Three upcoming events from NSPIRG, ELSS and CESR

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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 02:58:32 -0400
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Three upcoming events for your interest:

1) MAKING A DIFFERENCE PANEL & INFO SESSION - MAR. 10
Think you can't make a difference? Think again! Positive social change
through work & career lunchtime panel.
"Making a Difference with Your Degree" Panel and Info Session about the
Graduation Pledge
Monday, March 10
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room 224, Student Union Building
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Snacks Provided.
Four great Panelists:
Jeff Moore, CEO of Just Us! Coffee & Fair Trade Investment Coop
Sharon Martin, Community Developer of HRM
Andrew Angus, Entrepreneur of Solar Juice and Founder of BetheChange
Ramona Ryan, Organizer of the Social and Environmental Responsibility
(SER)Pledge and Alternative Graduation Ceremony

For more information, please contact nspirg@dal.ca
Organized by NSPIRG and CESR


2) ELSS LECTURE ON NATURE'S END - MAR. 11
Public Lecture "Nature's End: Science, Technology and Teleology"
by Dr. Trish Glazebrook, new Philosophy Professor at Dal. She is a very
engaging speaker!
Tuesday, March 11
12:00-1:00 PM
Room 305
Dalhousie Law School
6061 University Ave.
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Free, Bring your lunch. All Welcome!
Organized by the Environmental Law Student Society (ELSS)
This is a great lecture about how to love nature for nature's sake, a
philosophical perspective.

Bio:
Dr. Patricia Glazebrook, Associate Professor. BA, Hons. (Alta., 1988), MA,
PhD (Toronto, 1989, 1994). Her interests include: ethics, environmental
philosophy, philosophy of science, and Heidegger. She teaches Business
Ethics, Environmental Ethics and Eco-Feminism. Prior to Dalhousie, Dr.
Glazebrook had been teaching in New York. Her books include: Eco-Logic:
Erotics of Nature, Heidegger's Critique of Science, and Heidegger's
Philosophy of Science. Her most recent papers include "Karen Warren's
Ecofeminism" Ethics and Environment (forthcoming, 2002), "Global Technology
and the Promise of Control" Globalization, Technology and Philosophy, ed.
David Tabachnik (forthcoming, 2002), and "Heidegger and Scientific Realism"
Continental Philosophy Review (2001) among many others.


3) "TRADING DEMOCRACY" - MAR. 11
Film Showing: "Trading Democracy" & Q&A with Dr. Gilbert Winham,
International Trade Law Expert and Political Science Professor
Tuesday, March 11
7:00-8:30 PM
ScotiaBank Auditorium, McCain Building (FASS Building)
6135 University Ave.
Dalhousie University
Halifax
This is the Bill Moyers' 2002 documentary about NAFTA's Chapter 11. Learn
how this trade agreement threatens democracy, the natural environment and
human rights and why we need to be worried about the FTAA. The film is 50
minutes long and is followed by a discussion with Dr. Winham.
Free Candy and Draw Prizes
Donations Appreciated
Organized by CinemaPIRGatory and The Society for Corporate Environmental and
Social Responsibility (CESR)
Web site: http://is2.dal.ca/~cesr  Email: cesr@dal.ca

Bio:
Dr. Gilbert Winham teaches and conducts research on international political
economy, and specializes in international trade policy. Dr. Winham is the
Eric Dennis Memorial Professor of Political Science, a fellow of the Royal
Society of Canada and a past Woodrow Wilson Fellow (2001-2002). He has
served frequently on NAFTA dispute settlement panels. Dr. Winham has over
twenty years experience in training government officials from developing
countries in trade policy and negotiation at the GATT/WTO in Geneva. He has
served as an on-site consultant in connection with the application for
accession to the WTO of Jordan and the Kyrgyk Republic.

Dr. Winham's recent writings include: "The Role of NAFTA Dispute Settlement
in the Management of Canadian, Mexican and U.S. Trade and Investment
Relations" (with Gustavo Vega), Ohio Northern University Law Review, Volume
28:3 (2002); "The Performance of the WTO Since 1995", Transactions of the
Royal Society of Canada, Series 6, Vol. 11 (2001); "Institutional
Development of the WTO" (with Anna Lanoszka) in Alan Rugman and Gavin Boyd
(eds.), The World Trade Organization in the New Economy: Trade and
Investment Issues in the Millennium Round, (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar,
2001); "Asymetric Power Negotiations: The Case of the Canada-US Free Trade
Agreement (with Elizabeth DeBoer) in J. Rubin and I.W. Zartman (eds.), Power
and Negotiation, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2000. Dr.
Winham is currently preparing a manuscript titled: The Debate over
Genetically Modified Foods: Implications for International Relations.



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