Flyer for the International Campaign for the Innu and the Earth
Description
Flyer promoting the work of the ICIE and their co-sponsoring organizations.
Creator
The International Campaign for the Innu and the Earth
Source
OPIRG Archive
Date
Unknown
Contributor
Tam Rayan
Rights
The International Campaign for the Innu and the Earth
Coverage
602 Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario, M6G2L8
Context
The ICIE is opposed to low-level military flight training as well as any other industrial and governmental initiatives being conducted on their land within Labrador and the Quebec peninsula. This flyer was used to promote the ICIE's initiatives and seek additional sponsors.
States that "from late 1991 to early 1992 OPIRG coordinated a coalition of campus groups against the Columbus Project. Things withered away after Lennox Cadore left.
Proposal for Action Against UofT Planning to Become Involved with the Columbus Project
Description
An outline of the various actions and initiatives the OPIRG Toronto planned to implement in the campaign to pressure the University of Toronto not to become involved in the Columbus Project
OPIRG Toronto, 455 Spadina Avenue, Toronto Ontario, M5S 2G8
Context
This pamphlet provides background information regarding the issue of the University of Toronto astronomy department potentially becoming a partner in the Columbus Project. It outlines the impacts the project would have on Mt. Graham's endangered red squirrel population, the human rights violations the telescope poses to the Apache, and the ethical implications of placing scientific interests before both these concerns.