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Cecily Mills
Cecily Mills, who holds a PhD in Microbiology from U of A, has had a varied career in teaching in high school, college and university, in English, French and Spanish. Among her present activist activities is lobbying to keep Alberta nuclear-free.
Recent Parkland Post stories
El Salvador election offers glimpse of a democratic future
Voters choose left-wing government, ending 20-year reign of right-wing party ARENA
On March 21, members of the Edmonton Salvadoran community and supporters heard Salvadoran Guillermo Denaux analyze the political and economic situation of his country. The victory of the FMLN and Funes’ stirring speech calling for reconciliation and the creation of a society that cares for the poor lifted hearts heavy with 30 years of repression, but what about the next days, weeks, months, years?
Canadian mining companies: Unwelcome guests
Binding legislation still needed to curb human rights, environmental violations
On Nov. 2, 2007, gold hit $807.70 an ounce, a 28-year high. Millions of Latin Americans, Africans and Asians, exposed to the environmental and social damages of Canadian mines operating in their community, had no reason to rejoice. Neither did the Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability (CNCA) whose members participated in the Government of Canada's National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries from June to November 2006. The roundtables affirmed the need for major policy and law reform to ensure that Canadian companies comply with international human rights and environmental standards.top of page