The Ontario Association for Impact Assessment (OAIA) invites interested researchers, students and faculty to attend their upcoming conference  (see UniversityPoster2009) at the Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, on October 21st and 22nd 2009.

Student registration is $75. The OAIA is dedicated to supporting students, and is hosting a range of networking events at the conference.

The engaging docu-drama about climate change, The Age of Stupid, will be screened this coming Saturday, at 6:30 pm at The Royal Cinema, 608 College Street (Little Italy) (416 534 5252) at the M.U.C.K. Film Festival and Forum.

The M.U.C.K. film festival and forum runs from Thursday October 1st to Sunday October 4th and features “movies of uncommon knowledge” that aim to “enlighten, enrage, engage and change”, along with panels comprising the film makers and experts.

Read Dawn Bazely’s review of the film, here.

The JD/Master in Environmental Studies Lunchtime Seminar Series presents

WORKING FOR THE WATCHDOG
The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario and the Environmental Bill of Rights

Dania Majid (LLB/MES 2003), Policy and Decision Analyst, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

Monday, September 28, 2009, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Room 141, HNES Building

Hosted by Professors Mark Winfield (FES) and Stepan Wood (Osgoode), JD/MES Joint Program Coordinators

Dania Majid, Hon. B.Sc., LL.B., M.E.S. graduated in 2003 from the MES/LLB Joint Program at York and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2004. Currently working with the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario as a policy & decision analyst, previous work experience includes working as a lawyer at a legal aid clinic in Toronto and with Ecojustice Canada, a legal environmental NGO, as well as working on reports related to school safety. Volunteer activities include heading the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association (ACLA), organizing the Toronto Palestine Film Festival, and representing ACLA on the Equity Advisory Group of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

All are welcome.

The following appeared in the Friday, September 18, 2009 edition of Y-File:

Sustainability council student sub-committee to hold an introductory forum

Are you a student interested in sustainability at York University? If so, the President’s Sustainability Council Student Sub-Committee invites you to attend an open forum on Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 2:30 to 4:30pm in 009 Accoade East Building.

The forum will introduce the Sustainability Student Sub-Committee and outline its mandate. This Presidential sub-committee is open to all students and serves as a venue for the discusson of ideas and directions related to sustainability and the University.

The meeting will devote particular attention to the subjects of:

*organizational structure;
*curriculum;
*social justice and human rights;
*campus operations and development.

For more information, visit the President’s Sustainability Council Web site or the open Facebook group The President’s Sustainability Council Student Sub-Committee at York U. If you would like to participate but can not attend the meeting, please forward your written comments by e-mail to the Professor Jenny Foster, council chair, at jfoster@yorku.ca.

The Business & Society Program at York University presents a symposium on Sustainable Purchasing Policies: Developing and Implementing Living Documents. The event is this Thursday, September 24th, 2009, in Founders Assembly Hall at York University. Dowload the program here. This event is co-sponsored by IRIS. Please note, IRIS will be launching our Food Sustainability report at this event!