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RITC Lunch-Time Seminar - June 13, 2001
2001-06-11
Mr. Corné van Walbeek, principal investigator of the Research for International Tobacco Control (RITC)-supported Economics of Tobacco Control project in South Africa, will be in Ottawa on June 13th to present a lunch-time seminar entitled: "Effective Development Policies Require Political Will: The Example of Tobacco Control in South Africa." 
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University of Zimbabwe Will Host 2002 IASCP Conference
2001-06-04
The 9th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property will be held June 17-21, 2002 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Conference Theme: 'The Commons in an Age of Globalization.' Practitioners, academics, scholars, and anyone interested in the study of common property issues and globalization are invited to participate in the conference. IASCP encourages interested people to submit panel, individual paper, and poster abstracts not exceeding 500 words by no later than October 1st 2001 to the Secretariat at the following email address: iascp@cass.org.zw. For detailed information please visit the IASCP website.
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World Health Day Forum
2001-04-02
The Pan American Health Organization and the Centretown Community Health Centre cordially invite you to a lunchtime forum to mark World Health Day, Friday, April 6, 2001, at 12.15 p.m. at the Centretown Community Health Centre, 420 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Canada.
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Join the Great Canadian Bio-Blitz
2001-03-28
The Canadian Biodiversity Institute is coordinating the Great Canadian Bio-Blitz to be held in communities across Canada in 2001. The goal of the Bio-Blitz is to involve over 100 communities and thousands of Canadians in taking a valuable local level snapshot, across a broad taxonomic spectrum, of the state of biodiversity in this country. The Bio-Blitz is a unique activity which encourages initiative and leadership at the local level to help achieve goals set out in Canada's National Biodiversity Strategy.
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Women and Environment: Case Studies From India
2001-03-27
South Asia Partnership invites you to a seminar on "Women and Environment: Case Studies From India," presented by Shyamala Mani, Centre for Environment Education, India, Thursday, March 29 12:00-2:00 p.m. 1 Nicholas St., Suite 200, Ottawa.
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Workshop: Canadian Media Coverage of the Americas
2001-02-21
The Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL) and the Carleton University School of Journalism, with the support of the Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development (CCFPD), present a public workshop on Canadian Media Coverage of the Americas: March 2, 2001, Senate Room, 6th Floor, Robertson Hall, Carleton University, Ottawa, 12:30 - 5:00 p.m. Free admission.
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Breakfast Forum for World AIDS Day
2000-11-27
You are cordially invited by the Pan American Health Organization and the Canadian Society for International Health to a Breakfast Forum to mark World AIDS Day, Friday December 1, 2000, 7:45 - 9:30 a.m. at the National Press Club, 150 Wellington Street, 2nd Floor (just east of Bank Street), Ottawa.
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Butterfly Garden: A Healing Program for War-Affected Children in Sri Lanka
2000-11-08
You are invited to attend a presentation by Dr Robert Chase of McMaster University on the 'Butterfly Garden' program in Sri Lanka. The presentation will take place from 1:30-3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15, 2000, 14th floor Auditorium, IDRC headquarters, 250 Albert Street, Ottawa.
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7th Canadian Conference on International Health: Health as a Bridge for World Peace
2000-10-25
The 7th Canadian Conference on International Health will be held from November 12-15, 2000, in the Palais des Congrès, Hull, Canada. The conference provides a forum to: promote and advocate on international health issues; educate, network, discuss scientific research, and promote cooperative action among constituents of the health in development community.
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Assessing Cuba's Transition
2000-10-23
The Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL) presents a FOCAL Research Forum on Cuba Speaker Series Event: Speaker: Carlos Alberto Montaner. Topic: Assessing Cuba's Transition. Date/Time: Monday, October 30, 2000, 9:00-11:30 a.m. Location: IDRC Boardroom, 14th Floor, 250 Albert Street, Ottawa.
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Environmental Management Development in Ukraine (EMDU) End-of-Project Conference
2000-10-18
In order to kick off new environmental programmes in the region, Ukraine will host a conference from October 23-25, 2000, entitled State of Environmental Management of the Dnieper'. The conference will include discussions among international and regional experts on past efforts at rehabilitating the Dnieper River, with a view to defining its present state and launching new environmental endeavours.
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Update on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
2000-10-12
Join us on Wednesday, October 18, at 2 p.m. for an update on the World Health Organization's Public Hearings on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Location: The CCIC Boardroom, 3rd Floor, 1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa.
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FOREST 2000: The Sixth International Congress and Exhibition on Forests
2000-09-26
The Brazilian Institute for the Environment, BIOSFERA, is hosting FOREST 2000: The Sixth International Congress and Exhibition on Forests. This event will be held from October 23-26 in the Porto Seguro Convention Center, Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil. The Congress is expecting more than 2,000 participants from over 40 countries, who will discuss technical, scientific, political, economic, social, and cultural issues concerning forests and the environment in Brazil and around the world, with special attention to the protection and conservation of the Amazon rainforest.
