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Sisson Mine and Mount Polley Event
August 14, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FreeProtecting the Nashwaak from a mine’s tailings:
What the Mount Polley tailings disaster has to teach us to protect the Nashwaak from the Sisson mine
When: Monday, August 14 at 7:00pm
Where: St. Mary’s First Nation Cultural Centre, 25 Dedham St.
With
Opening by spasaqsit possesom – Ron Tremblay, Wolastoq Grand Council Chief
Jacinda Mack, member of Xat’sull First Nation and coordinator of First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining, on how the Mount Polley tailings disaster affected the peoples and waters of Secwepemc territory in British Columbia
Ugo Lapointe, Canada Program Coordinator for MiningWatch Canada, on taking the government of B.C. to court to make Imperial Metals pay for the Mount Polley tailings disaster
Joan Kuyek, author of Community Organizing: A Holistic Approach and other books and founder of MiningWatch Canada, on exposing the strategies of mining companies such as Hunter Dickinson, owner of the Sisson project
Organized by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and MiningWatch Canada.
For more information, contact Tracy at forest@conservationcouncil.
