KWIC Newsletter Sept 29 2011

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Kawartha World Issues Centre Orientation         The David Morrison Lecture 2011: Raj Patel       The Ashley Fellow Lecture 2011: Lucie Edwards

Interested in International Development? Come out to the following events!!       KWIC Orientation Date:  Friday, Sep 30th, 2011 - 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Interested in world issues? Want to find out ways to get involved? KWIC is hosting their annual Orientation September 30th from 4:30-6:30 at the KWIC Resource Centre. Come learn about -The history of KWIC -Popular Education -Global Educaion -Opportunities for involvement with KWIC Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP by September 28th to kw...@trentu.ca

 

The David Morrison Lecture 2011

Date: 

Tuesday, Oct 4th, 2011 - 7:30 pm

Raj Patel

Book signing and reception to follow

Raj Patel was educated at Oxford, the London School of Economics and Cornell University.  The bestselling author of The Value of Nothing: Why Everything Costs So Much More Than We Think, Food Rebellions! Crisis and the Hunger for Justice,and Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World's Food System, he is currently a fellow at the Institute for Food and Development Policy in Oakland, California; a visting researcher at the University of KwaZula-Natal in South Africa; and a visiting scholar at the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. 

He has worked for the World Bank, interned at the WTO, consulted for the UN and been involved in international campaigns against his former employers.  For more information, including his blog, vist www.rajpatel.org.

Location: 

Trent University

Email: 

i...@trentu.ca

Url: 

http://www.trentu.ca/morrison/

Organization: KWIC

 

 

 

 

The Ashley Fellow Lecture 2011:

 Lucie Edwards

 

Join us for TWO free public lectures, all welcome.

Gzowski College Lecture Hall, Trent University, Room 114

 

Date: Wednesday October 12

Time: 7:30 pm

 

"Making a Difference in the World: The role of

Scientists in Public Policy Making"

 

Date: Tuesday October 18

Time: 7:30 pm

 

"So What is Science For? The Role of Science in International Development

 

Lucie Edwards worked in the department of Foreign Affairs from

1976 to 2009, as the High Commissioner to India, South Africa, Kenya and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment program.

 

She founded the Global Issues Bureau and served as Assistant

 Deputy Minister for Corporate Services in Ottawa.

 

Since her days as a Trent undergraduate, Lucie has designed and

managed agricultural and community development projects supporting

villagers in Africa and South Asia.

 

For more information contact Noranne Flower

Champlain College

705-748-1237 or

nfl...@trentu.ca

 

 

 

Julie Cosgrove, Coordinator Kawartha World Issues Centre

Phone: 705-748-1680

Email: kw...@trentu.ca

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