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Interview with Powershift organizers

Two of the Power Shift Canada 09 conference organizers, Tracey Guptill and Ben Powless, speak about the conference, what went into organizing it, and what comes next. Power Shift Canada 09 took place Oct 23-26 in Ottawa, bringing together close to 1000 mainly young people from across the country to work on issues of climate change and a just transition to a green economy: powershiftcanada.org

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Powershift - Flash Mobs in the Commons and Corpses at the RBC

November 2, 2009
| WLU student organizer Emily Slofstra gives first hand accounts of the Powershift conference in Ottawa and the (un)associated direct actions.

65:54 minutes (60.34 MB)

Ottawa protest targets tar sands

One hundred protesters 'die' in the lobby of RBC branch near Parliament Hill, killed by the harmful effects of the tar sands including water contamination, poor air quality, and climate change.

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