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Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FToronto
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*School of the Environment, University of Toronto*
*FALL 2019 ENVIRONMENT SEMINAR SERIES*
WED SEPT 18, 12:10 p.m., UC 140 *SABRINA BOWMAN, *Executive Director, GreenPAC
*Sustainable Politics: The Environment and the 2019 Federal Election * *ABSTRACT: *This year's federal election is a keystone for the environment. How do we make sure the environment is a top issue both at the ballot box and in the next four years in Parliament? Join Sabrina to talk about this key political and environmental moment, and how Canadians are responding to this opportunity (including local groups organizing 100+ nonpartisan debates on the environment).
* BRIEF BIO: *Sabrina graduated from Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo and has spent over a decade working in the not-for-profit sector on environment, politics, and international health in Ottawa, San Francisco, and Toronto. She started with GreenPAC in the fall of 2015 and was named Executive Director in December 2016. Sabrina is a trainer at the Institute for Change Leaders https://www.changeleaders.ca/ and she co-organized the 2014 and 2017 Canroots organizing conferences in Toronto. Sabrina volunteers at a do-it-yourself bike shop and has sat on several boards. In her spare time, she enjoys getting around by bike, hiking and swimming at the family cottage near Algonquin Park.
* REMAINING SEMINARS IN THIS SERIES THIS TERM:*
WED OCT 2, 12:10 p.m., UC 140 * STEPHANE GERMAIN, *President and CEO, GHGSat Inc, Montreal
*Bringing Space Down to Earth: Monitoring Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Small Satellites * WED OCT 16, 12:10 p.m., UC 140 * SPEAKER: *tba
*TITLE: tba*
WED OCT 30, 12:10 p.m., UC 140 * LORI STAHLBRAND, *Food Policy Specialist with the City of Toronto's Food Strategy Team, responsible for the Toronto Food Policy Council
*TITLE: to be announced * WED NOV 20, 12:10 p.m., UC 140 * SHEILA COLLA, *Assistant Professor (Environmental Studies), Department of Biology, York University
*When a Bee is a Bee is a Bee: Taking an Interdisciplinary Approach for Pollinator Conservation*
WED DEC 4 12:10 p.m., UC 140 * ADRIA VASIL, *Environmental Journalist, Lecturer, Ryerson School of Journalism *TITLE: to be announced*
The Fall 2019 Environment Seminar Series is held biweekly at 12:10 p.m. Wednesdays in room UC140, University College Building, 15 King’s College Circle. All are welcome. Seminars are free. No registration is required. Visit https://www.environment.utoronto.ca/events/ for abstracts and biographies. Contact environment.seminars@utoronto.ca to receive seminar announcements.
******************************************************** *MORE UPCOMING ENVIRONMENT-RELATED EVENTS*
To be announced
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*Pavel Pripa* Graduate Administrator
School of the Environment 33 Willcocks Str., Rm. 1021 University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E8
Ph: 416.978.3475 Fax: 416.978.3884
pavel.pripa@utoronto.ca http://www.environment.utoronto.ca
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Ishtiaque Ahmed