Dispatches from the Frontlines of a Conflict Caused by Climate Change

When:
November 27, 2019 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
2019-11-27T14:00:00-05:00
2019-11-27T17:00:00-05:00
Where:
Health, Nursing & Environmental Studies (HNES) 141
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto ON M3J 1P3
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Anna Zalik
Dispatches from the Frontlines of a Conflict Caused by Climate Change @ Health, Nursing & Environmental Studies (HNES) 141

Development and Peace-Caritas Canada and the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University present the launch of Social Action Nigeria's latest report, “Boiling Over: Global Warming, Hunger and Violence in the Lake Chad Basin”.

Understand how climate change, by drying up Lake Chad, is fuelling hunger, displacement and conflict.

The launch will be followed by a panel discussion.

Panelists:

  • Isaac ‘Asume’ Osuoka, Director, Social Action, Nigeria, and visiting scholar, Environmental Studies, York University
  • Victoria Filibus, displaced mother of nine, widowed victim of Boko Haram violence from Gwoza, Borno State, Nigeria
  • Kelly Di Domenico, Director, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada
  • Geneviève Talbot, former Programme Officer for Nigeria, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada

Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 2 to 5 pm
Room HNES 141, Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies Building
York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto

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