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In 2014, the Mount Polley tailings dam collapsed, releasing 25 million cubic metres of toxic waste into Quesnel Lake, British Columbia's worst mining disaster on record.The proposed Sisson Mine would have a tailings dam ten times larger, sitting at the head of the Nashwaak watershed, upstream of one third of New Brunswick's population.
Join us for a conversation with Nuskmata (Jacinda Mack) of the Secwepemc and Nuxalk Nations, who has lived downstream of Mount Polley since the disaster and will share what it changed for her land, water, and community.
Nuskmata (Jacinda Mack) is an Indigenous organizer and speaker from the Secwepemc and Nuxalk Nations. Her work focuses on environmental protection and human rights issues, including critical response to the 2014 Mount Polley Mine Disaster in British Columbia.
Nuskmata has a Master of Arts degree in Communications and was coordinator of First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining (FNWARM), a coalition of women leaders advocating mining reform in B.C., and received West Coast Environmental Law’s Andrew Thompson Award in 2025 for environmental advocacy. She lives in her community where she continues to harvest traditional foods with her family.
📅 October 8th 2026
🕖 7:00 pm
📍 Wilmot United Church
473 King St, Fredericton
Free and open to the public.
Two other dates on this speaking tour:
Monday, October 5th, Sitansisk, 6:30 pm, Maqiyahtimok Centre, 247 Maliseet Drive, Fredericton
**Co-hosted with the Wolastoq Grand Council. A gathering for Indigenous people.
Tuesday, October 6th, Stanley, 7 pm, Stanley Consolidated School
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Wilmot United Church, 473 King St, Fredericton, NB E3B 1E5, Canada
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