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David Suzuki presents Sarah Harmer with the Juno Awards 2025 Humanitarian Award

This year, the Juno Awards recognized RGMC spokesperson Sarah Harmer for her tireless activism on behalf of social and environmental justice causes, including the fight to defend Mount Nemo and the Escarpment from gravel mining.

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4.6 billion

How many litres of water approved by the province for daily consumption by the gravel mining industry

5,000

How many acres of land gravel mining consumes on average each year in Ontario

13x

How much more gravel is licensed for extraction by the province each year compared to annual consumption

6,000

The number of approved gravel mining sites currently in Ontario

All Eyes on Mount Nemo

From March through June of 2025, the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) is hearing evidence regarding the proposal by Nelson Aggregates to expand a massive quarry that threatens the Mt. Nemo plateau in Burlington. This hearing isn’t just about one quarry — it’s an opportunity to put the whole gravel mining industry on trial. Watch these videos to learn about the campaign.

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We acknowledge that we work on the Treaty and traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Treaty 13 and the Williams Treaties, the Treaty and traditional territory of Williams Treaty Nations (Alderville, Hiawatha, Curve Lake, Hiawatha and Scugog Island, Beausoleil, Georgina Island and Rama Island First Nations). Ancestrally this territory was home to other First Nations including the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and the Pentun peoples. Today, this land is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. In addition, our work takes place nationwide, across all the Treaty and unceded lands of Turtle Island. We recognize, respect and strive to reconcile the inherent Aboriginal and Treaty rights of all the Indigenous peoples as upheld within the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Constitution of Canada.

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