Join us for a
community panel on Canadian mining companies in Central America
Canadian mining and exploration companies are the major players in the global mining industry, and in Central America , the operations of large Canadian corporations have been linked with serious environmental problems and human rights violations.
This event brings
together two speaking tours which have been organized in the lead up to the
AGM of Vancouver based gold company Goldcorp inc.
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Monday,
April 30, 2007
6:30pm Doors & Info Fair
7:00pm Presentations & Discussion
SFU Harbour Centre - 515 W. Hastings
Coast Salish Territory
Free!
Featured guests include: *Carlos Amador*, educator & leader with the Siria
Valley Environmental Committee in Honduras , *Mario Tema*, a Mayan-Sipakapense community organizer from Sipakapa, San Marcos ,
Guatemala , *Sandra Cuffe*, organizer with Rights Action in Honduras , and *Dawn Paley*, Vancouver-based independent journalist.
Visuals will be presented by *Steven Schnoor*, creator of the You Tube
video on the evictions in El Estor, and photographer *James Rodriguez* of
mimundo.org.
For more info contact: 604 773 9057 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Presented by: Rights Action, BC Central America Student Alliance (BC
CASA), SF PIRG, stopwar.ca & Amnesty International's Vancouver Business and Human Rights Group.
6:30pm Doors & Info Fair
7:00pm Presentations & Discussion
SFU Harbour Centre - 515 W. Hastings
Coast Salish Territory
Free!
Gold & Greed vs. Community
Needs
Featured guests include: *Carlos Amador*, educator & leader with the Siria
Valley Environmental Committee in Honduras , *Mario Tema*, a Mayan-Sipakapense community organizer from Sipakapa, San Marcos ,
Guatemala , *Sandra Cuffe*, organizer with Rights Action in Honduras , and *Dawn Paley*, Vancouver-based independent journalist.
Visuals will be presented by *Steven Schnoor*, creator of the You Tube
video on the evictions in El Estor, and photographer *James Rodriguez* of
mimundo.org.
For more info contact: 604 773 9057 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Presented by: Rights Action, BC Central America Student Alliance (BC
CASA), SF PIRG, stopwar.ca & Amnesty International's Vancouver Business and Human Rights Group.
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Canadian mining and exploration companies are the major players in
the global mining industry, and in Central America , the operations of
large Canadian corporations have been linked with serious environmental problems and human rights violations. 