Wednesday November 8th, 2011
11:30am-2:00pm

Drop Off: 8am - 9:30am
The Underground Restaurant, Student Centre
$8 entry fee (Donated to the United Way)

Register before November 1st

Practice an environmentally friendly way to restock your closet and reduce potential landfill. Just bring clean, modern, gently worn or nearly new adult or children's items you no longer need Proceeds from the door go to the United Way!

Clean out! Clothing, shoes, accessories – anything you no longer wear! If it never really was ‘you’ - it’s time to pass it on. You’ll be reducing and recycling all at the same time!

Kids too! Children’s clothing section! Now is your chance to clean out the closets & dressers you’ve been avoiding!

Bring in... A minimum of three (3) clean, new or gently worn modern adult or children’s clothing and accessories (ie.belts, purses), safety pinned together (2-piece items), no hangers and no undergarments

SWAP away... Drop off between 8-9:30am, then return between 11:30 -2pm. Clothing will be sorted (tops, pants, dresses, athletic gear, purses, belts). Try it on and if you LOVE it, it’s yours!

Give Back. The $8.00 entrance fee will go to the United Way. Unclaimed items are donated to a local charity.

No donation? No problem! Pay a $15.00 entrance fee and shop!

For More information, contact: uwswap@yorku.ca

http://www.yorku.ca/president/uwswap/

This event will also be used as occasion to celebrate
the recent launch o
f the new CERLAC project led by Prof. Andrea Davis:
Youth and Community Development in Canada and Jamaica: A Transnational Approach to Youth Violence
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CERLAC invites you to its annual

Beginning of the Year Reception

Thursday October 6, 4 – 6 pm

8th floor lounge, YRT (York Research Tower)

Please join us at our annual welcoming event to start off the school year and to meet with new and old friends and colleagues.

This event will also be used as occasion to celebrate the recent launch of the new CERLAC project led by Prof. Andrea Davis:
Youth and Community Development in Canada and Jamaica: A Transnational Approach to Youth Violence

All are welcome! Food, drink, music and good company are guaranteed.

http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/events11-12.htm#reception

An open invitation to all Graduate students at York
with a research interest in Latin America and/or the Caribbean

Come to our Graduate Student Orientation to CERLAC
The Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean

Thursday, October 6, 2011
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
956 YRT (9th Floor, York Research Tower), York University

Learn more about CERLAC - its graduate diploma program, essay prizes, documentation centre, events, resources for students, etc.
Meet faculty & other grad students working on Latin American & Caribbean issues.
Tell us how we can best support you and what activities you would like to see!

Join us afterward for a reception in the 8th floor lounge of YRT

http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/events11-12.htm#orientation

Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Seminar Series

“Justice in Transitional Contexts”
Professor Colleen Murphy
Texas A&M University

Respondent:
Professor Alice MacLachlan
York Philosophy

2:30-4:30 p.m.
Friday 7 October 2011
ROOM IKB 4034
Refreshments will be served

Biographies of the speakers and the presented paper available at:

http://nathanson.osgoode.yorku.ca

THINK GREEN MAKE ART WIN BIG

The Toronto Chapter of the Emerging Green Builders is hosting a contest for students and young professionals (within 5 years of graduation) to divert materials from the waste stream by re-purposing them and creating a sculpture!  This contest is designed to encourage the creative exploration of using non-virgin materials to create in whatever medium that is chosen by the participants. Three finalists will be presented with cash awards at the CaGBC Greater Toronto Chapter's 2011 Annual Gala on November the 23rd at the Royal Conservatory TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning.  Sculptures by the finalists will be displayed in the venue during the Gala.

Rules: 
Download contest rules

How to Register: 
Fill out the enviroSCULPT registration form and email it to EGB@greenbuildingontario.ca

Key Dates: 
Oct 16th - Registration Closes
Nov 16th - 6:30pm Judging Event (3 finalists selected)
Nov 23rd - CaGBC Gala (Winners Announced)

Prizes:
First Prize: $1000
Second Prize: $500
Third Prize: $350

All finalists will be given free admissin to the CaGBC-GTC Gala!

Come join us for our first Speaker Series event of the school year, the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival at Curtis Lecture Hall F on Tuesday September 27th 7pm.

