Undermined: Communities, Consultation andCorporate Accountability in Guyana

A Film by Emily Wilson and Brent Parker

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University of Ottawa
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: National Library & Archives Theatre, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario

Canada / 2007 / 35 minutes / English

This is a 35-minute documentary profiling the perspectives of eight Amerindians from Guyana, South America, about issues surrounding mining – in particular, community consultation and the activities of Canadian mining companies operating in the country's interior, where many land claims remain unresolved.

This film gives voice to a group of people who have so far been silenced in all formal decision-making forums, and is meant to be an educational tool for Amerindian communities in Guyana and for other Indigenous organizations/communities dealing with similar issues in their own traditional territories.

Speakers:
Paul Dewar, Foreign Affairs Critic, The New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP)
Tony James, Chief of Chiefs (Region 9), Guyana, South America (trip postponed)*James LaMouche, Cree/Métis, Researcher, National Aboriginal Health Organization Karyn Keenan, Member, Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability Accountability Stephani Roy McCallum, President, International Association for Public Participation Viviane Weitzner, Senior Researcher, The North-South Institute

Sponsors and Partners:
Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability
Dialogue Partners
Indigenous Cooperative on the Environment
Steelworkers Humanity Fund
The North-South Institute
World Inter-Action Mondiale
Zoom Airlines

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