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A respected NunatuKavut Elder, James G. Learning advocated and fought for his people and the lands and waters of Labrador until the day he died.
Learning was known for his gentle kindness and fierce passion for water protection and Labrador independence.
Learning was known for his gentle kindness and fierce passion for water protection and Labrador independence.
In 2013, at the age of 74, he was arrested for protesting the Muskrat Falls hydro project.
Incarcerated, he launched a hunger strike to bring attention to what he said would be the destruction of the Lower Churchill River in Central Labrador. He was released six days later.
Incarcerated, he launched a hunger strike to bring attention to what he said would be the destruction of the Lower Churchill River in Central Labrador. He was released six days later.
In 2014, following fruitless efforts to have the province fly the Labrador flag at the entry points to the Big Land, Learning cut down a tree, made a flagpole, then ceremoniously raised the Labrador flag at the Quebec-Labrador border alongside the provincial and federal flags.
Months later, the government conceded and agreed to fly the Labrador flag.
In 2019 he ran as an independent candidate in the provincial election to represent the Lake Melville region.
Learning passed away April 16, 2020 at the age of 81.
In 2019 he ran as an independent candidate in the provincial election to represent the Lake Melville region.
Learning passed away April 16, 2020 at the age of 81.