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Banking on Women in India: The Self-Employed Women's Association
1999-10-07
The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) was founded in 1972 as a trade union representing self-employed women vegetable vendors, home-based garment workers, and service providers (such as ragpickers) in the western Indian state of Gujarat. It has since taken on the additional roles of bank, co-operative marketing agency, service provider, educator, and advocate for changes in government policy.
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In Conversation with Louise Grenier
1999-01-22
Indigenous knowledge is the unique information and knowledge system that indigenous people use to survive. Many researchers now use it as the starting point for developing sustainable development programs. Louise Grenier is the author of Working with Indigenous Knowledge, which focuses on how indigenous knowledge can contribute to a local sustainable development strategy.
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Public Workshop and Lecture on the Asian Financial Crisis
1999-01-21
The academic journal: Studies in Political Economy, the International
Development Research Centre, the North-South Institute, and Carleton University
are sponsoring a public workshop entitled "The Asian Crisis and Beyond,
Prospects for the 21st Century." This full-day workshop
will take place on the 20th Floor of Dunton Tower, Carleton
University in Ottawa on Friday January 29, starting at 9 a.m. And on Monday
February 1, IDRC, the North-South Institute, and Carleton University are
sponsoring a public lecture by Robert Wade, entitled "Asian Crisis
or Global Crisis? Evaluating Competing Interpretations and Solutions."
The lecture will be held on the 14th Floor of IDRC headquarters,
250 Albert Street, Ottawa, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
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Women entrepreneurs, the Kinshasa way
1999-01-15
(INTERFACE) A sociology student from Université du Québec in Montreal recently returned from a stay in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where she studied women's initiatives in urban micro-trade. (Article is in French.)
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Organic farming challenges cotton
1998-12-18
(SYFIA Burkina Faso) And what if cotton was not as lucrative as they say? Rice farmers from
Eastern Burkina Faso are counting on organic sesame and soya, which generate revenue without
degrading their lands. (Article is in French.)
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Land rights: judges will become acquainted with customary law
1998-12-18
(SYFIA Mali) Malian justice, too often called upon to settle land rights disputes between farmers
and cattle breeders, is seeking to reconcile written law with customary law. The experience is taking
place in the Niger river delta. (Article is in French.)
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The Nile, 'River of Desire'
1998-06-25
(SYFIA Egypt) Fifty years from now, one billion people - four times more than today - will be living on the banks of the Nile. In order to avoid serious shortages and to limit the risks of a conflict
between Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia - countries whose agriculture depends on the river - the Nile's waters need to be managed and distributed more equitably. (Article is in French.)
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Young Africans: a new target for cigarette manufacturers
1998-05-28
(SYFIA-Guinea) While cigarette makers in Northern countries are beginning to acknowledge that they play a role in smoke-related diseases, in the South they try to lure young people with aggressive advertising campaigns. (article available in French only).
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Forum to Mark World No-Tobacco Day on May 29
1998-05-21
The Canadian Society for International Health and the Pan American Health Organization are organizing a public forum to mark World No-Tobacco Day. The forum will be held in Room 237C, Centre Block, Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 29, from 10 to 11.30 a.m. Dr. Carolyn Bennett, M.P, is sponsor and chair. Among the panelists will be David Sweanor, senior legal counsel for the Non-Smokers' Rights Association, Dr. Robert Cushman, Medical Officer of Health for Ottawa-Carleton, and Dr. Enrique Madrigal, of the Division of Health Promotion and Protection at the Pan American Health Organization.
If you plan to attend, please leave a message giving your name and title at (613) 241-5785, Ext. 326, by 5 p.m. on May 27 (a list is needed for Hill security).
On the occasion of World No-Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization calls upon governments, communities, organizations and schools, families and individuals to focus attention on the seriousness of the tobacco epidemic, to take strong action to prevent nicotine addiction in young people, and to protect them from the dangers of environmental tobacco smoke. World No-Tobacco Day is also a day marked by an appeal to those who use tobacco to quit for at least 24 hours, as a first step toward breaking their tobacco addiction.
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Special IDRC/CIDA Lunch Discussions
1998-04-23
Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Vice-president, Special Programs and Dr. Alexander F. McCalla, Director, Rural Development, World Bank to speak at IDRC on Tuesday, April 28th, 1998. Their talk is entitled "Research issues and priorities for rural development and sustainable agriculture".
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From Napoleon to Radarsat: examining the Nile delta
1998-02-10
To chart the changes to the Nile delta over the past 200 years, a student from the University of Québec at Rimouski is comparing maps commissioned by Napoleon with modern-day satellite images. His research should make it easier to forecast the impact of human activity in this region.
Article appears in French only
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IDRC Links Small Farmers To Big Markets
1997-11-24
Northern consumers have an increasing appetite for new and exotic foods. Small farmers in the South grow a variety of nutritious little known crops. Sound like a perfect fit? IDRC's Foodlinks program will examine the potential for equitable partnerships between Northern agri-food industries and Southern producers.
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