Location
Alain Deneault, Amir Khadir, Louise Vandelac, Ian Angus, Christophe Aguiton, Raphaël Canet, and 30 other noted speakers from almost a dozen countries will gather with hundreds of participants for the 16th Alternatives Days at a camp in the Laurentians from August 27 th to 29th , 2010. Nations represented include: Quebec, Canada, the United States, France, Haiti, Cameroun, Mali, Morocco, and Israel/Palestine.
Participants will debate ways to act together on critical social, political, and economic questions that face us as citizens in a global community. Major themes will be climate justice, democracy, and social movements for human dignity.
Montreal's popular hip-hop and world music group Nomadic Massive will perform, along with traditional Québécois musicians.
The Alternatives Days have been held annually since 1994, and attract up to 500 participants.
Key speakers include
• Alain Deneault , author of the popular book Noir Canada , which resulted in controversial attacks on his publisher, Écosociété, by Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold.
• Amir Khadir , a doctor and deputy in Quebec's National Assembly for Québec Solidaire.
• Christophe Aguiton , a long-time labour organizer who co-founded ATTAC-France.
• Louise Vandelac , Professor at UQAM's Institute of Environmental Science, and researcher at the CINBIOSE research centre on biology, health, environment and society.
• Ronald Cameron , former President of the National Federation of Teachers of Quebec, and current President of Alternatives.
• Raphaël Canet , a professor of sociology at UQAM, and former coordinator of the 2007 Quebec Social Forum.
