Open to the public. Refreshments served.

Scheduled presentations include:

· Chief Paula Sherman, Ardoch Algonquin First Nation

· Donna Dillman, Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium

· Dr. Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility

· Marion Odell, International Institute of Concern for Public Health

· Rosalia Paiva, International Campaign for Indigenous Dignity

· Lorraine Rekmans, author of This is my Home (re: Eliot Lake uranium mine)

· Rev. Ralph Carl Wushke, Ecumenical Chaplain, University of Toronto

· Mining Watch Canada

· Greenpeace

· … and many more

The issues on the table include (but are not limited to):

· The social, health and environmental costs of uranium mining

· Water issues: tailings dam disasters, water use in mining, tritium

· The use of uranium in weapons, both nuclear and conventional

· Aboriginal land claims, colonialism, and mining on native land

· The Ontario Mining Act and local community opposition to it

· Global criticism of Canadian mining companies and current legislation

· Nuclear energy waste disposal problems and renewable energy alternatives