Title: Guatemala Reportback – Someone Else’ Treasure
Location: Tequilla Bookworm, 512 Queen St. West
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Description: Home to sixty per cent of the world’s mining companies, Canada leads the way in the global mining industry. But people the world over are raising complaints describing the mining industry as Canada’s number one contribution to global injustice.
Please join Toronto based photographer Allan Lissner to discuss “Someone Else’s Treasure”, an on-going project shedding light on the experiences of people around the world – including Guatemala, the Philippines, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Chile, and Canada – whose lives have been impacted by the global mining industry.
Claudia Susana Caxaj, recently returned from a delegation to Guatemala with Rights Action examining the impact of mining on human rights, will also be speaking. Susana is a PhD student at University of Western Ontario, studying self-determination and health in communities affected by mining.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-12-03