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Fracking the Peace

July 13, 2024, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

UBC Medical Student & Alumni Centre (MSAC) 2750 Heather Street Vancouver, BC V5Z 4M2

Join the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment for a screening of this 35-minute STAND.earth documentary that tells how fracking for "natural" gas has impacted the lives of people living on Treaty 8 territory in Northeastern BC.

Sit among the sculptures and photography of art exhibit Life in the Sacrifice Zone, and enjoy a panel discussion about the health and environmental implications of LNG from the north to the south of BC afterwards.

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Panellists include:

Dr. Michael Brauer, PhD, Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC

Dr. Margaret McGregor, MD, MHSc, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC, Research Associate, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, VCHRI

Tracey Saxby, MSc, Marine Scientist, Executive Director My Sea to Sky

Ashley Zarbatany, Fossil Gas Campaigner, Dogwood

moderated by Dr. Melissa Lem, CAPE President

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Doors open at 6:00 pm and program begins at 6:15 pm.

Tickets free or by donation. All proceeds will support exhibit costs and CAPE's Place-Based Power Project.

Snacks and beverages available.

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We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.

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UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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