Canadian mining corporations

Punching Holes in the Desert

dawn — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:33:30 +0000

Mine exploration by Canadian company spotlighted in double murder

BENITO JUÁREZ, MEXICO—It was a day he'll never forget, but it began like any other for Erick Solorio Solís, an engineering senior at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACh) in Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Canadian Mining Project in Bolivia to Undergo Nationalization

CKUT News — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:32:24 +0000

CKUT's Off the Hour interviews Jamie Kneen of MiningWatch Canada

Indigenous protesters in Bolivia stand up to Canadian mining company. South American Silver Corporation is being nationalized by the Bolivian government. The corporation first gained rights to mine in the highland area north of the department of Potosi.

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Protest at First Majestic Silver‘s AGM

mzoghi — Thu, 12 May 2011 23:35:56 +0000

Je Mai 19

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

Terminal City Tower

Adresse:

837 West Hastings Street

Coût:

Free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

miningjustice@gmail.com

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Lien:

http://miningjusticealliance.wordpress.com/

Protest at Goldcorp‘s Annual General Meeting

mzoghi — Thu, 12 May 2011 23:33:15 +0000

Me Mai 18

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

Waterfront Station

Adresse:

601 West Cordova St.

Coût:

Free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

miningjustice@gmail.com

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Lien:

http://miningjusticealliance.wordpress.com/

Meet at Waterfront Station, 601 West Cordova St. March to Goldcorp AGM and the office of the Canada Pension Plan, which invests in destructive mining companies. Bring pots and pans.

Symposium on Mining, Social Justice and Indigenous Self-determination

mzoghi — Thu, 12 May 2011 23:21:37 +0000

Di Mai 15

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

World Arts Studio (2nd floor), Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

Adresse:

149 West Hastings

Coût:

Free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

miningjustice@gmail.com

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Lien:

http://miningjusticealliance.wordpress.com/

Join the Mining Justice Alliance for an Indigenous welcoming, workshops on open-pit colonialism and mining justice through creative resistance and alternative solutions, and an international resistance and solidarity panel.

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Nevermined: A Night of Arts and Resistance

mzoghi — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:31:13 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Creative resistance to BC based mining

Sa Mai 14

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

Rhizome Cafe

Adresse:

317 East Broadway

Coût:

By donation: $0-$10

le contact de l'organisatrice:

mailto:miningjustice@gmail.com

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Lien:

http://miningjusticealliance.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/nevermined-a-night-of-arts-and-resistance/

While Vancouver mining companies are buying up and helping out opera halls, symphonies, beach bards, youth programs, and university art centres, they are blowing up mountains, bulldozing land bases, toxifying water, displacing communities, and targeting those who resist. They are buying artistic voices in Vancouver, while silencing indigenous communities and campesinos elsewhere.

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Global Indigenous Conference

mzoghi — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:12:44 +0000

Ve Avr 1

ville:

Vancouver, BC

Lieu:

Sty-Wet-Tan, the Great Hall of the UBC First Nations Longhouse

Adresse:

1985 West Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2

Coût:

Free but need to register

le contact de l'organisatrice:

gic.ubc.2011 at gmail.com

Lien de carte:

http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?show=y,n,n,n,n,y&bldg2Search=n&locat1=337&locat2=#showMapCampus

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Lien:

http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/gic/

The Global Indigenous Conference at the University of British Columbia (UBC) will be held on April 1st and 2nd, 2011 in Sty-Wet-Tan, the Great Hall of the UBC First Nations Longhouse in Vancouver Canada.

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Put Goldcorp on the Agenda

mzoghi — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:09:07 +0000

Simon Fraser University (SFU) community and supporters rallied outside the January 27 meeting of the SFU Board of Governors to demand for the Goldcorp donation to be put on the agenda.

