PGS
organizes travelling photo exhibition highlighting health effects of nuclear
war
(Spring
2003 – Summer 2004)
source:
If your idea of surviving a nuclear war includes
physicians or hospital care, you could be sadly mistaken.
The health effects of nuclear war is the topic of
an exhibition of photos, posters and videos now travelling
across Canada. Entitled Connecting the Dots: Surviving Nuclear War, the exhibition
highlights Hiroshima
and Nagasaki as examples. Speakers at various
locations are discussing the August 1945 atomic bombings
of the two Japanese cities, the state of nuclear
weapons in today’s world, and disarmament.
Organized by the Nova Scotia chapter of Physicians
for Global Survival (PGS), the group hopes to give
people insight into the human element of nuclear
weapons.
Sean Barry, a medical student and member of PGS,
travelled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2003. “Only by
walking down the streets and hearing their stories
did I ultimately get some insight into the massive scale
of this tragedy… I have this one picture in my head
of a child’s bones, white bones, with a glass Coke bottle
melted through them.”
The group hopes that the photos, posters and videos
– on loan from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum –
will also help people to understand that the threat
of nuclear weapons is still with us.
There are still approximately 30,000 nuclear
weapons in the world, most of them in Russia and the USA. The
USA is developing a new generation of nuclear
weapons and systems that threaten to speed up the race for
nuclear weapons and divert millions from
peace-building efforts. Other nations are clamouring to join the
nuclear club.
“There can be no medical response to a nuclear
attack. The only way to survive nuclear war is to prevent it,”
says Dr. Katrina Hurley, who initiated the exhibition.
Schedule
of Tour: This
schedule will be updated as dates and locations are confirmed.
|
City |
Date |
Location |
|
Dalhousie, NS |
March 3 – 7, 2003 |
Halifax Infirmary, Victoria General Hospital
& Dalhousie University |
|
St. John, NB |
July 28, 2003 |
St. John Regional Hospital |
|
St. John’s, NL |
October 9 – 14, 2003 |
Memorial University & LA Miller Centre |
|
Ottawa, ON |
October 22 & 26, 2003 |
Roger Guidon & SUNSIH conference |
|
Toronto, ON |
November 14, 2003 |
University of Toronto |
|
Calgary, AB |
December 3 – 11, 2003 |
University of Calgary |
|
Saskatoon, SK |
January 12-18, 2004 |
Royal University Hospital, University of
Saskatchewan Place Riel Student Centre & Health Sciences Building |
|
London, ON |
January 21-28, 2004 |
University of Western Ontario |
|
Hamilton, ON |
February 3 – 11, 2004 |
Pending |
|
Montreal, QC |
March 17 – 22, 2004 |
McGill University – McIntyre Medical Building |
|
Ottawa, ON |
August 2004 |
Ottawa Public Library |
For more information or to
inquire about booking this exhibition please e-mail Dr. Katrina Hurley at kfhurley@dal.ca