[Sust-mar] Mining the Connections Forum Nov. 27th-28th

[Kathryn Anderson]

  The Mining the Connections Forum at Tatamagouche Centrre Nov.
27th-28th will bring together tremendous resource people with a wide
spectrum of individuals and organizations concerned about mining issues in
the Maritimes and locally. Please consider both attending and urging others
to attend. The cost is reasonable and we are making every effort to provide
bursaries (partial and full.)

Kathryn Anderson (kathrynande at gmail.com)
Mining the Connections Committee, Maritime Conference,
United Church of Canada

*Mining the Connections*

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> *A Forum on **Local and Global** Mining*:
> Human rights Environmental impacts
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>                    Economic concerns
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> November 27 and 28, 2008 Tatamagouche Centre
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> *Keynote Speaker** *
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> *Joan Kuyek* Internationally renowned public educator on mining issues and
> community economic planning; former National Coordinator, *Mining Watch
> Canada*
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> *Resource people *
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*Jesus Brochero* Colombian mining union leader with Sintracarbon, the union
representing workers in the Cerrejon mine from whom NB and NS Power buy coal
*Garry Leech* University of Cape Breton lecturer, co-editor of *The People
Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals and Human Rights*
*Jim Harding* Retired Profes­sor and Director of Research for Prairie
Justice Research at the University of Regina; author of *Canada's Deadly
Secret- Saskatchewan Uranium and the Global Nuclear System* (Co-sponsored
with the Council of Canadians)
*Ramsey Hart* Mining in Canada Coordinator, *Mining Watch Canada*
*Aboriginal perspectives:*
 *   Albert Marshall **Miqmaq elder from Eskasoni **First** Nation, Cape
Breton; and*
***   Kwilmu'kw Maw-klusuaqn *
*   (Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative)*
*Tracy Glynn* New Brunswick Conservation Council; experienced with mining
issues from Indonesia to Newfoundland
*Amnesty International **An AI Business and Human Rights Program
representative will share AI's experience with *shareholder activism as a
means to establish human rights standards for mining companies
 *Janet Eaton* Educator and consultant on systemic change and globalization;
Sierra Club of Canada's International Liason for Corporate Accountability
*Wilf Bean,* musician and former Program Director, Tatamagouche Centre, will
lead us in songs from mining struggles of the past.
*And Others!*

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> *Cost:*  *            *Accommodation, Meals, and Registration
> $110
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>                       Registration only (meals purchased
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>                       separately)  $12/day
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> *Registration Form, Agenda, Forum endorsements, and detailed information:
> **www.marconf.ca/notices.htm#mining *
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      Sponsored by Tatamagouche Centre and the Church in Action Mining the
> Connections Ctee., Maritime Conference of the United Church of Canada**
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