[All] Mining Injustice forum: Confronting Corporate Impunity Conference.

[Louisette Lanteigne]

Hello everyone.

Things are advancing beyond fast right now in regards to Aggregate issues. 

Aboriginal activist Danny Beaton gave me the heads up on this upcoming forum 
regarding aggregates and corporate impunity. Please circulate widely. We might 
wish to send a GREN rep here, particularly to observe the environmental 
contamination effects and health and food security and water rights workshops. 


I'll be circulating info of this info to the Region of Waterloo,  to Gravel 
Watch, Council of Canadians, Waterloo Food System Roundtable etc. but if you 
know of others interested, please pass this along.

I'll keep you updated. 

Megwich!

Lulu
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Subject: Mining Injustice Conference: Confronting Corporate Impunity, May 6th, 
7th and 8th


Mining Injustice Solidarity Network is pleased to invite you to the third 
conference on the impact of Canadian mining on local communities throughout the 
world, which will take place the 6th - 8th of May of 2011.

Mining Injustice: Confronting Corporate Impunity conference
When: May 6th, 7th and 8th
Where: Sidney Smith Hall (room 2117) University of Toronto, 100 St. George 
Street
 
Keynote Speaker: Winona LaDuke 

Conference schedule

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Friday May 6th, 7 pm: Conference 'soft-launch' - meet and greet with affected 
community members and activists at Beit Zatoun (612 Markham Street)

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Saturday May 7th, 10 am: keynote speaker and concurrent sessions as well as 
workshops and caucuses! (Sidney Smith Hall)

Official conference launch, 8 pm - 2 am: dance party (193 Dowling Street @ Queen 
Street West)

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Sunday May 8th, 10 am: keynote speaker and concurrent sessions as well as 
workshops and caucuses (cont.!) (Sidney Smith Hall)

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Particular themes that will be discussed this year include:
•	Gendered violence, inequity and feminist perspectives
•	Militarization and forced displacement
•	Indigenous knowledge and spirituality as forms of resistance
•	Labour rights and the rhetoric of development
•	Criminalization of dissent and protest
•	Environmental contamination effects and health
•      Food security and water rights 
•	The cycle of supply and demand of uranium in the North
•      Tar sands and the petroleum industry in the North and South

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Stay tuned for a list of speakers or visit our website at solidarityresponse.net 
for more info!

Endorsed by: CUPE, Environmental Justice Toronto, ProtestBarrick, Munk OUT of 
UofT, Indigenous Environmental Network, KAIROS, Latin American and Carribean 
Solidarity Network, Latin American Trade Union Coalition
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