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NOTES - USUALLY WEEKLY!SOGS MEETING NOTES FOR 17 NOVEMBER:
Reprints of the T-shirts from the pubcrawl in "Kelly Green" : $15
Only 15 shirts! See John Newcomb if you'd like a shirt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_green#Kelly_green
Events:
Grad Night - Wednesday 18th 4:00 to 5:30 (Pizza!)
"Getting to Grad Studies", Nov 18, 4-5:30pm, SSM A120
Dr. Ian Walker (Geog Grad Advisor) will be presenting with 4 grad
students at different points in their graduate degree.
Do you have any questions you'd like us to ask (jcoccola@uvic.ca)?
There will also be an open forum.
There will be pizza and this is a really interesting event for anyone
wants is even thinking about grad studies.
Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?new&gid=2213245694&step=2&eid=182820702312#/event.php?eid=171886556159&ref=mf
Bakesale - Thursday 10AM-3PM SSM A-wing
Please come by and sit. Also, we really need baked goods!! Bring it to
the sale (preferably before 11) or if you have class earlier than that
leave the goods in the SOGS room.This is an important fundraiser so we
really appreciate (and remember) any baked goods or time spent.
Geocache Event: Nov 20
Starts at the SSM Foyer, 12noon - party starts at 3pm
There will be 20 GPS units for loan (but these are old) so bring your
own if you can - part starts at 3pm in foyer of S&M! Band and cash bar.
Prizes: Drink Prizes!! GPS for Car! Day Kayak rentals! MEC rentals!
Food Service Car!
http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?new&gid=2213245694&step=2&eid=182820702312#/ical/event.php?eid=182820702312
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Starts @ 12 bring your own GPS and win amazing prizes (a GPS for your
Car! Drink coupons! Food cards!)
@3 watch bands (which may include your professors), eat food, buy drinks,
and celebrate geography!
SSM Door Decorating - Nov 18 between 11:30 and 3:00 in the SOGS room or at the bake sale.
Student External Review Feedback Meeting - Thursday Nov 19 at 4:30 in SSM B307
The Geography department is participating in an external review and has asked
that a limited
number of students give feedback at a meeting. However, to make sure all Soggies
have
a chance to give feedback, SOGS is having a dicussion meeting in B307.
Please come out and tell us what the Geography department is doing
wrong and right. The recommendations and praise put forward are taken
very seriously.
G- I- S
Nov 27 1:00-2:05 pm
Please email Neetu (ukbassi@uvic.ca ) if you want to come and present
to a grade 5 class about geography! You only need to bring yourself.
Pre-planning meeting before hand that day.
End of Year Happenings
Dec 1st - last meeting of semester. We usually make a small donation to
a cause, so if you have any ideas email James jcoccola@uvic.ca
Dec 4th End of the Year SOGS drinks (Location TBA, likely Grad Lounge)
SOGS facebook group: Society of Geography Students (SOGS)
SOGS HOMEPAGE: http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/undergrad/sogs/sogshome.html
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SOGGIES ORGANIZING FOR SPECIAL GEOG 485 COURSE IN SPRING TERM
Have you taken or are you taking Geog 385 (Environmental Aesthetics)?
Would you to study this field at a more advanced level?
Cail Smith and Erin Johnston are trying to organize a 400 level seminar
class based on the Geog 485: Landscapes of the Heart (see description
below from an old calender) in the next semester (Jan 2010). Geog 485
is not offered regularly and has recently been removed from the course
calendar, so for 3rd/4th year students this is probably your only
chance to take this class.
Lisa Kadonaga is interested in teaching the class and has kept up to
date on the material. We just need interest from other students.
Therefore, if you are interested in taking this class please email or
contact Cail Smith (smithc@uvic.ca) soon.
"Geog 485: Landscapes of the Heart
Grounded in humanistic geography and qualitative methods, this course
investigates the meaningful non-tangible relationships between
humankind and environment. These relationships include emotional
attachment (to place), aesthetics (of landscape), ethics (of
environment), and spirituality (sacred space)."
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FUNDING TO GET TO PARTICIPATE AT COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CONF
Funding Available for Northern Youth Participation at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen – December 7 to 18
You are a young person from Northern Canada that cares about climate change and wants to be part of the upcoming United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen to help out and learn more.
We are a network of leading Canadian organizations working on climate change and we are hoping to sponsor a young Northern Canadian to come to Copenhagen and join our team for two weeks in December.
If this interests you, please read on. You will need you to apply for this funding by submitting your resume along with a one page letter explaining why you want to attend the UN negotiations. You must submit this no later than November 16, 2009 to Montana Burgess at mburgess@climateactionnetwork.ca
What follows describes the qualifications we are looking for and then provides more information on who we are.
Qualifications:
Preference will be given Northerners of Aboriginal, Metis and Inuit descent and we are seeking to support the development of a young leader between the ages of 18 and 30.
You will need to be available to leave for Copenhagen some time between December 3 and 7, and return some time between December 18 and 20.
The successful candidate will have some combination of the following experience and qualities:
* Able to effectively communicate in English. French and Northern indigenous
language skills are a strong advantage.
* Highly organized. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple demands effectively,
while staying focused on delivery of priority tasks.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills
* Ability to work independently with little supervision as well as contribute
to the functioning of a team (keeping in mind that the successful candidate
will receive active support from Climate Action Network staff).
* Current computer and internet skills.
* Strong commitment to the struggle to stop climate change.
* Familiarity with climate change policy is an asset, but not essential.
* Experience working in not-for-profit networks is an asset, but not essential.
