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Tuesday October 7th 2008
Thursday, February 28 2008
Key 1
November 29, 2007 - 3:39pm
Date: Feb 28 2008 - 12:00pm - Feb 28 2008 - 1:00pm What: MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
A JUST SOCIETY: ARE WE THERE YET?
(Looking for directions towards a more inclusive Legal Aid.)
If you are a supporter of social justice, inclusion, humanity, innovation,
change and action then this is an event you will not want to miss!
Dalhousie Legal Aid Service, with the support of the Law Foundation of Nova
Scotia, is proud to be hosting a dynamic conference featuring some of the
leaders in legal aid to reveal all that legal aid can really be! Look
forward to a day filled with inspiration and direction for the future. Mark
your calendars now!
The conference aims to inform the legal aid community, academics, government
and community advocates of innovations, developments, and practices in
serving the legal needs of the poor that are more inclusive and integral to
combating social exclusion. Additionally, the conference will receive
papers from participants on this topic to compile into a dedicated volume of
the Dalhousie Law Journal.
** Detailed information about speakers, and sessions will follow at a later
date.
Where: Dalhousie Law School, Halifax Nova Scotia
Who: For more information or to register please contact Catherine Currell at
Dalhousie Legal Aid Service at (902) 423-8105 or email her at
catherine/dot/currell/at/dal/dot/ca.
( categories: Nova Scotia )
Key 1
January 11, 2008 - 4:11pm
What: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office
The Right to be Cold:
The Global Significance of Arctic Climate Change
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AN EVENING WITH SHEILA WATT-CLOUTIER
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An evening with Nobel Peace Price nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Join us at our annual fundraising gala, featuring Sheila Watt-Cloutier, long-time advocate for Inuit and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize nominee for her work on climate change and human rights.
The gala features a keynote address by Sheila Watt-Cloutier, plus a dinner of delicious Indian food, time to catch up with friends and colleagues, and a chance to support the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' BC Office. The event also marks the launch of the CCPA's Climate Justice initiative. This new initiative will develop climate change solutions for BC through a social justice lens.
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Tickets: $75 (includes buffet Indian dinner)
Table reservations available when 8 tickets are purchased in a single block. To find out about becoming an event patron, please call the CCPA office.
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With special thanks to our event sponsors:
University of British Columbia (UBC)
BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Where: Fraserview Hall (8240 Fraser St, near Marine Drive, in Vancouver)
Doors open at 6pm; Dinner served at 6:30 pm
Who: For tickets call Dianne Novlan at 604-801-5121 x221, or email
( categories: British Columbia )
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