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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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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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Read the latest W3
WCR #13 - Dec2012
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PROFESSOR RETURNS FROM UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE BRIMMING WITH IDEAS
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As a philosophy professor researching the ethics of climate change policy, York's Idil Boran found her recent experience at COP18 in Doha, Qatar, illuminating and informative.
"I place real value in backing theory with practice," she says. Attending the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) allowed Boran to witness negotiations in real time, thanks to York's Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS), which secured accredited spots (see YFile story, Nov. 30, 2012). "I thought it would be really important for a philosopher to see the actual conference where the deliberations between sovereign states take place."
She returned with so much more useful information than she ever expected and is now determined to share it with other researchers at the University and beyond. "I would like to think ahead to what the research community could do with it." Click here to read more.
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| SUSTAINABLE VALUE CREATION SPEAKER SERIES! |
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IRIS and Schulich Prof Kevin McKague partner on exciting talks
This Special IRIS Speaker Series is brought to you by IRIS Senior Fellow and Course Director Dr. Kevin McKague and his MGMT 6500 Sustainable Value Creation course, which is cross-listed by both the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business and the Nonprofit Management. The Series will feature 7 guest lectures! The first event is Tuesday January 15th at 7pm and features Tal Dehtiar, Founder and CEO, Oliberté on "Doing Business with the Poor". Read more here...
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| 2013 NMA CONFERENCE: CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATION - FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1st | | |
Breakout Session will feature IRIS Projects
The Schulich Nonprofit Management Ass
ociation is hosting the 2013 Cross Sector Collaboration Conference on Friday, February 1st. This conference will explore collaborative action across public, private and non-profit sectors to scale solutions capable of addressing persistent social challenges. Keynote sessions by James Temple (Director of Corporate Responsibility at PwC) and Ratna Omidvar (President of Maytree).Ellie Perkins and Clara Stewart-Robertson will be part of a breakout session that will feature York University collaborations with the Jane/Finch Community, that are also IRIS projects. This session will be moderated by IRIS Coordinator Annette Dubreuil. For more information, click here.
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| ONE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTED STUDY OPPORTUNITY! |
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Winter 2013 IDS Opportunity: York University Secondary Plan Critical Analysis
Regenesis @ York is looking to have a masters student conduct an IDS in the winter term on the York University Secondary Plan, which is currently being finalized and will guide the university's growth over the next 40 years. If you are interested in doing this IDS, please email regenesis.yorku@gmail.com as soon as possible. Click here to read more...
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FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY FILM FESTIVAL - FOOD:
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 10th
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In addition to feature films, panel discussions, and prizes with a food theme, the upcoming festival also gives local filmmakers in the York University community an opportunity to have their food-related films featured. Festival presenters will choose one prize-winning film to be highlighted and up to three runner-up films to be exhibited. Click here to read more about the submission requirements.
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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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