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Conference Notice
bioJUSTICE
- bioDIVERSITY 2002:
The 6th International Grassroots Gathering on Genetic Engineering
June 7- 9, 2002 - Toronto, Canada
Presented by:
- The Polaris
Institute,
- Council of
Canadians,
- BIOdevastation
Toronto Coalition,
- Institute
for Social Ecology:
Over the last
two years, thousands of people have gathered to counter the annual
conventions of the biotechnology industry in Boston and San Diego.
This year, people will be converging in Toronto to broaden the biojustice
movement and challenge the biotechnology industry and their vision
for our future. It will be a gathering to learn, strategize and
network about genetic engineering in agriculture and pharmaceuticals,
biowarfare, genetic and non-genetic discrimination, trade regimes
and corporate control, patenting of life and more. This event is
timed to challenge the industry's annual convention BIO2002, Toronto,
June 9-12.
Friday Night
Panel:
A Biotech Future? Exposing the Truth
Speakers include:
* Dr. Vandana
Shiva, author, physicist and philosopher of science, founder
of the Research Foundation on Science, Technology, and Ecology (India)
and recipient of the 1993 Right Livelihood Award.
* Dr. Nancy
Olivieri, professor of paediatrics at the University of Toronto,
and head of the thalassemia and sickle-cell anemia research programs
at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, and co-founder, Doctors
for Research Integrity
* Dr. Gregor
Wolbring, research scientist, Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary; member
of the Ethics working group of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO
and founder of The International Network on Bioethics and Disability
* Debra Harry,
member of the Paiute indigenous nation in Nevada, USA, founder and
director of the Indigenous People's Council on Biocolonialism and
board member of the Council for Responsible Genetics.
Others To Be
Announced
Saturday
Workshops at the University of Toronto
8:30AM
to 6:00PM
at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) - University
of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto
exploring topics such as . . .
* Drug Safety
and Biotechnology in Medicine
* The Tyranny of "Normal": Eugenics, Culture and Human
Engineering
* The Future of GE Foods and Crops
* Agricultural Biotechnology: The Farm Crisis and New Technologies
* Building a Movement for Healthy Food and Healthy Food Policy
* Why Biotechnology Won't "Feed the World"
* Indigenous Knowledge, Biopiracy and Colonialism
* Trade Agreements, Patents and the Marketing of GE Products
* Biotech Engines: Corporate Research and Campaigning
* Manipulating Natural Resources: GE Trees and Fish
Others To Be
Announced
Saturday
Evening Panel:
BIOWARFARE: Is the Biotech Industry Fuelling a New Arms Race?
at OISE, U. of Toronto
Speakers include:
* Jan Van
Aken, researcher and campaigner, The Sunshine Project, Germany
* Dr. Mark
Wheelis, author and professor, Section of Microbiology, University
of California at Davis
Other speakers
To Be Announced
Sunday: bioDIVERSITY GMO-Free Picnic: A Festival of Alternatives
12 noon - 4 PM, Grange Park
Featuring:
* Dr. David
Suzuki, geneticist, author, and TV host of "The Nature
of Things."
* Lots of free
organic food, activities for children, music and theatre, information
booths, speakers and more.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Whole Event
(Sunday picnic is free):
Before May 27,
2002: $25
At the door: $35
Students, seniors and fixed income: $10
Friday evening public forum only: $ 10 at the door (cash only)
Registration
begins April 22, 2002
For more information or to register contact the Council of Canadians:
Phone: 1 (800) 387-7177 or www.biodev.org
E-mail: inquiries@canadians.org
This event is
wheelchair accessible. If you need child care or sign language interpretation
for Saturday please contact us.
To
get involved:
In Toronto:
email the BIOdevastation Toronto Coalition at biodev2002@yahoo.ca
In Ottawa:
contact Lucy Sharratt at the Polaris Institute, (613) 237 1717,
lucy_sharratt@on.aibn.com
In the United States:
contact the Institute for Social Ecology's Biotechnology Project
at (802) 454 7138, or info@nerage.org.
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