We are excited to invite you to Trent University's 16th Annual Community Movements Conference: Abuse and Impunity: Human Rights Violations and Corporate Accountability in the Canadian Extractive Industry at Home and Abroad, happening on April 1st and 2nd, 2023 at Sadleir House, 751 George St. N., Peterborough. This conference is completely free to attend and open to anyone who is interested. Meals will be provided. Please register via Eventbrite; RSVP is appreciated for planning purposes.
Ongoing Human and Environmental Abuses in the Extractive Sector
Keynote speaker Jen Gobby will introduce the conference at 13:00, speaking to Indigenous land defenders mobilizing against Canadian extractivism. Following lunch from 14:00 to 15:00, there will be presentations and a panel discussion on human rights violations and defence around Canadian extractivism abroad, featuring Catherine Coumans from MiningWatch Canada, Brent Patterson from Peace Brigades International, and Grahame Russell from Rights Action. We will conclude Day 1 with dinner from 17:00 to 18:00.
