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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 #17 - Apri2013
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Graduating Students?
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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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| APRIL 30TH - IRIS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING |
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Join us for our very first AGM and Potluck!!
We have had an awesome year filled with memorable events and we want to celebrate it with all of you. We will be recapping the year by sharing good food and stories.
Join us on Tuesday, April 30th from 12-2pm in room 305 York Lanes. Please RSVP by Tuesday April 23rd.
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MAY 13TH: EDUCATING FOR RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP SYMPOSIUM
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What do YOU think is worth knowing?
Join us on Monday, May 13th, 2013 at the YMCA of Greater Toronto. This event will bring together 120 senior decision makers from the education, government, business, and non-profit sectors, as well as high school and post secondary students to address the following questions:
- What do children and youth need to know, do, and value, in order to ensure they are responsible, active, and contributing citizens?
- How can formal education be reoriented to meet these goals?
Register for the Symposium Today! Click here for more information.
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MAY 22-24TH: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF PEACE AND CONFLICT IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (PCIA)
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IRIS is organizing a conference with Peacebuild. The conference is an opportunity for a cohort of eight scholar-practitioners from the Global South, as well as colleagues from the North, to share innovative papers at the cusp of PCIA discourse and practice. Building on, and then moving beyond the academic conference format, this gathering will also leverage workshop and dialogue methodologies for meaningful and critical experience-sharing. Read more...
May 22-24, 519 York Research Tower
For more information, and to RSVP please contact:
Eric Abitbol, Director, Peacemedia-paixmédia
peacepub@yahoo.com
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| STUDENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY - INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE |
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"The Economic Shift: Finding Our Balance in a Sustainable Marketplace"
Andrew Bowerbank and his team are developing a comprehensive reference book for international
distribution to support the projects, workshops, market reports and keynote addresses he conducts around the world. You could be one of the few students selected to work on a team to deliver this highly anticipated international publication. Click here to read more about the opportunity. |
RECAPPING THE FOURTH ANNUAL IRIS EARTH HOUR EVENT & POETIC ENERGY WORKSHOP
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Check our out latest Students Speak blog
Thanks to all of the presenters, performers, attendees and organizers, our fourth annual earth hour event had an amazing turnout.
Click here to read more about the Poetic Energy workshop and see the collective poem that the group of facilitators and participants wrote together.
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The University was named along with 54 other organizations in a competition organized by the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers project.
 "This award recognizes the incredible efforts of York students, faculty and staff who take action every day to raise awareness and reduce our impact on the environment," says York President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. "We have made significant strides to date and will continue to lead by example in achieving results that make a meaningful difference."
Employers were evaluated and ranked on their unique environmental initiatives and programs, success in reducing environmental footprints and employee involvement in sustainability efforts. The Canada's Greenest Employers distinction specifically recognizes York University for creating the President's Sustainability Council, its Green Office and Sustainability Ambassador programs, and the "Res Race to Zero" competition in which student residences across campus attempt to reduce energy consumption. Read More...
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YORKU'S SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INITIATIVE'S LATEST REPORT
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Rebecca Mallinson makes 20 recommendations to help policymakers to renew Ontario's commitment to electricity conservation.
"The paper provides a detailed roadmap for turning the province's renewed focus on energy conservation into reality. By acting on its new commitment, Ontario has the potential to strengthen the sustainability of Ontario's electricity system and to enhance the energy productivity of Ontario's economy" said Professor Mark Winfield of the Faculty of Environmental Studies, Co-chair of the Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI), and IRIS Senior Fellow. Click here for more information. |
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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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