Lecture at the Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University:
“Thinking about Nuclear Energy from a Global Viewpoint: Canadian Indigenous Peoples and Uranium Mine Development” [Finished]
event date: 2019.11.27
The Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University, will host the following lecture. Please note that no advance registration is needed. We hope to see you all at the lecture.
*This symposium is held as part of the “Private University Research Branding Project” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.
Lecture at the Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University:
“Thinking about Nuclear Energy from a Global Viewpoint: Canadian Indigenous Peoples and Uranium Mine Development”
How We Stopped Uranium Mining on Our Lands:
A report from the Cree People of Mistissini, Quebec, Canada
Date: 16:00–17:30, November 27 (Wed), 2019
Place: Small Meeting Room, Building No. 3, Seijo University
Seijo University Directions (4 min walk from Seijo Gakuen-mae Station on the Odakyu Line)
Language: English (no interpretation)
*Advance registration is not needed, and attendance is free.
Speaker: Shawn Iserhoff (member of the Cree people, indigenous to Quebec, Canada)
Commentator: Dennis Riches (Faculty of Social Innovation, Seijo University)
MC: Hiroshi Fukuda (Faculty of Law, Seijo University)
Lecture overview:
In 2014, a plan to develop uranium mines in Quebec, Canada was halted by the provincial government after many years of protests by the indigenous Cree People.
Shawn Iserhoff will report on the movement’s situation, as he has been the young face of the protests since the plan was announced by the mining company Strateco in 2006, having joined it to protect the natural and living environments of the area.
Canada is the world’s second-biggest producer of uranium (as of 2015). Around 85% of the uranium produced is exported, while the rest is used as fuel in Canadian nuclear power plants. The materials for the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were originally produced in Canada.
Shawn Iserhoff is taking part in this event at the invitation of Michiko Yoshii, a professor at Okinawa University, and is visiting Tokyo as part of a speaking tour of Okinawa and Hiroshima. We encourage you to attend this lecture and learn about the situation in Canada.
Speaker’s personal history:
The speaker is 33 years old and was born in Mistissini, Quebec, Canada. He is a member of the Cree people, an indigenous group of hunters. He works for Quebec Province and lives in Montreal. As a resident of Mistissini, in 2006, he opposed Strateco’s plan to develop uranium mining in Matoush and became the young face of the movement. The decision to halt the plan was announced at a public hearing in 2013. In 2014, the company was forced to shut down its mineral exploration camp.
Inquiries:
Fukuda Research Office, Seijo University: hifukuda［at］seijo.ac.jp
Riches Research Office, Seijo University: riches［at］seijo.ac.jp
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