Professor Monaghan on Surveillance and Indigenous Movements

Below is an assortment of news media coverage related to Professor Jeffrey Monaghan’s research on the surveillance of Indigenous movements. In these news reports, Professor Monaghan addresses recent news about the RCMP’s Project SITKA, which was an investigation into prominent Indigenous activists in Canada.

Professor Monaghan raises a number of issues related to civil liberties; data collection and retention practices, as well as broader implications surrounding police responses to major protests like Idle No More.

Coverage includes:

• CBC – New Brunswick – 35 Indigenous anti-shale gas protesters in N.B. on RCMP ‘threat’ list
• CBC Radio – News Brunswick – Information Morning – Fredericton with Terry Seguin; Jeffery Monaghan – Project Sitka
• CBC – North – ‘We’ve always been seen as a threat,’ says former N.W.T. premier of RCMP surveillance revelations
• APTN – RCMP intelligence centre compiled list of 89 Indigenous rights activists considered “threats”
• APTN – Identities of two Mi’kmaq Warriors on RCMP ‘threat’ list revealed
• Motherboard  (VICE) – The RCMP Used Police Databases and Social Media to Track Aboriginal Protestors
• National Post – RCMP tracked 89 indigenous activists considered ‘threats’ for participating in protests
• News Release from Canadian Journalists for Free Expression – CJFE Condemns Project SITKA, Targeted Surveillance of Indigenous Land Defenders