A Questionable Proposition of Values
March 26, 2014, 2:30-4:30pm
Room 302, Irving K Barber Learning Centre
A moderated panel discussion on Canadian mining, the privilege the sector is given by federal and provincial governments, and the impacts of these companies on communities and territorial rights-holders.
The panel will deconstruct the ideological roots behind CIRDI – the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute – a mining , oil, and gas industry think-tank now hosted at UBC.
Panelists:
- KANAHUS MANUEL of the Secwpemc Nation. She has been involved in the Yuct Ne Senxiymetkwe Camp blockade of the Imperial Metals mine site.
- MIGUEL MIJANGOS, co-founder of the Mexican Network of Mining-Affected Peoples (REMA) and the M4 movement (Mesoamerican Movement against the Mining extractive Model).
- ANGELICA CHOC, a Mayan Q’eqchi’ woman from Guatemala whose husband was killed by the security forces of the Canadian mining company HudBay. She is a plaintiff on the historic Choc vs. HudBay case.
- JENNIFER MOORE, journalist and Latin America Program Coordinator for MiningWatch Canada. She has extensively covered mining conflicts in Latin America.
- ALAIN DENEAULT, an author and academic at the Université de Montréal. He was sued for $11 million dollars by two mining companies for his book Noir Canada.
Organized by Stop the Institute and the UBC Social Justice Centre.