Sent on behalf of Natasha Hargovan hargovan@yorku.ca:

Pushing Forward: Growing your career in the good food movement

http://pushfoodforward.com/goodjobsevent

The booming food sector is providing a number of exciting opportunities for today’s job seekers and those looking for a change of career. Already making up one out of every eight of Toronto’s jobs, food jobs are providing a key component of the City’s employment market and economy.

The purpose of this afternoon is to provide a series of educational and interactive sessions for people interested in getting or starting a job in the food or environmental sector that will also make a difference in society. Key for those interested in opportunities in social entrepreneurship, food businesses, farmers' markets, corporate sustainability, writing and publishing, co-operatives, non-profits.

Date/Time: Saturday, November 27th, full afternoon program

Location: University of Toronto, Room TBA

Speakers and workshops:
- Harriet Friedmann, leading food policy researcher, Geography Professor and fellow of the Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
- Nogah Kornberg, Executive Director of Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada
- Melissa Shin, Managing Editor, Corporate Knights Magazine
- Anne Freeman, Co-ordinator of the Dufferin Grove Organic Farmers’ Market and the Greenbelt Farmers’ Market Network
- "Unconference" style session on food sector work
- Post-event social and networking opportunity
- And more...

Cost: $45.

Registration: Register for this event by contributing $45 on our Get Involved page or becoming a monthly Food Forward Supporter. Current Supporters and those paying on the day of can register by emailing, and anyone with questions, please write: darcy@pushfoodforward.com

Sponsored by: Dig In: U of T Campus Agriculture

This event is a fundraiser for the work of Food Forward, which is advocating for food policy change in Toronto and working to strengthen the City's food movement.

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Tracy Phillippi
M.E.S. York University
Chair of the Toronto Youth Food Policy Council - www.tyfpc.ca

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 29, 2010
Pembina Institute to release new analysis of U.S. greenhouse gas regulations for industry
Experts available to comment on the upcoming U.S. EPA regulations and their implications for Canada in advance of a technical briefing on Thursday
OTTAWA, ON — Pembina Institute representatives are available to comment on the Obama administration's plan to regulate industrial greenhouse gas emissions through the Clean Air Act starting in January.
The Institute will release a detailed analysis of the upcoming EPA regulations at a technical briefing on Thursday in Ottawa, where representatives will explain the new U.S. approach to regulating industrial emissions and what it could mean for Canada.
WHO: Matthew Bramley, director of the Pembina Institute's climate change program, and P.J. Partington, climate policy analyst
WHAT: Technical briefing and release of detailed analysis on the U.S. industrial emissions regulations
WHERE: 130 Albert St., Suite 910
WHEN: 11:00 a.m., Thursday Dec. 2, 2010
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For comment:

Matthew Bramley (English / français)
Director, Climate Change, Pembina Institute
Cell: 819-210-6115
Phone: 613-216-1976 ext. 26
To RSVP:
Julia Kilpatrick (English / français)
Media Manager, Pembina Institute
Cell: 613-265-5579
Phone: 613-216-1976 ext. 30
Note:
The EPA analysis will be released on the Pembina Institute website immediately following the technical briefing.

The Pembina Institute is a non-partisan sustainable energy think tank.

Shaking Up the Financial District:
Celebrating Community Sovereignty and Environmental Justice in Toronto

Think climate change is a problem?
Think tar sands are unacceptable?
...Tired of false solutions and undemocratic policy from government and
industry?

JOIN US: Dec. 7th at NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE, 4pm
***Please bring pots and pans for making noise and please dress up creatively to
help rock the party!***

In opposition to the False Solutions promoted through the Copenhagen Accord, La
Via Campesina, a global movement of peasant farmers, has called for 1000
Cancuns, an international day of solidarity actions on December 7th in support
of the social movements in the global south who are converging on Cancun to
fight for climate and environmental justice.

This summer we took to the streets of Toronto as part of ongoing struggle for
economic and migrant justice, gender justice, environmental justice, indigenous
sovereignty, and justice for our communities. By coming together as one diverse
but united group, we showed how strong we can be. As the puppets of global
capital were cowering behind security fences and hired thugs, the real power
was in the streets... it was ours.

Now the same brokers of the global financial system are gathering in Cancun to
continue negotiations for the next international climate treaty. Instead of
working through the consensus process of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, the large industrial countries have created their
own side-agreement called the Copenhagen Accord and are now bullying everyone
they can to submit to a deal which will be the doom of us all.

Canada sabotaged climate negotiations in Copenhagen while building the most
destructive project on earth, the tar sands gigaproject. This year, the
government of Canada undemocratically killed Bill C-311, the Climate
Accountability Act, voted down Bill C-300 - an act to hold Canadian mining
companies to account for human and environmental rights violations and signed
an empty UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by excluding the
right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent. Government and industry are digging
up our country and the planet while ignoring the global climate crisis.

Fighting for climate and environmental justice means standing together to say we
will not allow indigenous people to be forced off their land through carbon
market forest deals, we will not allow the lives and health of poor people to
be endangered while social programs are slashed, we will not let farmers have
their crops threatened by unpredictable weather patterns and corporate control,
will not allow forced migration of the inhabitants of small island and low-lying
nations as their homelands drown under rising seas, we will not let our most
valuable resources, be it clean water or sacred homelands go up for sale,and we
will not let those in power to silence our fight for the justice for people and
the planet, we call upon our allies to join us as we march on the financial
district to MAKE SOME NOISE and remind them just who owns the streets in
Toronto.

