Tracking the Tar Sands: A Tri-City Youth Tour

What do the Alberta and Saskatchewan tar sands development mean to you? Across Canada and the U.S., communities are confronted by poor land, air and water quality from the increasing exploration, extraction, refining and transportation of Canada’s tar sands. Canada’s tar sands generates 3-5 times more greenhouse gas pollution then the production of conventional oil, while the overall operations have environmental and social costs that span beyond any constructed jurisdiction.

If you are between the ages of 17 and 30, now is the time for you to serve as a leader in your global community. Sign up for a three day educational tour of tar sands impacts in Sarnia, Detroit and Windsor.

Who: YOU

What: Tracking the Tar Sands: A Tri-City Youth Tour—An educational youth tour to Sarnia, Detroit and Windsor that highlights global warming, water depletion, land degradation, energy insecurity, Aboriginal injustices and social damages from tar sands development. You will have the opportunity to meet with community leaders and youth from across Canada and Detroit who are ready to make a difference now and for the future.

When: August 20 to 22, 2009

Where: Starting in Toronto on August 20th and traveling to Sarnia, Detroit and Windsor. Returning to Toronto the evening of August 22.

How: Tracking the Tar Sands: A Tri-City Youth Tour will cost $300.00 per participant. This will cover all travel (from Toronto to Sarnia, Detroit and Windsor and back to Toronto), accommodations and meals. Three staff members will be accompanying the tour. Tar sands educational action planning and awareness raising resources will also be provided. As the tour will be traveling to Detroit all participants must have a valid passport.

Individuals are encouraged to fundraise to support the $300.00 cost of this tour. The SYC Sustainability Education Fund aims to support individual learning pursuits and can offer an online fundraising tool (credit card accessible) as well as charity receipts to those who donate to your expenses. For more information check out: http://syc-cjs.org/tiki-index.php?page=Sustainability%20Education%20Fund


Join the Tour NOW!:


To join the tour or request more information please send the following information in an email by July 16th to: youthtour@polarisinstitute.org

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If you are under the age of 18 please have your parent/guardian fill out the following:


I give permission for my child to attend the Tracking the Tar Sands: Tri-City Youth Tour from August 20 to August 22, 2009;

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After we receive your email of interest you will be sent an email to confirm your acceptance, and to see if you have any questions or concerns. We will also send you a package that will include more information plus a list of things that you will need to bring. All applicants are accepted on a first come first served basis.