Thursday, March 23 at UQAM
Auditorium SH-2800 200, Sherbrooke West (Place-des-Arts metro)

Friday, March 24 at Concordia University
Cinema De Seve 1400, de Maisonneuve West (Guy-Concordia metro).

Thursday, March 23

9:00 Presentation of the conference

Collective resistances and selfdetermination
Louis-Frédérik Gaudet, CCDHAL

Women of the South and subsistence: A feminist approach to socio-environmental conflicts
Maude Chalvin, CCDHAL

9:45 Economic issues and policies

Militarization and sovereignty: The global race for natural
resources
Michel Chossudovsky, Centre for Research on Globalization

The new imperialism in the Americas
Dorval Brunelle, Observatoire des Amériques, UQAM

11:00 Canadian investments and natural resources

Impact of foreign mining investments in Peru
Myriam Laforce, Groupe de recherche sur les activités minières en Afrique

Consequences of mining projects on Peruvian communities
Liliana Alzamora, Frente de Defensa del Valle de San Lorenzo y Tambogrande, PERU

Rupert River derivation and its consequences on
indigenous communities in Northern Quebec Mr. Wapache

12:20 Lunch meeting
12 h 45 - Beginning of discussion groups *

14:15 Ecology and rights on life forms

Threats to biodiversity in Ecuador
Berta Gualinga, Association of Aboriginal Women of
Sarayacu, ECUADOR

Patenting of the living and biopiracy in the Americas
Devlin Cuyek, GRAIN

Peasant agriculture as an alternative to the Canadian
agricultural industry
Marco Silvestro, UQAM

15:45 Plenary

17:00 End of the first day

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Friday, March 24

9:10 Perceptions of natural resources

Natural resources and Aboriginal cosmo-visions
Jacob Wawaté, educator

Natural resources – Views from the Occident
Peter G. Brown, Centre for Climate and Global Change Research

10:15 Territorial control and private investments

Foreign investment and militarization in South America
Micheline Ladouceur, Centre for Research on Globalization

Forced displacements of communities and monocultures in
Colombia , Gloria Orcue, Justicia y Paz, COLUMBIA

Private investments and territory in Kanehsatake
Steven Bonspille, Band Council of Kanehsatake

Mega pig houses: Impacts of private investment on the territory , Gilles Tardif, Coalition citoyenne santé et environnement

12:00 Lunch meeting
12:30 Beginning of discussion groups *

14:00 Collective mobilizations and self-determination

Movement of the landless of Bolivia
Hilaria Serrano, Movement of the Landless of BOLIVIA

Social movements of El Alto and Cochabamba
Roxana Paniagua, sociologist

The taking in charge of local development communities by
the social economy
Jean-Marc Fontan, Alliance de recherche universités-communautés
en économie sociale

Local mobilization and global networking in Latin America
Ulises Garcia, Asociación Ecologista Trópico Seco

16:00 Plenary, review of the two days and closing

17:00 Concluding Word
with Omar Aktouf, Groupe d'études et de recherche sur le management et l'écologie

17:30 End of symposium

* Discussion groups

There will be 5 discussion groups each day during the lunch time.
The groups’ conclusions will be presented at the end of each day, during plenary periods.

1- Foreign Investments & Direct Solidarity
2- Land and Housing- Rural and Urban Self-reliance
3- Territorial Identity and Local Development
4- Natural Resources in Quebec: National Management and Community Control
5- Canadian Mining Investments Overseas

19h Festive evening

Coop Griffintown : 242 Young Street,
organized by the Accompaniment Solidarity Colombia Project (PASC) and the Accompaniment Project Québec Guatemala , Proyecto Cultural Sud