News & Events
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Authors embark on tar sands speaking tour
Award-winning Canadian authors Andrew Nikiforic and Ian McAllister, embark on a speaking tour highlighting how Alberta tar sands developments are set to collide with BC’s remarkable coastline.
Andrew and Ian, who is project director of Tides Canada’s Pacific Wild Initiative, are outlining the stories surrounding both ends of the proposed Enbridge pipeline, from the Alberta tar sands to Kitimat’s pristine waters. This compelling multi-media presentation will provide an in-depth and intimate view along the pipeline and tanker route.
Where and when
Victoria
Date: Sunday, November 22
Time: 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Location: Alix Goolden Theatre
Address: 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC V8V 3P4
Cost: $5 suggested donation
Sidney
Date: Monday, November 23 UVic
Time: 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Location: Bodine Family Hall, Mary Winspear Centre
Address: 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney, BC V8L 1W9
Cost: $5 suggested donation
Date: Tuesday, November 24
Time: 2:30pm
Location: Room A110, SS&M Building, UVic
Cost: FREE
Vancouver
Date: Wednesday, November 25
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: Heritage Hall
Address: 3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V5T 3G7
Cost: $5 suggested donation
UBC
Date: Thursday, November 26
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Norm Theatre, UBC Student Union Building
Cost: FREE
Burnaby
Date: Thursday, November 26
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Address: 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby, BC V5G 2J3
Cost: $5 suggested donation
Biographies
For the last two decades, Andrew Nikiforuk has written about energy, economics and Western North America for a variety of Canadian publications including The Walrus, Maclean’s, Canadian Business, The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Georgia Straight, Equinox and Harrowsmith. His latest book, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of the Continent, has won him the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award and the W.O Mitchell City of Calgary Book Award. Nikiforuk lives with his wife and three sons in Calgary, Alberta. Whether speaking or writing about melting glaciers, educational shams, peak oil, or the destruction of the boreal forest, Nikiforuk has earned a reputation as an honest and provocative voice in Canadian journalism.
Ian McAllister is a leading advocate for BC’s wild places. His conservation efforts have won Time Magazine’s "Leader for the 21st Century Award." His photography was recently awarded the North American Photography Associations Vision Award and both his books on the BC coast have won the BC Booksellers Choice Award. He is a co-founder of the BC -based wildlife conservation group Pacific Wild, a non-profit dedicated to wildlife research, public education and informed advocacy. He lives on the central coast of BC with his wife and two children.
