The Institute for Citizen Journalism

TAR SANDS: THE DARK SIDE OF THE BOOM

BC Wide Speaking Tour on the Impacts of the Tar Sands on Communities in Alberta and BC.

COMPLETE LIST OF DATES AND LOCATIONS BELOW

Speakers on the Panel include:

>> MIKE MERCREDI - Member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation will be speaking about the front line struggles of the indigenous community in Fort Chipewyan against the tar sands industry.

>> JESSIE KALMAN - Tar Sands Campaigner with the Polaris Institute will be speaking about the social & environmental  impacts that the tar-sands including links to the Military and Water Depletion.

>> WILL HORTER - Executive Director of Dogwood Initiative will speak about the little known support that infrastructure based and proposed in BC provides to current and future tar-sands development. (Will is speaking in Vancouver, Victoria, Comox and Nanaimo.  Others to be confirmed for Kitimat and Kamloops)

Please join us for a very important panel about the largest industrial project in history that has been devastating the environment and communities in Alberta.  This enormous development is expanding across the continent with little to no regard for the eco-systems and communities that lie in the path of the infrastructure.  We are honored to have Mike Mercredi bringing a message from "ground zero" of the tar-sands as well as Jesse Kalman providing a broader view of the real impacts of the development and Will Horter highlighting the industrial expansion through BC to the Pacific. 

This Tour is being organized, endorsed and supported by the Council of Canadians, the Polaris Institute, Canadian Union of Public Employees BC, the Seirra Club, the Dogwood Initiative, Greenpeace, Check-Your Head, Institute for Citizen Journalism, Tar Sands Free BC, North Coast Enviro Watch, Western Wilderness Committee.

For More Information on the tour please email: hgrewal@canadians.org or call: 604 688 8846

Kitimat - Monday November 24th

TBA

Contact - North Coast Enviro Watch:

email -  coordinator@northcoastenvirowatch.org   phone - 250 624 2058

Vancouver - Tuesday, November 25th

Heritage Hall

3102 Main St.

Vancouver, BC

Event to start 7 pm

Contact - Council of Canadians Vancouver Chapter:

email - norman.hill@shaw.ca  phone - 604-789-9331.

Kamloops - Thursday, November 27th

Collonade Room

Coast Canadian Inn

339 St. Paul St.

Kamloops, BC

Event to start 7pm

Contact - Council of Canadians Kamloops Chapter:

email - cgarden@mail.ocis.net phone - 250-377-0055 / 250-375-2241

Comox/Courtneay - Monday, December 1st

Florence Filberg Conference Hall

411 Anderton,

Courtenay, BC

Event to start 7 pm

Contact - Council of Canadian Comox Valley Chapter:

email - frayneg@shaw.ca  phone - (250) 338-6265

Nanaimo - Tuesday, December 2nd

Vancouver Island University—Nanaimo Campus

Room 109 - Building 356, 900 Fifth Street

Nanaimo, BC

Event to start 1:00pm

Contact - Council of Canadians Nanaimo Chapter:

email - blhansen@shaw.ca phone - 250-245-2254 / 250-816-6253

Victoria - Wednesday December 3rd

The BCGEU Hall

2994 Douglas Street

Victoria, BC

Event to start 7pm

Contact - Council of Canadians Victoria Chapter:

email - barbaramp@fastmail.fm  phone - (250) 220-5355