Widening People's Choices: Tentative Schedule
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The sessions will be held in Science Theatres 148.
| Speaker | Organisation | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Irene Novaczek | Earth Action-PEI | Offshore Oil Drilling in Atlantic Canada |
| Myles Kitagawa | Associate Director, Toxic Watch Society | Alberta Oil Sands Development |
| Mike Sawyer | Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Coalition | Oil and Gas Concerns in Alberta |
| Chief Bernard Ominayak | Lubicon Nation | Oil and Human Rights |
| Folabi Olagbaju | Amnesty International-US | Environmental Justice |
| Peter Lee | President, Global Forest Watch | Wilderness and Oil Don't Mix |
| Alex Boston | David Suzuki Foundation | Connections Between Pollution, Health, and Climate Change |
| Oronto Douglas | Oil Watch Network | Oil and Human Rights in Nigeria |
| Lorraine Sinclair | Mother Earth Healing Society | Reconnecting |
| Speaker | Organisation | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Erich Pica | Friends of the Earth | Oil Subsidies in the US |
| Gordon Laxer | Parkland Institute | Alberta as an American Resource Plantation: Giving Away the Alberta Advantage |
| Tom Mar-Laing | Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development | Alternatives to Oil |
| Brian Staszenski | Director, Environmental Resource Centre | Global Green Deal-Transition from Oil |
| Jorg Ostrowski | Autonomous Housing Inc. | Eco-Home to Eco-Village |
| John Keating | Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. | Wind Energy |
| Paul Horsman | Greenpeace International | Climate Change |
| Steven Guilbeault | Greenpeace Canada | Solar-Decentralized energy production |
| Owens Wiwa | Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People | 7 Years Without Shell Oil in Ogoni Land, Nigeria |
| Speaker | Organisation | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Soskolne | University of Alberta | Global Ecological Integrity and Sustainable Human Health |
| Amit Srivastava | Transnational Resource Action Centre-US | Climate Justice |
| Loretta Gerlach | Regional Coordinator, Council of Canadians | Citizenry vs. Global Corporate Democracy |
| Anne McGrath | Vice President, National Action Committee on the Status of Women-Canada | Building Global Visions for Women's Human Rights |
| Gord Christie | Calgary and District Labour Council | Bridging Environment and Labour |
| Danny Kennedy | Project Underground-US | World Bank Campaign |
| Sarah Kerr | Arusha Centre | Community Building |
| Randy Hayes | Director, Rainforest Action Network | Renewable Energy in Our Lifetime |
| Elizabeth May | Director, Sierra Club of Canada | A Just and Sustainable Future |
The evening (from 6:30pm to 8:00pm) will be left for concurrent discussion groups with the various panel speakers and action planning for the future. There may also be a special surprise event at around 8:00pm.
Last Updated Thursday June 8, 2000.
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