Event: Voices from the Sacrifice Zone: Fracking in BC’s North
March 31-April 4
Tour stops in Courtenay/Comox, Victoria, Squamish, Vancouver and Coquitlam
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Fracking has rapidly spread across the Peace Region of BC over the last two decades, ushering in dramatic changes to the health of its lands, waters and peoples. Join us to hear candid, first-person perspectives from a diverse range of northern BC residents on their experiences with the LNG industry—and the promise of a renewable alternative.
Speakers include:
Karen Leven, Environmental Scientist, Dawson Creek
Dr. Ulrike Meyer, Family Physician, Dawson Creek
Don Pettit, Founder of Peace Energy Co-op, Dawson Creek
Hereditary Chief Smogelgem, Laksamshu clan, Wet’suwet’en Nation
Pat and Jim Strasky, Third-generation farmers, Farmington
Molly Wickham, Gidimt’en spokesperson, Wet’suwet’en Nation
Dr. Warren Bell, Panel moderator, Co-founder of CAPE
…and more
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March 31: Courtenay/Comox 2–4 pm at the Florence Filberg Centre (411 Anderton Ave, Courtenay)
April 1: Victoria (with opening remarks from Elizabeth May, MP) 5-7 pm at the University of Victoria David Turpin Building, Room A110
April 2: Squamish 7-9 pm at Quest University Library Building, 3rd Floor
April 3: Vancouver (with opening remarks from David Suzuki, Scientist, Broadcaster and Author) 7-9 pm at Heritage Hall (3102 Main Street)
April 4: Coquitlam (with opening remarks from Tzeporah Berman, Environmental Activist and International Policy Director of STAND.earth) 7-9 pm at Douglas College, Coquitlam Campus – Lecture Theatre A1470
Presented by: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Co-sponsored by: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, David Suzuki Foundation, Force of Nature, My Sea to Sky, Quest University, Sierra Club BC, Watershed Sentinel