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Open Pit Imperialism: Canada at Home and Abroad

mzoghi — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:51:56 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Join us for Todd Gordon’s book launch of “Imperial Canada” and a panel discussion featuring

Ma Fév 1

ville:

Vancouver, BC

Lieu:

SFU Harbor Centre, Room 7000

Adresse:

515 West Hastings St, Vancouver, BC

Coût:

Free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

antigoldcorp@gmail.com

Lien de carte:

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=515+West+Hastings+St,+Vancouver,+BC&oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=515+W+Hastings+St,+Vancouver,+BC+V6B+1M1,+Canada&ei=6bJATcSqIoXGsAO4lPySCg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA

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Lien:

http://nogoldcorpsfu.wordpress.com/open-pit-imperialism/

Claiming itself to be a global peacekeeper and promoter of human rights, Canada is hiding its legacy of colonialism and connections between corporate pursuit of profit and Canadian foreign and domestic policy. Since its founding in 1867, Canada has been colonizing the land of indigenous people and systematically draining the environment and extracting wealth at home and abroad.

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Vancouver's Tibetan Community Demanding an End to the Looting of Tibet

mzoghi — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:24:57 +0000

Protesters Tell Investors to Stay Out of Tibet

Today a colourful group of 40 to 50 Tibet protestors gathered outside the Convention Centre which was hosting the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference to demand an end to the involvement of the Canadian mining companies in Tibet, who provide a front for the looting of Tibet's natural resources by the Chinese Communist Party.

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San Miguel Ixtahuacán, Guatemala: A Nursing Perspective

Michael — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:26:26 +0000

In April and May of 2010, a group of nine third year nursing students from the West Kootenay region of Canada, accompanied by one instructor, and one community volunteer, travelled to Guatemala as part of an International Practice experience.

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Framing Cultural Capital

mzoghi — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:16:47 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Panel discusion on corporatization, gentrification and ethics

Me Nov 24

ville:

Vancouver, BC

Lieu:

SFU, Woodwards

Adresse:

Room 2555, 149 W Hastings St

Coût:

Free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

vasu.sfu@gmail.com

Lien de carte:

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=149+W+Hastings+St,+Vancouver,+Greater+Vancouver+Regional+District,+British+Columbia+V6B+1J5,+Canada&oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=149+W+Hastings+St,+Vancouver,+BC+V6B+1J5,+Canada&ei=gCTmTOKPMoWisQPd_qixCw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA

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Lien:

http://www.611forum.com/

In response to the recent donation of $10 million by the Canadian mining corporation Goldcorp to SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts at the new Woodward's complex, the Visual Arts Student Union presents a panel discussion centered on the corporatization of universities, the ongoing gentrification pressures in the Downtown Eastside, and the ethics of artistic practices involving commu

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Hey Goldcorp! We don't want your dirty gold!!

mzoghi — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:26:35 +0000

Titre secondaire:

A community discussion with SFU students and faculty and DTES anti-gentrification organizers

Lu Oct 25

ville:

Vancouver, BC

Lieu:

SFU Harbor Centre, Room 7000

Adresse:

515 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5K3

Coût:

Free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

antigoldcorp@gmail.com

Lien de carte:

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=515+West+Hastings+Street+Vancouver,+BC,+Canada+V6B+5K3&oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=515+W+Hastings+St,+Vancouver,+BC,+Canada&ei=1hy9TNvBF5P4swOXttXHDA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ8gEwAA

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Lien:

http://nogoldcorpsfu.wordpress.com/

A community discussion with SFU students and faculty as well as DTES anti-gentrification organizers about the controversial Goldcorp funding of the SFU School of Contemporary Arts at Woodwards.

Protest Against the Acquisition of Tibet’s Gyama Mine by Vancouver Company

mzoghi — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:52:31 +0000

Local Tibetans and supporters protested the acquisition of the Gyama (Ch. Jiama) mine by the Vancouver company China Gold International Resources (CGG).

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Proposed Alaska mine raises ire of fishers

joaquinuy — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:54:58 +0000

In Southwest Alaska, a debate between mining and fishers is heating up. At the center of this conflict is the promise of jobs in the midst of a down economy, and potential threats to the environment in the wake of the Gulf oil spill.

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