from Goldblatt Partners LLP.

This publication provides an overview of claims filed in Canadian courts containing allegations of environmental or human rights abuse overseas linked to the operations of Canadian extractive companies or companies within their corporate group. We examine the outcomes and implications of each case, and the challenges inherent in transnational litigation of this nature.

Amidst increasing awareness of Canadian ties to forced labour overseas, Ottawa is being urged to make better use of legal tools to attack the problem. In this brief, we take stock of Canada's existing legislation and policies related to forced labour in international supply chains, and how they are — or aren't — being enforced.

In an ecologically fragile region of southern Africa, Calgary-based company Reconnaissance Africa Energy is exploring for oil. The project has sparked alarm around the globe, as environmental groups and community leaders warn of possible threats to critical food and water supplies, local livelihoods and endangered wildlife.

Close to 25 million women, men and children are trapped in forced labour around the globe, working under abusive conditions in the factories, fields, and other sites where much of the world’s — and Canada’s — goods are produced.

Canada has become the second-largest public financier of fossil fuels in the G20 due to the business carried out by its export bank. New research commissioned by Above Ground and Oil Change International identifies policy and legal reforms needed to reverse the trend and redirect the bank's resources into low-carbon solutions.