Welcome to the "Not the Nuclear Lobby" page with info on events during our week in Ottawa, April 29-May 2, 2024
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Following on from our successful events in 2023, the national Not The Nuclear Lobby is returning to Ottawa from April 29 to May 2, 2024. We will be meeting with MPs and their staff on Parliament Hill to share important information about nuclear energy.
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Our key themes this year are:
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With local collaborators, we’ve also organized some public events: Monday, April 29, 6:30 PM (pay what you can) Film Screening Radioactive – The Women of Three Mile Island Tuesday, April 30, 7 PM (free) Workshop reading of the play The Children Wednesday, May 1, 7 PM (free) Community Forum: Canada’s Nuclear Future – Renaissance or Relic? |
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Monday, April 29, 6:30 PM
(doors open 6 PM) Film Screening Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank Street, Ottawa Radioactive – The Women of Three Mile Island |
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RADIOACTIVE: THE WOMEN OF THREE MILE ISLAND is a stunning award-winning film. It asks the important question: What does it mean to live with nuclear energy? First-time filmmaker Heidi Hutner answers this question with solid research and interviews with scientists, engineers, whistleblowers, physicians, and most importantly with the victims themselves.
JON BOWERMASTER, FILMMAKER |
Pay what you can. Hosted by Council of Canadians Ottawa Chapter and Sierra Club Canada, sponsored by Patagonia.
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Tuesday, April 30, 7 PM
Workshop reading of the play The Children Please join us to hear a reading of and discuss an intriguing play about nuclear energy and its fallout. The play reading will be followed by an audience discussion with the actors and citizen experts critical of Canada’s race to embrace nuclear energy. Then join us for a reception. A staged reading by outstanding actors from Ottawa’s Bear & Co. Please RSVP HERE THIS IS A FREE EVENT Great Canadian Theatre Company, 1233 Wellington St. W, Ottawa, Doors open – 6:30 PM |
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The Children, Winner of the U.K. Writers' Guild Award for Best Play (2018)
The Children by Lucy Kirkwood provokes and intrigues. There has been an accident at a nearby nuclear plant. In the recovery, three retired nuclear physicists – long-time friends – confront an impossible question: What is the cost of love? “Somewhat menacing, and often funny.” –Time Out London, Director: Eleanor Crowder, Ensemble: Hugh Neilson, Beverley Wolfe and Rachel Eugster Stage Manager: RJ Mayo
The Children by Lucy Kirkwood provokes and intrigues. There has been an accident at a nearby nuclear plant. In the recovery, three retired nuclear physicists – long-time friends – confront an impossible question: What is the cost of love? “Somewhat menacing, and often funny.” –Time Out London, Director: Eleanor Crowder, Ensemble: Hugh Neilson, Beverley Wolfe and Rachel Eugster Stage Manager: RJ Mayo
Wednesday, May 1, 7 PM
Forum: Canada’s Nuclear Future – Renaissance or Relic?
Join us for a community forum hosted by Seniors for Climate Action Now! - Ottawa
Forum: Canada’s Nuclear Future – Renaissance or Relic?
Join us for a community forum hosted by Seniors for Climate Action Now! - Ottawa
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Over the last four years, federal and provincial governments across the country have given more than a billion dollars to new small (and large) nuclear reactor projects. Is this a wise use of tax dollars? How do renewables compare in price, safety and security, and are they up to the task of meeting all of Canada’s future electricity needs?
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The not-the-nuclear lobby is a collaboration by groups across the country, including: the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, Sierra Club Canada Foundation, Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick, Northwatch, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area, Interchurch Uranium Educational Co-operative, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Canada, Coalition for a Clean Green Saskatchewan, Protect our Waterways - No Nuclear Waste, The Council of Canadians, The Society of High Prairie Regional Environmental Action Committee, Prevent Cancer Now, Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence (LAND), Ralliement contre la pollution radioactive, Regroupement des organismes environnementaux en énergie (ROEÉ), and Seniors For Climate Action Now (SCAN! Ottawa)
RECAP: Read about the Not the Nuclear Lobby in Ottawa April 2023 HERE