Presenting Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change by Zacharias Kunuk & Ian Mauro

Plus 3 shorts by Jordan Konek:

• Introduction to Nanisiniq
• Martha's Gang
• Experiencing Climate Change - Inuit Elders and Youth

Questions and Answers Live by video with the community of Arviat and filmmaker Ian Mauro

This will be a COP 17 fundraiser event, pay what you can. You can also make a donation online:

Event Details:

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival
Date: September 27, 2011
Time: 7pm to 9:30pm EST/6pm to 8:30 pm CST
Location (Toronto): Curtis Lecture Hall F, York University, Keele Campus
Location (Arviat): Nunavut Arctic College Community Learning Centre

Virtual Details:

A. Watch all the films online at the following addresses:
1) Nanisiniq: Journey of Discovery:http://youtu.be/kQSknLrmRoU
2) Meet the team: http://youtu.be/I8HJj0k675w
3) Martha’s Gang: http://youtu.be/mDVlnjLwl6M
4) Experiences of Climate Change from Elders: http://beta.arcticcollege.ca/video/Climate%20Change%20Project_x264.mp4
5) Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change: http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/inuit-knowledge-and-climate-change

B. Join us at about 12:30AM GMT (8:30 pm EST) for an Adobe Connect Meeting after our Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival: To join the meeting:  http://meet70572453.adobeconnect.com/arviat/
(Invited by: Jamie Bell nacpublicaffairs@gmail.com) Back-up link to join the meeting: http://connect.canterbury.ac.nz/climate_change_1/

Background

York University’’s Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS: http://www.irisyorku.ca) and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS: http://www.apecs.is/) are co-hosting a
series of virtual events to help organize in advance of the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties in Durban, South Africa (COP 17: http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_17/items/6070.php). Please see our website for more information: http://climatejustice.irisyorku.ca/

We are pleased to announce that for our first event we are partnering with the Nanisiniq: Arviat History Project (http://nanisiniq.tumblr.com/) to screen a series of films in parallel on September 27, 2011 including: “Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change” by Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro. We are synchronizing with Arviat, Nunavut so that we all watch the movies at the same time and then can have a dialogue between Arviat youth/community members and Toronto youth/community members afterwards.

A big THANK YOU to our other partners:

• Aboriginal Students Association at York – Sarah Yankoo
• Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS: http://www.apecs.is/) – Mariette Wheeler
• Canadian Youth Delegation to COP 17 (CYD: http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/) – Amara Possian
• Canterbury University – Daniela Liggett
• Nunavut Arctic College, Arviat (http://www.nunavutecho.ca/) – Jamie Bell
• IRIS GAs – Jessica Reeve, Chun Nam Law

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=222419061148685

The Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests (OCTF) will host an international
conference to provide a multidisciplinary examination of the effects of climate
change and deforestation on the fate of African tropical forests in the 21st
century.

On behalf of the Conference Steering Committee, please find attached a Call for
Papers and Posters for the upcoming conference Climate Change, Deforestation
and the Future of African Rainforests. The link for more information and to
submit your abstract is available here:
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/africa/index.php

We encourage papers which explore the following issues:
- What are the potential scenarios of climate change and land use change for
African forest regions?
- What do we know about the sensitivity of African forests and their
communities to these changes, and what consequences will these changes have for
the future of the region?
- How can this knowledge influence policy decisions on development and climate
change adaptation?
- What are the gaps in our knowledge and priorities for research?

At a time of increased global interest in the future of tropical forests, we
intend this to be a key international event that synthesises existing knowledge
and fosters creative thinking and collaboration on the future of this important
region.

A detailed list of the topics to be covered by the abstracts are provided here:
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/africa/programme.php

Please indicate which session you are proposing your abstract for in your
application.

Contributions should be in one of two forms:
- Short abstracts (up to 1000 words) for oral presentation at the conference;
- Posters for display during the conference and at a dedicated poster session.

Abstracts should be submitted by 30 September 2011. The abstract will be peer
reviewed and decision will be sent by the end of October. The Conference will
be held 4-6th January, 2012 at Oriel College, Oxford University.

Registration is now open for the inaugural IEDS conference, to be held October 21-23, 2011. The conference, "Environmental Diplomacy and Security in International Relations", will focus on international conflicts over energy and environmental issues where diplomacy cannot succeed without scientific knowledge. The 5 symposia that will be used to highlight conference themes are:

A. Polar Diplomacy: Energy, the Environment, and International Security in the Arctic and Antarctic

B. Social Ecology of Borders: Environmental Regionalism and Globalization

C. Beyond African Exceptionalism: Ecological Approaches to Improving the African Union

D. Bridging Eurasia: Energy Infrastructure, Conservation, and Culture

E. Chemical Diplomacy: Negotiating Treaties around Hazardous Chemicals

In addition, a final session will be spent cruising on Lake Champlain, with speakers and discussion focusing on Vermont-specific issues including cross-border management of the Lake Champlain basin, energy infrastructure, and issues relating the Vermont's Abenaki tribal groups.

To register, please follow this link.