Information on Spring into Action 2015 will be posted at mininginjustice.org any day now!! Stay tuned for our brand new website and details about protests, street theater, art attacks, film screenings, workshops and more! For now, enjoy a sneak peek at this year’s poster!
When: Thursday, May 8th, 10am. Where: Outside of Hudbay’s Annual General Meeting: 150 King Street West Facebook event here. While HudBay’s shareholders meet inside for their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 8th, the company and its leadership will stand accused in a people’s trial outside on the sidewalk. A 15-foot puppet will stand in for the defendant,…
WHERE: 255 Front St. Metro Convention Centre WHEN: 10:30am WHAT: Speaking truth to power: Confront Barrick Gold Barrick destroys communities around the world in their pathological quest for a metal that we no longer need to mine. Join us as we stand in solidarity with communities directly impacted by this gold mining giant! This annual general meeting…
SECOND EVENT WHEN: Tuesday, April 29, 6:30PM WHERE: Harvest Noon 16 Bancroft Ave (upstairs) WHAT: Story-telling and art making: Munk OUT of UofT • Naylor OUT of Barrick Gold! At Barrick’s annual general meeting this year, Barrick Gold is set to add David Naylor, former president of the University of Toronto, to their board of directors.…
A Memorial to Commemorate the Life of Topacio Reynoso and to Hold Goldcorp Responsible When: Thursday, May 1st, 4pm. Where: Outside of Goldcorp’s Toronto offices: 130 Adelaide Street West (corner of Adelaide and York) Facebook event here. On April 13th, Merilyn Topacio Reynoso Pacheco, a 16-year old anti-mining activist was assassinated in Mataquescuintla, Jalapa, Guatemala.…
WHEN: May 1st, 2014, starting at 5:30pm (immediately after our Memorial to Topacio Reynoso) WHERE: March starts at Allen Gardens WHAT: Join the Environmental Justice Contingent at the May Day march starting at Allen Gardens (19 Horticultural Ave), or catch up with us en route to participate in MISN’s action at Dundas Square. A…
Action:reAction A youth social forum WHERE: OISE, 252 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON. WHEN: May 9th, 2014, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm WHAT: OSSTF District12 Human Rights Committee will host a one-day social forum that will bring together up to 300 student and educator activists from across the city with members of the broader activist…
FIRST EVENT, WHEN: Thursday, April 24 6:30pm WHERE: 252 Bloor St., OISE, room 5150, *this is an accessible venue WHAT: Discussion and storytelling: Munk, Barrick, and the UofT At Barrick’s annual general meeting this year, Barrick Gold is set to add David Naylor, former president of the University of Toronto, to their board of directors.…
Open invitation to our Art build (no rsvp required) WHEN: Sunday, April 27th, 2014 12pm-4pm WHERE: The Greenpeace Warehouse, 10 Busy Street (behind value village @ Queen/Logan). All are welcome (no art skills or prior experience required!) to take part in our art builds to create street theater props, paint banners, and contribute to…
WHERE: NORTHROP FRYE HALL, room 003 (NF 003), University of Toronto (steps from Museum Station at Charles Street West and Queen’s Park) WHEN: April 22 at 5pm WHAT: Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, in co-operation with the department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Latin American Studies program at U of T, wish to invite you to a screening of Defensora. This…
Join us at this sit-down event featuring Chief Arlen Dumas of the Mathias Columb Cree Nation and Vanessa Gray from Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Including multi-media presentations, speakers from impacted communities, and representatives of Idle No More. WHAT: Teach-in Against Corporate Colonialism WHERE: Beit Zatoun 612 Markam, Toronto WHEN: May 9 7pm-9pm WHY: Learn about the Mathias…
Sunday April 28, 2013 6-8pm Unpack Studio 11 Willison Square Toronto, Ontario M5T 1E8 (Willison Square is the 1st street south of Dundas, on the north side of Spadina) On June 2012, an international panel of judges convened to carry out the first ever Peoples International Health Tribunal to examine Goldcorp’s practices in Mexico, Honduras…
Solidarity Rally in Support of Mexican workers and the community of La Sierrita in their fight with Canadian Mining company, Excellon Resources WHEN: Tuesday, April 30th, 9-10AM SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.facebook.com/events/386118344837452/ WHERE: 130 King Street West, TMX Broadcast Centre, located at The Exchange Tower (corner of King and York) Canadian mining companies are harming the rights and…
WHAT: Peter Munk & UofT teach-in WHERE: UofT @ OISE, 252 Bloor room 5150 WHEN: Tuesday, April 16, 6:30pm SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook event WHY: To learn about the implications of the infamous “Munk Contract”. The Munk Contract which established the Munk School of Global Affairs was signed in secret and not publicly available until a…
Once a year, the board of directors of Hudbay, a Canadian mining company infamous for human rights abuses around the world, converge in downtown Toronto. Come out on May 10th… …in solidarity with Mayan Q’eqchi’ communities in their pursuit of justice for the violence carried out by Hudbay security in Guatemala. …in solidarity with the…
Challenging the Neoliberal Development Paradigm: Women’s Experiences and Narratives in Guyana and Guatemala WHEN: Thursday, April 18 – 6-8pm WHERE: OISE, 252 Bloor St W, Toronto, Rm 5-250 The rhetoric of development is often deployed as a means of legitimizing neoliberal projects. This event examines the ways that neoliberalism, as a set of policies and…
WHEN: April 19, 2013, 6:30PM WHERE: OISE, 252 Bloor St W Toronto, Room 2214 See this event on Facebook. Join us for a screening of The Devil Operation (2010, Stephanie Boyd) followed by a discussion with Roxana Olivera. Roxana Olivera will speak about on-going community struggles in Cajamarca, Peru against the Conga mining project (Yanacocha) and the…
Mining Resistance SPRING INTO ACTION 