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CKUT radio: Gitz Crazyboy indigenous critique on tar sands
interview with youth activist Gitz Crazyboy from Fort Chipewyan
photo: Dru Oja Jay
Listen to an interview with Gitz Crazyboy, indigenous youth activist from from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, speaking in Montreal. This interview details the environmental impacts of the Alberta tar sands on surrounding ecosystems and water ways like the Athabasca River.
In this interview Crazyboy also details first hand experiences of the health challenges facing indigenous communities close to the major tar sands operations, specifically in Fort Chipewyan and Fort MacKay. Also this interview highlights the complicity of the current Conservative government in the tar sands industry.
For more information on indigenous opposition to the tar sands visit the Indigenous Environment Network at http://www.ienearth.org/
This interview was produced for broadcast on campus/community radio stations by community journalist Stefan Christoff who is at http://www.twitter.com/spirodon/
Topics: Indigenous
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Stefan Christoff (Stefan Christoff)
Montreal, Quebec
Member since Avril 2010
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Stefan Christoff is a Montreal-based journalist, community organizer and musician.
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