[Sust-mar] Mining and Human Rights Events in Tatamagouche Nov. 27-28

[Kathryn Anderson]

 *International Forum on*

* **Mining and Ethics***

*Thursday Eve, Nov. 27     *

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*6:45 pm***

*Everything you Wanted to Know about Mining but were Afraid to Ask*

*– Ramsey Hart, Program Coordinator, Mining Watch **Canada***

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*7:30 pm** *

*Canada** and Uranium Mining Today *

*- Jim Harding, author of** **Canada**'s Deadly Secret:
**Saskatchewan**Uranium and the Global Nuclear System
**~  co-sponsored by the Tatamagouche Chapter of the **Council of Canadians*

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*Friday Eve, Nov. 28*

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*7:15 pm***

*Mining and Human Rights Panel** **with*

·        *Ramsey Hart, **Program Coordinator, Mining Watch
**Canada**.**Ramsey works with Canadian communities affected by
mining.
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·        *Jesus Brochero, ** Sintracarbon Union leader of Cerrejon coal
miners in **Colombia**. **The Cerrejon Mine, largest open-pit coal mine in
the world, has displaced Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities to
provide coal for NS Power and NB Power, among others.*



·        *Fr. Omar Fernandez Obregon, **human rights leader **with
theJustice and Peace Project of the Colombian Churches.
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*Everyone Welcome *

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*All sessions at **Tatamagouche Centre** – no charge for these public events
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*For more information on the Mining Forum go to
www.marconf.ca/notices.htm#mining*
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