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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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Help us build furniture for Jane/Finch.
Want to volunteer? Update your profile (link at the bottom of this email) and check the Volunteers list.
View the 2012-13 brochure of Student Opportunities! |
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November 22, 2012
David Miller - details to come!
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Opportunities
| Walmart Canada is running the Green Student Challenge where teams of post-secondary students from across the country have an opportunity to convince some of Canada's most successful business leaders that they have the most compelling breakthrough idea to change business as we know it. A total of $100,000 in cash will be awarded including $25,000 to the winners and $25,000 to the winners' school. To learn more about the Walmart Green Student Challenge and how to enter, please visit
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Do you want to continue to be kept informed about sustainability news and events at IRIS and York after you graduate?
Please update your email address below, by selecting Update Profile/ Email Address, and you'll continue to receive the IRIS Newsletter!
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 SUSTAINABLE FURNITURE PROJECT WITH JANE/FINCH
| | | Aviva Community Fund - York needs your votes to help fund the Centre for Green Change!
 Please vote everyday until October 15th for the Aviva Community Fund project to help fund the new Centre for Green Change at Jane and Finch.
In order to receive funding for our project, York University (led by IRIS) and the Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre need you to cast your votes! Visit the Centre for Green Change facebook page and click the yellow VOTE NOW button.
Design and Build Sustainable Furniture for the Centre for Green Change!
Come join us on Monday, October 15, 2012 for the sustainable furniture design workshop that will be held for the Centre for Green Change Project. The designed pieces are for the new space at 2999 Jane Street. Furniture building workshops will follow on November 2 and 3rd. We are especially looking for students, staff and faculty with carpentry skills to help out. Read more... |
INTERESTED IN ATTENDING COP 18?
| | | 18th United Nations climate change conference and the Conference of the Parties (COP 18) will be held from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7 in the State of Qatar.!
York community members interested in attending COP 18 should fill out the application form by Tuesday, October 9th at noon. Please note IRIS can assist you to find funds, but unfortunately for this COP we have no IRIS funds at this time to distribute.
For questions, please email Annette at afdubreu@yorku.ca.
For more information about COP 18, visit the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change website.
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OCT 5: ONLINE INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION
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Professor David Bell & LSF Chair Discusses the Challenges of Sustainability and the Role of ESD
Register today to join the interactive online presentation on Friday, October 5th from 12-1pm.
Dr. Bell will focus on the role of educators as
facilitators of learning. After outlining the scope and nature of the sustainability challenge in terms of its economic, environmental and social dimensions, Professor Bell proposes that we discuss the kinds of teaching and learning that will likely be required in response to the challenge.
Click here to learn more and to register.
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UNCONFERENCE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE!
| | | Are YoU a Climate Zombie? How can we walk together?
 Come take action with us on Thursday October 25th at 280N York Lanes from 10:00am - 3:00pm for an open discussion on climate change.
The purpose of this climate justice unconference is to create a forum for students, staff, and faculty to have open conversations around climate justice issues. The end goal is to create opportunities to work together in order to take action both personally and here at York University.
To learn more about the conference, including the outline for the day and to RSVP, click here.
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PROFESSOR DEBORAH CURRAN VISITS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
| | | Green Development Law in Canada: New forms of property or same old dirt?
 Join us on Thursday October 25th 1:30 - 2:30pm at Room 1001 Osgoode Hall to hear Hakai Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability, Deborah Curran.
Using green development case studies from British Columbia, this talk will highlight the legal innovations and burdens that sustainability development offers for both the public interest and private property.
The event is hosted by Mark Winfield (FES) and Stepan Wood (Osgoode), via the JD/Master in Environmental Studies Seminar Series. Click here to learn more.
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CONGRATULATIONS DR. KEVIN MCKAGUE ON THE SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE OF HIS DISSERTATION
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Kevin McKague defends his PhD - "Making markets work for the poor" 
Congratulations to long-time IRIS Senior Research Fellow, now Dr. Kevin McKague, on a successful defence of his dissertation last week.
Kevin's research has focused on micro finance and farmers in Bangladesh. Click here to read more on his work!
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DAVID MILLER VISITS YORK UNIVERSITY!
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 IRIS Speaker Series on Climate Change
The former mayor of Toronto, David Miller, will be giving a talk at York on Thursday, November 22nd from 4:30 - 5:30 pm. Details coming soon!
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| BED/MED STUDENT WORKSHOP & VOLUNTEER PROGRAM | |
Calling all Faculty of Education Students
 An evening workshop for Teacher Candidates and Masters of Education students on experiential learning with a focus on education for sustainable development. Work with a teacher and their classroom, at a local priority neighbourhood school. The workshop will provide professional development training on how to facilitate an action project with your chosen classroom on an issue that they choose. For more information click here. |
POETRY EVENT ON NOVA SCOTIA'S SABLE RIVER
| | | E. Alex Pierce reads at the FES Sustainable Writing Lab
 Come out on Monday October 29th from 12:45-2:00 pm to see E. Alex Pierce as she reads from her new volume of poetry, Vox Humana, which is a passionate exploration of Nova Scotia's Sable River. This reading is part of the activities of the FES Sustainable Writing Laboratory. Read more...
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PRESIDENT'S SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED
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IRIS recognized as one of the key campus partners in  sustainability!
The 2011-12 report summarizes progress York University has made towards implementing the 59 recommendations the President's Sustainability Council (PSC) has made to the University over the past three years. It also includes 12 new recommendations that were advanced by the working groups of the council over the past year. Download the report to learn more.
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AVIVA INSURANCE 1 LIKE = $1 FOR LSF
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More About IRIS and this Newsletter
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability is a university-wide research centre that pursues an interdisciplinary approach to the challenges of sustainability. Through our collaborations on sustainability related research projects and innovative initiatives, we hope to generate awareness amongst the York University community of our social, natural and economic spheres, while engaging students, staff and faculty in action that creates change on campus and beyond.
The IRIS Newsletter is a way to keep you informed about what we are up to so that you can drop by an event, get involved, or just learn about what research projects we are currently undertaking. The Newsletter is sent out once or twice per month, highlighting the IRIS, York University, and broader community's sustainability news and events!
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