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<br><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">COME AND BRING YOUR QUESTIONS!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br><span style="font-variant: small-caps;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">An Inside Look at the Canadian Oil Sand: A Q & A with CEO, Marcel Coutu</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Your opinions matter! Take some time to share yours and join us for a open discussion with Marcel Coutu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Oil Sands Trust.<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>DETAILS:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Thursday, July 8<sup>th</sup>, 3:30-5:00pm</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Centre for Environmental & Information Technology (EIT) Room 1015</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Admission is FREE. Pre-registration is encouraged.</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Marcel will encourage conversation and questions about the impact of Canada’s oil sands on Ontario and on you. He’ll provide an update on recent developments, talk about their economic impact both provincially and nationally, and speak to continual improvements the industry is making on their environmental performance. You’ll also be provided with a glimpse of the opportunities for business and industry in Ontario and western Canada.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">For more information about Mr. Coutu and to register for this free event, please visit: <a href="http://www.engineering.uwaterloo.ca/register.html" target="_blank">http://www.engineering.<wbr>uwaterloo.ca/register.html</a></p><br><br><div id="editor_signature"></div><blockquote type="cite">--- Original message --- <br><b>Subject:</b> Tar sands readings list <br><b>From:</b> kathryn gwun-yeen lennon <kathrynlennon@gmail.com> <br><b>To:</b> ashlea <ashlea@nexicom.net> <br><b>Date:</b> Sunday, 04/07/2010 11:58 AM<br><br><b>A few resources to turn to for background reading......<br><br> Research</b> <br><br>The Pembina Institute:<br><a href="http://www.oilsandswatch.org/" target="_blank">http://www.oilsandswatch.org/</a><br><br>The Polaris Institute:<br><a href="http://www.tarsandswatch.org/tar-sands-environmental-justice-treaty-rights-and-indigenous-peoples" target="_blank">http://www.tarsandswatch.org/tar-sands-environmental-justice-treaty-rights-and-indigenous-peoples</a><br><br>Maps, articles, videos on the tar sands:<br><a href="http://oilsandstruth.org/" target="_blank">http://oilsandst<wbr>ruth.org/</a><br><br><b>Connections between the Alberta Tar Sands and refineries in Sarnia, Detriot, and Windsor. </b><br><a href="http://allan.lissner.net/tracking-the-tar-sands-toxic-tour/" target="_blank">http://allan.lissner.net/tracking-the-tar-sands-toxic-tour/</a><br><br><b>Books</b><br>Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent - a book by Calgary journalist Andrew Nikiforuk<br><br>Green Oil - a book by Satya Das. He argues that sustainable development of the oil sands can play a vital and leading role in the transition from today's high-carbon economy to a clean-energy future. <br><br><b>A few articles that illustrate some of the environmental justice issues:</b><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>"Indigenous Groups Lead Struggle Against Canada's Tar Sands"<br><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/25/tar_sands" target="_blank">http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/25/tar_sands</a><br><br>A KW activist was recently arrested for unveiling a banner criticizing RBC's involvement in the tar sands:<a href="http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/3190" target="_blank">http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/3190</a><br><br>"Keepers of the Water" - a short film that focuses on the kids of Fort Chipewyan, a community downstream of tar sands tailings ponds, where cancer rates are high and water quality is low. <br><a href="http://www.keepersofthewater.com/home.html" target="_blank">http://www.keepersofthewater.com/home.html</a><br><br>The Provincial Court of Alberta finds Syncrude guilty for the death of ducks on tailings ponds:<span><a href="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Verdict+good+oilsands/3203976/story.html#ixzz0sAC8wI1mhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Verdict+good+oilsands/3203976/story.html" target="_blank"><span>http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/</span><span></span><span>Verdict+good+oil<wbr>sands/3203976/st<wbr>ory.html</span><span></span><span>#ixzz0sAC8wI1mht<wbr>tp://www.edmontonjournal</span><span></span><span>.com/business/Verdict+good+oilsands/3203</span><span></span>976/story.html</a></span><br><br><br><br></div><br></blockquote><br>
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