Grand Riverkeeper Labrador, Inc.

06/05/2026

Grand Riverkeeper Labrador Call for Board Members
Are you passionate about Labrador, environmental stewardship, water protection, research, education, or community leadership? We would love to have you join us!

Grand Riverkeeper Labrador (GRKL) is seeking dedicated and community-minded individuals to join its Board of Directors.

GRKL is a Labrador-based environmental non-profit organization committed to protecting the Grand (Churchill) River watershed and advancing public awareness, research, education, and environmental stewardship throughout Labrador.

Who We Are Looking For
We welcome applicants no matter where you are. We welcome individuals with a variety of skills, backgrounds and expertise and share our vision

Previous board experience is helpful but not required.

Board Member Responsibilities

Board members are expected to:
• Attend regular board meetings (virtual and/or in person)
• Support the mission and objectives of GRKL
• Participate in organizational planning and decision-making
• Assist with outreach, fundraising, and strategic initiatives
• Act in the best interests of the organization and the communities it serves

GRKL encourages applications from Indigenous peoples, youth, Elders, all genders, and individuals from diverse backgrounds.

How to Apply
Please send applications or inquiries to: Grand Riverkeeper Labrador at [email protected] or comment on the page

Please share with anyone who may be interested in supporting watershed protection and environmental stewardship in Labrador.

06/01/2026

Please join us and learn about the important work Grand RiverKeeper Labrador is doing!

03/08/2026

Following is a summary of a submission to the Independent Review Committee who has been tasked with examining the MOU between NL Hydro and Hydro Quebec regarding further development on the Grand (Churchill) River.

Grand Riverkeeper Labrador is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the Grand (Churchill) River and its ecological integrity. Our mission includes public awareness, monitoring, research, and habitat restoration to ensure the river's water quality and ecological health for present and future generations. We are actively involved in advocating for environmental assessments of hydroelectric projects and participate in the Waterkeeper Alliance, a global network of river protection organizations.

GRK has serious concerns about the MOU between Hydro Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec) and would like to make this submission to the Independent Panel. We do understand from our review of the Committee’s mandate issued by the Province on December 15, 2025 that according to Premier Tony Wakeham, it is being established as a “public inquiry” under Part 11 of the Public Inquiries Act which grants the Committee broad authority to access information they deem necessary for determining their review. We also believe that The Act and the instructions from your mandate quoted below, give you the authority to consider any and all impacts and determine whether they are in the “best long-term interest of the people of the province”... as Premier Wakeham stated at the announcement of the Independent Review.

The attached submission addresses some concerns that we feel need to be addressed under the mandate of the best interest of the people of the province. This submission outlines these concerns and important components to consider. We have outlined some matters that we have researched, this research is rich and covers many other topics that we have addressed here. We are presenting questions about proposed economic benefits, concerns about damage to surrounding areas through contaminants such as mercury, trapped sediments, which leads to ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss. and loss of cultural space for surrounding residents.

We intend to show in this letter and as many before us and many after us will document, mega dams and huge reservoirs are nowhere near as clean as proponents want you to believe. We hope that has been accomplished. They emit tons of greenhouse gas that, up to now, has not been counted or regulated. They destroy fisheries, phytoplankton, interrupt regional and global climates, especially in the Arctic; they impact the overturning of the Labrador Current, the massive ocean current that regulates climate for the entire globe; currently they are hugely more expensive than less polluting sources of energy like wind and solar.

02/22/2026

URGENT: Demand action for a new and comprehensive Federal and Provincial environmental assessment! Read the letter:
https://www.grandriverkeeperlabrador.ca/action/
Sign on to help us stop hydropower mega dams!

Grand Riverkeeper Labrador participates in the annual worldwide International Day of Action for Rivers happening March of each year

02/22/2026

Have a look at the website if you haven't visited lately. Take action to save the Grand River from hydro megadams!