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GUATEMALA 2010

Geography professor Catherine Nolin (far left) ran her fourth Field School Delegation to Guatemala from May 9th - 27th, 2010. Dr. Nolin & Grahame Russell of Rights Action, along with 4 undergrad and 5 grad students, visited regions affected by historical & contemporary violence and mining in that country. Additionally, they met with UNBC adjunct professor Fredy Peccerelli's FAFG team conducting exhumations of mass graves in urban and rural Guatemala.

Participants 2010:

Back Row Standing (L-R): Magdalena, Nelson, Ashley Gill, Miranda Seymour, Alexandra Pederson, Sebastian

Far Bench (L-R): JP Laplante, Claudette Bois, Erica Henderson, & Steve Porter

Front Bench(L-R): Dr. Catherine Nolin, young boy, Dana Pidherny & Nate Einbinder

UPDATE OCTOBER 2010

UPDATED Formal Human Rights Violation Complaint (PDF)

Catherine Nolin & Grahame Russell of Rights Action (along with the great UNBC students who accompanied us) want to share our most updated Human Rights Complaint that we submitted on October 18th to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs Critics, MPs, Canadian Ambassador to Guatemala Leeann McKechnie, and many others. This is not a casual letter of concern but a demand for action and accountability. Please share far & wide and write your own letters to your own politicians. Click on the link above for the full text of the Complaint (PDF) or http://www.rightsaction.org/articles/Complaint_HR_&Guate_Mining.html

Photo: James Rodriguez, mimundo.org who traveled with us in August 2010

UPDATE - JULY 2010

The UNBC Geography Field School Delegation & Grahame Russell of Rights Action formally submitted a Human Rights Violation Complaint to the Canadian Embassy on May 25, 2010 and, after not receiving a reply, re-submitted it to the Minster of Foreign Affairs on July 5, 2010. The formal complaint is found below as Dispatch #9. To date, we have receive no replies from our government representatives.

Other Sources which Posted the Human Rights Violation Complaint:

Intercontinental Cry, July 19, 2010

Mines and Communities, July 17, 2010

Rights Action, July 7, 2010

Dispatches from the Field

The delegation is sending regular updates so check back regularly.

Dispatch #1 - Guatemala City by Catherine Nolin, May 11, 2010	Dispatch #2 - First Day in the Complex City by Catherine Nolin, 12 May 2010
Dispatch #3 - La Verbena Cemetery by Claudette Bois, 12 May 2010	Dispatch #4 - Unlearning by Alexandra Pedersen, 19 May 2010
Dispatch #5 - Untitled Poem by Miranda Seymour, 23 May 2010	Dispatch #6 The Rights Action Boot Camp - Río Negro by Catherine Nolin, 22 May 2010
Dispatch #7 - Gang Rapes, Forced Evictions & the Endless Nightmare of Nickel Mining in Guatemala by Grahame Russell, May 31, 2010	Dispatch #8 - The Most Depressing Meeting of All at the Canadian Embassy by Catherine Nolin, 25 May 2010
Dispatch #9 Formal Human Rights Violation Complaint by UNBC Field School Participants & Grahame Russell of Rights Action, 5 July 2010	Dispatch #10A The Aftermath of Tropical Storm Agatha by JP Laplante, June 17, 2010
Dispatch #10B Juan Pablo, El Conductor (Or Guatemalan Rules of the Road) by JP Laplante, June 17, 2010	Dispatch #11 UPDATED Formal Human Rights Violation Complaint by Catherine Nolin, Grahame Russell of Rights Action and the UNBC Geography Field School participants, 18 October 2010