The public forum will take place on Jan. 31, 2010 with a public lecture Feb. 1 in the Alumni Theatre on the TRU Campus
On Sunday, Jan. 31 at 2 pm there will be a public forum in the TRU Alumni Theatre at the Clock Tower featuring talks by Professor Douw Steyn of UBC on “Air Pollution in the Kamloops Airshed: Overview and Future Improvements” and Professor Penny Powers of TRU on “The Threat to Our Health”. This public forum is a response to the recent announcement by the Ministry of Environment approving the development of a gasification plant for waste railway ties on Mission Flats Road.
On Monday, Feb. 1 at 1:30 PM in the Alumni Theatre of the Clock Tower, Dr. Steyn will give a public lecture on “The Globalization of Smog.” More information is available in his profile on the UBC website: http://www.eos.ubc.ca/about/faculty/D.Steyn.html
This public forum is co-sponsored by the TRUFA human rights committee, SaveKamloops and the TRU School of Nursing.
All are welcome.
Contact
Derek Cook
Chair of the TRUFA Human Rights Committee
250.828.5244
dcook@tru.ca
Event Information
Democracy, Incineration and Health: Public Forum
2pm, Sunday, Jan. 31
TRU Alumni Theatre
Clock Tower
Air Pollution: The price for our way of life, Douw Steyn
