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SUMMARY:Downstream: Stories from BC's Mount Polley Mining Disaster 12 Years
  On - Fredericton
DESCRIPTION:From Stanley to Fredericton\, and all the way to Saint John\; t
 he proposed Sisson Mine is a threat to one third of New Brunswickers who l
 ive downstream.
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 Join us as Nuskmata (Jacinda Mack) shares her 
 first-hand experience living downstream from the largest tailings dam disa
 ster in Canadian history: Mount Polley 2014.About the Presenter:
 
 Nusk
 mata (Jacinda Mack) is an Indigenous organizer and speaker from the Secwep
 emc and Nuxalk Nations. Her work focuses on environmental protection and h
 uman rights issues\, including critical response to the 2014 Mount Polley 
 Mine Disaster in British Columbia. Nuskmata has a Master of Arts degree in
  Communications and was coordinator of First Nations Women Advocating Resp
 onsible Mining (FNWARM)\, a coalition of women leaders advocating mining r
 eform in B.C.\, and received West Coast Environmental Law’s Andrew Thomp
 son Award in 2025 for environmental advocacy. She lives in her community w
 here she continues to harvest traditional foods with her family.
 
 Abou
 t the Tour:In 2014\, BC experienced the largest mining disaster in Canadia
 n history\, when the Mount Polley Mine tailings dam collapsed\, dumping 25
  million cubic meters of wastewater and heavy metal-laden tailings into Qu
 esnel Lake and surrounding waterways. The collapse\, caused by a foundatio
 n failure\, devastated local ecosystems and communities.The proposed Sisso
 n Mine in New Brunswick would have a tailings dam ten times larger than Mo
 unt Polley’s. It would be located at the head of the Nashwaak Watershed\
 , which flows directly into Wolastoq in Fredericton (upstream of one-third
  of the province’s population).The Stop Sisson Mine Coalition is thrille
 d to host Nuskmata (Jacinda Mack) from the Secwepemc Nation in BC to talk 
 about her first-hand experience living downstream from the Mount Polley Mi
 ne Tailings Disaster and how mining in their territory has changed the lan
 d\, waters\, and her community.Visit StopSissonMine.ca for all the tour de
 tails!
LOCATION:473 Rue King\, Fredericton\, NB E3B 1E5
DTSTART:20261008T220000Z
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