Labour & the Environment
May 29 2008 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Parkland Institute, Community Service-Learning, and the Work and Learning Network present:
Parkland’s Latest Research in Oil and Gas Sector and Labour in Alberta
David Thompson, Parkland Institute's Public Policy Research Consultant
The evening will include:
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Thursdays, May 8—June 5, 2008, 7:00 8:30 pm
ETLC 1-017, Maier Learning Centre, University of Alberta
Sponsored by: Parkland Institute, Community Service-Learning, and the Work and Learning Network
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Description:
Tar Sands Realities and Resistance Conference to be held at: University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada November 23rd-25th, 2007 Everyone's Downstream will be a conference designed to explore the links between oppression and self-determination on many levels: indigenous land rights, gender, ecological rights, workers democracy, anti-racism and anti-border perspectives as they relate directly to the tar sands of Northern Alberta. Speakers from a multitude of indigenous nations, social justice groups, and environmental organizations will discuss the social impacts of the tar sands on workers, women, indigenous nations, ecology, migrant populations, homelessness, and the anti-war movement. Read more »