Death by a Thousand Cuts: Impacts of In-situ Oil Sands Development on Alberta's Boreal Forests

Jan
02
2007
<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Calgary </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><a href="http://www.yepcanada.ca/calgary.htm">YEP Calgary Chapter</a></p><p><em>with Simon Dyer, <a href="http://www.pembina.org">Pembina Institute</a></em><br /></p><p>Please join us for a lively discussion on the impacts of Alberta&#39;s rapidly growing heavy oil industry on Alberta&#39;s Northern Forest. Simon will focus on the environmental impacts of in situ (in place) development of deep oil sands, suggesting that SAGD development has the potential to affect a forested region 50 times larger than the areas leased for oil sands mining north of Fort McMurray.</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> The event will take place on Wednesday January 10th, 5:30- 7:30 PM, Simon Dyer will start his talk at 6 p.m.</p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Basement of <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=l&amp;hl=en&amp;q=ceili&amp;near=803+8+ave+sw+calgary+alberta&amp;sll=51.048031,-114.078941&amp;sspn=0.024336,0.072098&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ei=8sCaRf6pIoPgqwKqjvz3BQ&amp;cid=51045865,-114078885,14543145553150532184&amp;li=lmd&amp;z=14&amp;t=m">Ceili&#39;s 2</a> (<a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=l&amp;hl=en&amp;q=ceili&amp;near=803+8+ave+sw+calgary+alberta&amp;sll=51.048031,-114.078941&amp;sspn=0.024336,0.072098&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ei=8sCaRf6pIoPgqwKqjvz3BQ&amp;cid=51045865,-114078885,14543145553150532184&amp;li=lmd&amp;z=14&amp;t=m">803 - 8th Ave SW</a>, Calgary). <br /> </p><p><strong>Costs:</strong> Free to YEP members, $5 for non-members. Lifetime membership to YEP costs just $30. More information at <a href="http://www.yepcanada.ca/">http://www.yepcanada.ca/</a><br /></p> </div> </div></div>
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It is our understanding at the Alberta Environmental Network that Reconciliation starts with the land, and there is no Reconciliation until we have faced the Truth. While Truth is held collectively, we recognize everyone is on their own learning journey, at their own pace. Our work at AEN focuses on the lands outlined by the Province of Alberta, lands with which we are learning to be in kinship relationship, in the nêhiyaw (Cree) spirit of treaty-making. The lands we work for are described in Treaties 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10. The traditional keepers of this land are Anishinabe, Nêhiyawak (Cree), Dené, Dane-zaa, Nakota, Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), Tsuut’ina, and Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy); this land is also the homeland of the Métis. We are committed to building meaningful reciprocal relationships, to be of service particularly to those directly experiencing the effects of oppression, genocide, and exploitation.