Media Advisory - More than 100 Leading North American Scientists To Announce Consensus Position on Oil Sands

OTTAWA, June 8, 2015 /CNW/ - Scientists, who include 12 Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, 22 Members of the US National Academy of Science, 5 Recipients of the Order of Canada, and a Nobel Prize winner, to release a consensus position on oil sands and new web site with supporting information.

What: Telephone Press Conference
When: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 10 a.m. PST, 1 p.m. EST
How:

• Local dial-in number: 613-244-1312, Toll-free dial-in number (Canada/US): 1 855-344-7722
• Conference ID: 2529249

Scientists on the call will include the following, who will also be available for interview following the press conference.

• Thomas Homer-Dixon, PhD, Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo.
• Mark Jaccard, PhD, Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
• Ken Lertzman, PhD, Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
• Wendy J. Palen, PhD, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
• Thomas D. Sisk, PhD, Professor and Olajos-Goslow Chair of Environmental Science and Policy, School of Earth Science and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University

SOURCE 100 leading Scientists

For more information and interview requests, please contact: Heather Badenoch, Media coordinator, [phone]; [email protected]