What do you know about the largest industrial project in human history?
For starters: Did you know that it's in Alberta?
If you're in Newfoundland or the Maritimes, you probably have family or friends who work there. If you live in Alberta, you probably hear about it being a major source of economic growth. If you're connected to environmental groups, you probably know that continued development in the Tar Sands will make it impossible for Canada to meet its treaty obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.
You may have seen some TV footage of big trucks laden with black sand, bound for oil refineries.
In November 2007, the Dominion will publish 20,000 copies of its special issue on the Tar Sands, with the goal of starting a discussion that gets at the full extent of the tar sands and their implications for the future of the region, Canada, and the planet.
In addition to being unfathomably large, extraction of Tar Sands is setting global precedents in terms of how we deal with...
To increase public understanding of these issues, the Dominion has assembled a temporary army of writers, journalists, researchers, people directly affected by the Tar Sands extraction, oil workers and others to explain the far-reaching effects of Tar Sands development in Alberta, and what it means for the future -- in Canada, and globally.
The corporate media isn't covering these essential topics, and we need your help to make this happen.
If you're willing to pass along a copy to a few friends or drop off a stack at a local coffeeshop, we need your help. More »
To really get information into circulation, it needs to be talked about. It can be five people in a living room or a packed community hall, but we need people to organize at the level of neighbourhoods and institutions. It's easier than you think: get a room and tell us the place and time. More »
If you can spare $20 or $200, or your business wants to advertise in this issue, you'll be helping get independent journalism to folks who want to read it. More »
Monopoly media in Canada has resulted in a situation where we are left with generic news content in which contextualized and critical discussions of important social and economic issues that affect the lives and livelihoods of Canadians are addressed in a skewed and self-serving manner. Large media corporations have an unparalleled venue to promote their own interests as well as insulate themselves from inquiries and criticism. The Dominion is a much needed free and independent press that expands the diversity of voices and reconnects people to the civic life of their communities.
