Pillage and profit, from the Amazon to Ardoch

Pillage and profit, from the Amazon to Ardoch: An evening of film, music, and discussion about the exploitation of Indigenous peoples' lands by Canadian companies

Monday April 23, 2012, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Auditorium of the Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch
120 Metcalfe St. (at Laurier)
Ottawa, unceded Algonquin Territory

Join us for an evening of discussion with Indigenous peoples resisting the plunder of their lands by Canadian oil and mining companies.

Coffee, tea and some snack will be provided.

The event will be opened with a Blessing by Algonquin Elder Albert Dumont. There will be a screening of the award-winning documentary “Chumpi & the Waterfall”. This film explores the way of life of an Achuar community in the Peruvian Amazon – a way of life that's under threat by Canadian oil company Talisman Energy's plans to drill oil in their hunting and fishing grounds.

"I have told the CEO of Talisman, John Manzoni, that the Achuar people do not want oil operations in our ancestral territory, but Talisman refuses to respect our right to live in peace and harmony," says Achuar leader Peas Peas Ayui.

The film will be followed by a panel discussion with:

• Peas Peas Ayui, Lucas Irar Miik, Lucas Chayat Ayui, and Puwaanch Kintui Antich, leaders from Achuar communities in the Amazon rainforest
• Gregor MacLennan, Peru Program Coordinator for Amazon Watch
• Mireille Lapointe, former chief of the Ardoch Algonquin, who have resisted uranium mining on their land
• Marcelo Saavedra-Vargas, of the Quechua-Aymara nation and professor of Aboriginal studies at the University of Ottawa

Musical performances by Three Little Birds (https://www.facebook.com/threelittlebirdstheband), and by Julie Comber, Josh Myles, & Ógui (http://snd.sc/IeHeLD).

Admission is free; donations to support the Achuar community will be gratefully accepted.

This event is hosted by Amazon Watch, Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa, and the Indigenous and Canadian Studies Students Association of the University of Ottawa.

Can't make it to the event? Please visit https://www.achuarmovie.org/ to:

- learn more about the Achuar
- Sign a petition demanding that Talisman Energy halt oil exploration in Achuar territory
- Donate to support the Achuar's cause

http://www.facebook.com/events/210214175756207/

Pororoka - The Great Destructive Noise (Tupi language)

The Belo Monte dam - Can it be stopped?

Zé Cláudio Ribeiro from the Amazon| He believes that killing trees is murder

For the next 7 generations

Mid-term 2012

Please follow the links below to find the documents I'll be sharing for the mid-term:
The Power Presentation in different formats. If you need to have it in some other format, please let me know: msaavedr@uOttawa.ca.

• Power Point presentation, PDF format (1 slide per page), a total of 142 pages, 15.7 MB;
• Power Point presentation, PDF format (6 slide per page), a total of 142 pages, 7.5 MB;
• Power Point presentation, PPT format,  a total of 142 slides, 50 MB;

Before printing take a moment and think about the Amazonian (or Boreal) trees. 

Amazonian Kayapo people under threat

“The chief Raoni cries when he learns that Brazilian president Dilma released the beginning of construction of the hydroelectric plant of Belo Monte, even after tens of thousands of letters and emails addressed to her and which were ignored as the more than 600 000 signatures. That is, the death sentence of the peoples of Great Bend of the Xingu river is enacted. Belo Monte will inundate at least 400,000 hectares of forest, an area bigger than the Panama Canal, thus expelling 40,000 indigenous and local populations and destroying habitat valuable for many species - all to produce electricity at a high social, economic and environmental cost, which could easily be generated with greater investments in energy efficiency.”

Stop the Belo Monte Monster Dam!

We've already delivered half a million signatures to Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, but we're just getting started. Help us stop the Belo Monte Dam by signing the petition here!