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Community Forum on Pollution and Action – Aamjiwnaang First Nation

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The Health and Environment Committee of the Aamjiwnnaang First Nation,
in partnership with several researchers, will host an innovative and
inspired "Community Forum on Pollution and Action" in Sarnia on
February 10 and 11, 2011.  The Forum will consist of speakers,
workshops and break-out sessions focused on community mobilization and
knowledge-sharing for Aamjiwnaang community members, including youth,
neighboring First Nations, and allies in relation to environmental
justice organizing around pollution, environmental health and legal
remedies.

The event will include a keynote address by George Poitras of Mikisew
Cree First Nation on Mobilizing Indigenous Youth for Environmental
Justice.

When is it??  The Forum will begin on Thursday, February 10th at 5:30
pm and will end on Friday, February 11th at 4:45 pm.

Please consult the website for updates, location and agenda :
http://www.aamjiwnaangenvironment.ca/

Who is invited??  Community-members from Aamjiwnaang First Nation,
Walpole Island, Stony and Kettle Point, indigenous leaders and youth
activists, advocates for environmental justice, municipal and regional
environmental health authorities, and interested policy-makers from
all levels of government.

The Friday morning workshop sessions are geared primarily towards the
Aamjiwnaang community and the nearby First Nations. Limited
participation of interested ‘outsiders’ will be facilitated as space
allows. Please indicate your interest on the registration form.

How much does it cost?  There will be no cost to members of the
Aamjiwnaang community and the nearby First Nations. For participants
from outside these communities, we will be selling tickets to the
Thursday night dinner and keynote at the door. There will be no set
price; a donation of $20 is suggested.

Who is organizing it? ?A collaborative research team, supported by the
Aamjiwnaang Health and Environment Committee, Professor Dayna Nadine
Scott at York University, and several other researchers. For more
information, please contact the project coordinator Sarah Wiebe at:
aamjiwnaangforum@gmail.com or 613.301.3055

This event has been made possible by generous grants from the Law
Foundation of Ontario’s Access to Justice Fund, the Canadian
Institutes of Health Research and the Dreamcatcher Foundation.

Sociologists on the Environment workshop

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All are welcome to a Graduate Program in Sociology presentation on:

*Sociologists on the Environment*

with speakers Gerda Wekerle (Sociology) and Luz Vazquez (Sociology)

Monday, January 24th
11:30 – 2:30
2101 Vari Hall, the Sociology Common Room

Guelph Organic Conference

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YORK UNIVERSITY STUDENT, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE?
 
Check out the Guelph Organic Expo & Conference January 27-30, 2011, the largest organic gathering in Canada. Come explore all the issues around organic foods, farming, gardening and related ecological movements
 
For more info go to: www.guelphorganicconf.ca
 
To register go to: www.guelphorganicconf.ca/register/register-here/'
 
Expo admisison free - workshops are paid/student rates available

IRIS Speaker Series Presents… COP16 Debrief Panel

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When: Monday, January 17, 1 pm

Where: Student Centre Room 313


The event will explore the findings from this year’s COP, while critically analyzing the value of the annual conference.

York PhD candidate, Jacqueline Medalye, attended COP16 in Cancun, Mexico, this past December, and will provide firsthand insight into what went on at the global forum. The panel will also draw from other key researchers, including Kaz Higuchi, Brett Rhyno, Jose Etcheverry and Anders Sandberg. Open discussion, with contribution from the audience, will be encouraged.

The event is free and open to everyone. Light refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!

Let’s Get Wasted!

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When: Tuesday, January 11, 12-2pm

Where: 305 Founders College, Senior Common Room

Join the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) for a screening of Garbage: the Revolution Starts at Home (http://www.garbagerevolution.com/). Following the film there will be a Q&A with the filmmaker Andrew Nisker, a York Alum.

The event will also include:
-FREE food!
-The release of the 2010 IRIS Campus Sustainability Survey: Waste on Campus Report
-Campus Services and Business Operations (CSBO) presenting York’s newest initiatives to tackle campus waste! For the presentation, please click here: Waste Management at York U

We hope to see you there!

Design, Installation and Management of Rain Water Harvesting Systems

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When: February 9, 2011, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Where: Earth Rangers Building, The Living City Campus at Kortright, Vaughan, ON

Cost: $300 + HST (includes lunch and a copy of the Guidelines and Design Tool Software)

This one-day course will focus on the regulatory and technical aspects of RWH systems for both residential and ICI (Industrial, Commercial, Institutional) buildings. The course is targeted at contractors, builders, designers, architects, regulators or anyone interested in learning about the design, installation and management of RWH systems. Participants attending the course will be provided with a copy of the Ontario Guidelines for Residential Rainwater Harvesting Systems and a copy of the Rainwater Harvesting Design Tool software. Download a copy of the course outline here.

This course is generously sponsored by the International Erosion Control Association (IECA). Members of IECA will receive a $25.00 discount off the registration fee. To learn more about IECA, or to become a member, please visit www. ieca.org.

To register, click here.

Green Drinks Holiday Party!

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Where: Grace O' Malleys-14 Duncan Street

When: Wednesday, December 15th, 2010, 6-9pm

Green Drinks brings together a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, students, government and business . Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say, "are you green?" and they will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. ...It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also of making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network.

These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.

For more information, please go to www.greendrinkstoronto.org or email greendrinks@gmail.com

Come and join Chapter members and industry leaders for a fun evening of holiday cheer and festive networking!

The Justice Cafe

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Where: The Student Center, Room 307, York University

When: Monday, December 6th, 2010

Aggrey is the executive director ofnthe Ugunja Community Resource Centre (UCRC) and will be leading a  discussion on international solidarity and community development in Kenya.

Coffee and tea will be served.

Earthlings Screening with Georges Laraque

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The York University Vegetarian Environmentalist Group is hosting a singular bilingual event at York University.
 
The French film "Terriens" narrated by Georges Laraque will be presented in room YH 204 on the Glendon Campus (Bayview and Lawrence). Georges Laraque will be joining us and a question and answer period (in French) will follow the film.
 
The following day, Thursday November 25th, the English version of the film ("Earthlings", narated by Joaquin Pheonix) will be presented at Keele Campus, Vari Hall B at 7pm.
 
The events details are as follows:
 
Bouffe gratuite et un film! Présentation du film "Terriens"
avec invité spécial Georges Laraque
Mercredi 24 novembre à 19heures
campus Glendon, Salle YH 204
(Bayview and Lawrence)
 
Free food and a movie! Showing of the movie "Earthlings"
Thursday, November 25th at 7 PM
Keele campus, Room Vari Hall B
(west of Keele, north of Finch)
 
For more information please contact
Antoine, York Vegetarian Environmentalist Group
416-939-8343
vegantoine@yahoo.ca
 
Thank you.

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