In Sol,
Environmental Justice TorontoSee more

Dec 2, 2010, 5pm-6pm

This summer the Faculty of Environmental Studies, along with York International, the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) and the World Green Building Council, will once again offer the  ENVS 4230 6.0, Design for Sustainability in the Built Environment interactive workshop.

The course will be held July 4 to July 29, 2011. The workshop is hosted by the Faculty of Environmental Studies but is open to third- and fourth-year students from all disciplines. Highlights of the course include: 

• Unique interactive workshops.
• Practicing with design methodologies & tools.
• Collaborating with students from around the world.
• Field trips and cross-disciplinary design charrettes.
• Guest lectures by Ontario experts in green building.

When:         3 December, noon-1:30

Where:        Vari Hall, VH1154

Are you interested in helping York become a leader in sustainability?

Concerned about the environment and social justice, and want to make a difference?

If so, then we would like to hear from you.

On December 3rd, the President’s Sustainability Council will be consulting with members of the York community on ways to make our University greener, more socially just and economically robust.

If you are interested in taking part, please visit us at www.yorku.ca/susweb for more information. Can’t make it in person? We welcome your ideas at: http://www.yorku.ca/susweb/contact.html.  You can also email your comments directly to the Council Chair, Jennifer Foster, at jfoster@yorku.ca .

Bring your lunch.  Refreshments will be served.

When:         6 December, 11:30-1:00

Where:        ACW 104 (Accolade West)

Are you interested in helping York become a leader in sustainability? Concerned about the environment and social justice, and want to make a difference?

If so, then we would like to hear from you.

On December 6th, the President’s Sustainability Council will be consulting with members of the York community on ways to make our University greener, more socially just and economically robust.

If you are interested in taking part, please visit us at www.yorku.ca/susweb for more information. Can’t make it in person? We welcome your ideas at: http://www.yorku.ca/susweb/contact.html.  You can also email your comments directly to the Council Chair, Jennifer Foster, at jfoster@yorku.ca .

Bring your lunch.  Refreshments will be served.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Where: HNES Zig Zag Gallery, York University

When: Thursday, December 2, 2010 from 5:00pm-10:00pm

The Las Nubes Student Association will be hosting its 5th Annual Silent Auction. Photos taken in Costa Rica by students that participated in the summer field course will be auctioned off. Proceeds will go towards sustainable and environmentally conscious community initiatives in the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor in Costa Rica. John Black, the President of the Ontario Field Ornithologists, will be speaking at the event.

There will be food served at the Silent Auction... and of course there will be Las Nubes Coffee too!

Where: Bear Pit near Scott Library, at York University

When: November 24th, 2010

This started as a class project for a psychology of Creativity class, and some collective complaining about the less than stellar food choices we have at York... And with the help of Regenesis @ York we were able to organize a unique, informative and verrry delicious Farmer's Market exposing students to local, vegan, and organic food choices.

The vendors at the Market will include 22 varieties of veggies, delicious baked goods, vegan alternatives, honey products, crafts, handcrafted soaps and other delicious/creative goodness!

Free samples and guides on how to prepare your produce!

For more information visit here.

The Way We Talk About Endocrine Disruption

Dayna Nadine Scott, co-director of the National Network on Environments and Women's Health, will discuss the environmental health effects of long-term, low-dose exposure to pollutants, with a focus on the Aamjiwnaang First Nation reserve near Sarnia, ON. This community, in the midst of Canada's largest petro-chemical complex, has seen a drastic decline in male newborns in recent years.

Monday, Nov. 22, 2010
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
The Four Seasons Hotel Toronto
21 Avenue Road (Tudor Stuart Room).
Please RSVP to admin@cwhn.ca

Directors of the Centres of Excellence for Women's Health from across Canada will share their work, and CWHN's new Executive Director will host.

Scott is cross-appointed between York University’s law school and the Faculty of Environmental Studies. Her current research examines the way we talk about “endocrine disruption” from critical perspective. She completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at McGill’s Faculty of Law, and a Fulbright Fellowship at NYU Law School.

Production of this event has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada.

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Dayna Nadine Scott
Associate Professor,
Osgoode Hall Law School and
the Faculty of Environmental Studies,
York University
4700 Keele Street,
Toronto, ON
M3J 1P3
Tel. (416) 736-5721
Fax. (416) 736-5736
dscott@osgoode.yorku.ca

[photopress:SturgeonPR.png,thumb,pp_image][photopress:SturgeonPR.png,thumb,pp_image]November 24, 2010, 12:30pm-2pm, HNES 142

Film director James Cameron intended his 3D blockbuster, Avatar, to raise consciousness about environmental issues. Yet the plot of the movie has been criticized for relying on stereotypes of indigenous people, women and disabled people. How do we assess popular culture created for activist purposes?

Noel Sturgeon who joined FES this fall as a Fulbright Scholar will examine this question using a global, feminist, environmental justice and cultural studies approach.

Everyone welcome!! Light lunch will be served. Please bring your mug for coffee and tea. Many thanks!! RO>

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Noël Sturgeon is professor of women's studies and graduate faculty in American Studies at Washington State University. She is the author of Ecofeminist Natures: Race, Gender, Feminist Theory and Political Action (Routledge 1997), Environmentalism in Popular Culture: Gender, Race, Sexuality and the Politics of the Natural (University of Arizona 2009) and numerous articles on environmentalist, antimilitarist, and feminist movements and theories. She has been a Rockefeller Fellow at the Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture, Rutgers; a Visiting Scholar at Murdoch University, Australia, at the JFK Institute at the Frei Universitat in Berlin, and at the Center for Cultural Studies, UCSC; and a Distinguished Fulbright Lecturer at York University, Toronto.