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Welcome back! After a short summer break (and a fantastic roadtrip to the People's Social Forum) the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network is gearing up for a busy fall. We already have protests, film screenings, a visit from Jethro Tulin (organizer from Papua New Guinea), and a new member orientation planned for the next few weeks. We hope you can join us! Scroll down to see our exciting September events.
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Tomorrow - Protest OceanaGold/Pacific Rim
Wed. Sept. 10 @ 12 pm @ First Canadian Place
(100 King Street West)
In October 2013, Canadian/Australian mining company OceanaGold acquired Canadian-based Pacific Rim, a company reviled internationally for its involvement in human rights violations in El Salvador and for suing the small country for $77 million US. OceanaGold acquired the project and increased the lawsuit to $301 million. The case will be heard by an investment dispute tribunal on September 15th. Join us tomorrow in the financial district to get OceanaGold out of El Salvador!
Speakers include Maude Barlow from the Council of Canadians, Xenia Marroquin from El Salvador's Foro del Agua, and MISN's own Monica Gutierrez. Musical performance by Ruben Esguerra.
See the facebook page for more information.
And whether or not you can join us on the streets..
Take action by signing a petition asking OceanaGold to leave El Salvador! To sign the petition click here.
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2 Events on Thurs. Sept. 18th - Conversation with Jethro Tulin + New Member Orientation
5:30-7pm MISN New Member Orientation
7-7:30pm Dinner (pay-what-you-can)
7:30-9pm Jethro Tulin
Sept. 18th @ Harvest Noon (upstairs) - 16 Bancroft Ave., Toronto
Come to the orientation, or Jethro's talk, or both!
New Member Orientation
Interested in learning more about MISN? Join us at a fun and interactive orientation to the issue of mining injustice, MISN, the work that we do, and how you can be involved! Everyone is welcome to attend! Come at 5:30 for snacks, the orientation will begin promptly at 6 pm.
More info at our event page on facebook.
Resistance to Barrick Gold: A Conversation with Jethro Tulin
Come meet Jethro Tulin, an organizer at the centre of a campaign against Barrick Gold in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Jethro Tulin is a popular organizer and founder of the Akali Tange Association (ATA), a human rights organization documenting abuses at the Porgera mine, owned by Toronto's Barrick Gold.
See the facebook page for more information.
* Please contact us if you need child care. We will have art supplies and a separate table in the same room with a designated child minder. We regret that this location is not wheelchair accessible (up a flight of stairs).
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Statement from Philippine Learning Tour
MISN member Allan Lissner recently participated in a Canadian delegation in the Philippines organized by Kairos. The delegates released the following press statement raising concerns about mining-related human rights violations.
August 6, 2014 - We, the Canadian and Philippine delegates of the Philippine Learning Tour, have journeyed as partners to study and investigate the impact of Canadian mining operations in the Zamboanga peninsula. As persons seeking to promote good stewardship of the environment and respect of human rights for all, including the cultural right of self-determination for Indigenous peoples, we stand together to raise a voice of concern for the potential human rights and environmental impacts of ongoing and impending large-scale mining operations in the region...
For the rest of the press statement, click here.
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NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED!
The Canadian International Institute for the Extractive Industries and Development – the CIIEID – is a federal government-commissioned, university-hosted think tank to support the competitive advantage of mining, oil, and gas companies based in Canada, mandated to meddle in developing countries’ policies, legislation, and regulatory implementation. A group of UBC and SFU students, mining justice activists, environmentalists, and members of various Vancouver diaspora communities are raising critical concerns about the new extractive industries development institute (the CIIEID). Learn more that the new website: StopTheInstitute.ca
And consider signing their important petition to close the CIIEID.
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