Artist book launch: Morgan Wedderspoon’s ecology or oblivion, february 29
2-4 PM at John & Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery 11104 104 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5K 1M9 Join Morgan Wedderspoon to celebrate the launch of her artist book, ecology or oblivion. This book is the final stage of a commissioned project that Wedderspoon created in collaboration with gallery visitors, students, and community members in Fall […]
Energy Talks: A Just Transition – How Community Energy Can Be a Part of Our Future Energy System
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Location: Edmonton Public Library (Strathcona Branch), 8331 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 4E9 Master students Andrea Miller and Sonak Patel describe the state of renewable energy in Canada and highlight an innovative opportunity to develop community-owned and operated renewable energy projects. Andrea and Sonak identify the environmental, social, and economic […]
City of Edmonton Energy Transition Strategy Update with a Just & Equitable Lens
WEDNESDAY, 4 MARCH 2020 FROM 18:00-20:30 pin Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre 11000 Stadium Road, Edmonton, Alberta T5H 4E2 The City of Edmonton is updating its Community Energy Transition Strategy to align with the international target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. A key pillar of the updated strategy is the idea of a just and […]
the human right to water from a policy perspective, lecture by dr. raul pacheco-vega, february 13, 3:30 to 5:00 pm, tory 12–15, university of alberta
Raul’s primary expertise surrounds factors that affect cooperation in natural resource governance. He is also a guru of academic professional development. For more on Raul, please see: http://www.raulpacheco.org/
Can We Consider Adaptation to Climate Change as a Meaningful Kind of Structured Action for Facing the Challenges of a Changing Climate? Lecture by Alain Letourneau, Professor of Philosophy, Universite de sherbrooke, thursday february 13, 3:30-5:00 PM, assiniboia hall 2–02A, university of alberta
Abstract: Briefly we can say that human action that is structured as a response to the currently changing climate can be modulated along four modes: in terms of processes aiming at mitigation, carbon dioxide removals, solar radiation management, and finally adaptation (Roser & Seidel, 2015, 35). I chose to address the latter question from a […]
UofA Student Sustainability Summit (Feb. 1)
Please share the program for the University of Alberta Student Sustainability Summit with your students.
Invitation for undergrad and graduate students: first international students summit on climate, quebec city, july 2020
The first International Student Summit on Climate will take place from July 6 to 9, 2020, at Université Laval (Québec City, Canada). It will bring together some 300 students from across the world. The summit will be an opportunity to reflect, learn and strategize on student actions related climate change. We will discuss diverse issues, including […]
Lecture: “Treaty Matters” (Thurs. Jan. 23)
Dr. Gina Starblanket (UCalgary) will present on “Treaty Matters: Centring the Numbered Treaties in the Context of Prairie Politics”, January 23, 3:30 pm in Tory 12-15.
JAN 31 // MARC HIGGINS w/ Un-settling Inheritances in Science Education: A Hauntological Homework of Response-Ability
12-2 PM (Talk from 12-1PM; Discussion from 1-2PM)Arts-Based Research Studio, 4-104 Education North, University of AlbertaOrganized by jessie beier + jan jagodzinskiWith support from KIAS, Arts-Based Research Studio + more. https://www.lecturesonahumanpedagogy.com/Within science education, Indigenous ways-of-knowing-in-being are often excluded. When included they differ from or defer their intended meanings and matterings as a product of (re)centering settled phenomena and perspectives […]