From the Athabasca to the Saint Lawrence and the Great Lakes:
Events in Montréal, Toronto, Ann Arbor and Chicago.
Montreal Event:
Tar Sands: Stopping the flow of destruction
from the ATHABASCA to the SAINT LAWRENCE
WHEN: Friday March 20, 7pm
WHERE: Room 26, Stephen Leacock Bldg (855 Sherbrooke Ouest)
Toronto Event:
WHEN: Saturday, March 21, 7pm
WHERE: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
252 Bloor St. West, Room 5-250
Ann Arbor Event:
Tuesday, March 24. TBA
Chicago Event:
WHEN: Wednesday, March 25. 6:45pm.
WHERE: The Lincoln Park Library Auditorium.
1150 W. Fullerton Avenue, Chicago.
ALL EVENTS: What? From Fort McMurray to The Great Lakes and beyond: Shut Down the Tar Sands!
The Tar Sands "Gigaproject" in Alberta is the largest industrial project in human history. It is also likely the most destructive. Join us for a critical discussion about the global and local effects of tar sands development in Alberta. All presentations feature two or more speakers and local organizers, including:
Mike Mercredi is a Dene youth who will speak about his previous experiences working in the tar sands, his reasons for resigning his job and the continued spread of rare diseases such as cancers, heart problems, lupus and more that the community of Fort Chipewyan has seen in vastly growing numbers (including members of his direct family) and people suspect is coming from tar sands operations through the poisoning of the Athabasca River.
Macdonald Stainsby is a coordinator of OilSandsTruth.org, oilsandstruth.org He will speak about the larger range impacts, such as pipelines linking up the three oceans and the Gulf of Mexico, refinery expansion in large numbers throughout North America/Turtle Island (especially in the Great Lakes Region) and the significance of the recent economic crisis to both development of the tar sands and the impact on tar sands resistance.
In Montreal and Toronto:
Clayton Thomas-Muller, Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Organizer, will discuss grassroots base building and Environmental Justice strategy and tactics. He will share how the Indigenous Environmental Network supports First Nations to speak for themselves on critical environmental and economic justice issues related to fighting the Tar Sands development in Northern Alberta, Canada.
Sponsoring or participating organizations:
Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action
www.uppingtheanti.org
Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG)
RECLAIM (reclaim-mtl@riseup.net)
CKUT Radio
Greening McGill
QPIRG McGill
QPIRG Concordia
Sierra Youth Coalition (Montréal)
Tapthirst McGill
The Dominion
Rainforest Action Network Chicago Chapter
the Calumet Project (Whiting, Indiana)
Indigenous Environmental Network [IEN]
OilSandsTruth.org
