Investing in Conflict:
North American Mining Companies, Trickle Down "Development,"
and Environmental Destruction
Speaker: Dawn Paley
Location: Wemple Student Lounge
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 @ 7:30pm

Conflicts around
Canadian-U.S. mining projects in Central America have accelerated since
the first recent open pit mines were initiated in Honduras in 2000.
What are the causes of these conflicts? Who benefits from these mining
operations, and who pays? What is the role of North Americans –
governments, private sector and citizens - in allowing these conflicts
to continue, and how can we help bring them to and end?

Dawn Paley
is an independent journalist and organizer from Vancouver, currently
based in San Marcos, Guatemala. She has been researching and writing
about the effects of Canadian and U.S. mining projects on the
development, enviro- and human rights of people in
Southern Mexico, Central and South America for the last five years.
Dawn writes for the Dominion Paper, and recently contributed to
"Extraction!"; a graphic novel about Canadian extractive companies
around the world.

This event is brought to you by Rights Action, and co-sponsored by the Latin American Canadian Solidarity Association.