Published October 25, 2013
by hdrdla
As part of the Csillag Seminar Series, Dr. Gabrielle Slowey, Professor of the Department of Political Science at York University will be presenting her paper on social justice in the fracking industry. Join her at The University of Toronto Mississauga on Wednesday October 30th from 12 to 1pm. “Fracking in the Free World? Resource Extraction and Implications for Indigenous Peoples” discusses the controversial politics of fracking- the differences between provinces and states in and between Canada and the United States. This paper seeks to understand the reasons for support or opposition of fracking in different regions. It also addresses how citizens are engaged, their responses and what the implications for relations between the state and First Nations? This paper builds on the path-breaking work of Simona Perry’s “Playing for Keeps along the Susquehanna: A Community-Integrated GIS of Land and Water Uses and Rights in Rural Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Play”, to represent a preliminary (and collaborative) effort to map out the terrain of fracking politics.
Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga
Csillag Seminar Series
Where: DV 3130 Council Chambers
When: Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 12-1pm
Speaker: Dr. Gabrielle Slowey
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science York University (Toronto, ON) Title: Fracking in the Free World? Resource Extraction and Implications for Indigenous Peoples
For more of the Csillag Seminar Series see here.
