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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260120T190000
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URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/nechako-in-vancouver-3/
SUMMARY:Nechako in Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:CAPE-BC (Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
 ) and CANE-BC (Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment) present
  a free screening of\n\nNechako: It Will Be a Big River Again  (Lyana Pat
 rick | 2025 | 90 min)\n\nNechako is a story of survival 70 years in the m
 aking\, beginning in the early 1950s in northwestern BC when the Kenney Da
 m was built to power an aluminum smelter. This for-profit megaproject dive
 rted 70% of the Nechako River into an artificial reservoir\, flooding land
 s\, displacing wildlife and severely impacting the lives of local Stellat
 ’en and Saik’uz Nations. The dam decimated salmon runs\, which are vit
 al to the Nations’ way of life and compose up to 90% of their diet.\n\nF
 ast forward to the present day\, as the Nations wage a potentially precede
 nt-setting legal battle against Rio Tinto Alcan\, the global mining conglo
 merate responsible for the dam. Amidst large-scale environmental destructi
 on and despite the will of powerful institutions\, this crucial documentar
 y is a chronicle of hope and resistance against all odds. With Nechako\, S
 tellat’en filmmaker Lyana Patrick follows the people fighting to restore
  a river and a way of life.\n\nThis event is free but pre-registration is 
 required at https://act.cape.ca/nechako_film_screening_20260120\n\n&nbsp\;
 \n\nWith filmmaker Lyana Patrick in attendance for a post-screening Q&amp\
 ;A.\n\n\nWhen she’s not making films\, Dr. Patrick is an Assistant Profe
 ssor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at SFU. She is a former member of t
 he Board of Directors at Michael Smith Health Research BC and currently si
 ts on the Indigenous health research review panel. Lyana’s research buil
 ds on robust research partnerships to better understand how Indigenous peo
 ples counter widespread anti-Indigenous racism by asserting self-determina
 tion. Key to this work is the mobilization of land-based\, Indigenous know
 ledge to transform relationships between Indigenous peoples and industry/h
 ealth service agencies.\n\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n"Nechako is more than a story of 
 the past—its compelling narrative allows the audience to listen\, witnes
 s\, and act."\n- Ashley Kim\, Stir Magazine\n\n“The story of the Kenney 
 Dam is one of resistance and restoration\, of the intimate connections bet
 ween the health of the land and the health of the people. What the Nechako
  Nations are seeking is a role in the stewardship of our lands and waters\
 , something denied to us for generations.”\n- Lyana Patrick\, filmmaker\
 n\n&nbsp\;\n\nTrailer: https://vimeo.com/1092268270
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LOCATION:Hardwick Hall\, 2750 Heather Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5Z 4M2\, C
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