Book Launch
“Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent”
by Andrew Nikiforuk

At this 2008 POWI-sponsored Book Presentation, well-known Canadian journalist and author, Andrew Nikiforuk discussed his latest book, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent. The book is a critical exposé of the oil sands industry, covering its environmental, social and economic impacts. Nikiforuk is a well-known Canadian journalist whose work has appeared in Saturday Night, Maclean’s, Canadian Business, Report on Business, Chatelaine, Equinox, and Canadian Family and in both national newspapers. His books include Pandemonium, Saboteurs, which won a Governor-General’s Award, and Fourth Horseman.