This internship is designed in large part to provide experience to a Northerner that will be useful to their professional development in the years ahead. We are seeking a candidate that is articulate, passionate and able to communicate effectively. Experience is an asset, but the successful candidate does not need to have extensive experience on climate change or significant work experience.
About Climate Action Network and the Northern Voices Coalition:
Climate Action Network Canada is a coalition of more than 50 environmental, Aboriginal, youth, health, faith-based, labour and international development organizations working together to promote action on climate change. The member organizations of Climate Action Network Canada will be sending roughly 60 to 100 people to the upcoming United Nations climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark (December 7 to 18). See: www.climateactionnetwork.ca < http://www.climateactionnetwork.ca>
Climate Action Network Canada is also a member of the Northern Voices on Climate Change Coalition, which also includes the Gwich’in Council International, the Arctic Athabaskan Council, the Pembina Institute and Ecology North.
Thanks to the support of the Northern Voices Coalition, the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and the United Church of Canada, Climate Action Network Canada will cover all costs (travel, accommodation and per diem).
Opportunities and Responsibilities will include:
* Attend negotiating sessions and learn more about how the global climate
change negotiations work.
* Meet with representatives from other Arctic countries and find out more about
climate change initiatives in those countries.
* Support the work of Climate Action Network Canada and its members as needed,
including helping to organize meetings, drafting and disseminating material,
and other similar tasks. You will particularly be asked to support on an as
needed basis the work of our Northern members and partners, including the Assembly
of First Nations and the Arctic Athabaskan Council.
* Communicate with and reach out to Northern organizations, governments and
media on how the negotiations are progressing and what they can do to help move
the world towards a fair, ambitious and binding international agreement on climate
change.
How to apply:
If you are interested in being considered for this funding support, send your resume along with a one page letter explaining why you want to attend the UN negotiations. You must submit this no later than November 20, 2009 to mburgess@climateactionnetwork.ca
Montana Burgess
Outreach Coordinator
Climate Action Network Canada -
Réseau action climat Canada
www.climateactionnetwork.ca
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EVENTS
Common Energy's Imagine Radical Innovation Dialogue Series.
This dialogue will include quick presentations to frame up the challenges and opportunities from the following:
1. Rita Fromholt, UVic Sustainability Coordinator
2. Maeve Lydon, Office of Community Based Research
The presentations will be follwed by a collaborative dialogue to explore the state of sustaianability education at UVic and develop strategies to take it to the next level. We are committed to making this session empowering, practical and results-focused. The outcomes will contribute directly to Common Energy campaigns.
November 18, 7:00PM,
Room 125, Engineering and Computer Science Building
We've set up a facebook group for the series to extend the dialogue outside
of the events - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=185636188754
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SOGS' input to our UVic Geography External Review.
Thursday, 19 November, 4:30pm, SSM B307:
Our Geography Department is having a major evaluation project being done,
and UVic geography student input is really important - your input!
Bring your comments and concerns about how our Department is doing
to a student-led forum: 19 November, 4:30pm, SSM B307. If you can't make
it, do email your concerns to Erin for her to pull together for presentation
to
the external reviewers: squirt@uvic.ca
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A Story with Two Ends
Award-winning Canadian authors Andrew Nikiforic and Ian McAllister embark on
speaking tour highlighting how Alberta Tar Sands developments are set to collide
with BC's remarkable coastline.
Tuesday, Nov 24
2:30pm
SSM A110
FREE
Join Ian McAllister, Conservation Director of Pacific Wild, and journalist Andrew
Nikiforuk as they describe the beauty and complexity of British Columbia's Great
Bear Rainforest and look at how Canada's dirty oil industry threatens BC and
our nation.
Ian and Andrew are outlining the stories surrounding both ends of the proposed
Enbridge pipeline, from the Alberta Tar Sands to Kitimat’s
pristine waters. This compelling muti-media presentation will provide an in-depth
and intimate view along the pipeline and tanker route.
Bios:
For the last two decades, Andrew Nikiforuk has written about energy, economics
and Western North America for a variety of Canadian publications including The
Walrus, Maclean's, Canadian Business, The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Georgia
Straight, Equinox and Harrowsmith. His latest book, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and
the Future of the Continent, has won him the Rachel Carson Environment Book
Award and the W.O Mitchell City of Calgary Book Award. Nikiforuk lives with
his wife and three sons in Calgary, Alberta. Whether speaking or writing about
melting glaciers, educational shams, peak oil, or the destruction of the boreal
forest, Nikiforuk has earned a reputation as an honest and provocative voice
in Canadian journalism.
Ian McAllister is a leading advocate for BC's wild places. His conservation
efforts have won Time Magazine's "Leader for the 21st Century Award."
His photography was recently awarded the North American Photography Associations
Vision Award and both his books on the BC coast have won the BC Booksellers
Choice Award. He is a co-founder of the BC -based wildlife conservation group
Pacific Wild, a non-profit dedicated to wildlife research, public education
and informed advocacy. He lives on the central coast of BC with his wife and
two children.
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THE GORGE:THE LAST25,000 YEARS.
Grant Keddie, RBCM Curator of Archaeology
Thursday, November 26, 2009
7:30 –9:00 pm
Pearkes Recreation Centre
Owens Room
3100 Tillicum Road, Victoria
Grant presents an over-view of the changing human and natural landscape of
the waterway from
the Ice Age to Fort Victoria.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information contact 250.360.3065 or visit www.gorgewaterway.ca
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This summer Ali Howard swam an unbelievable 610km down the entire Skeena
River! On Nov. 30, Ali and her team will be in Victoria to share stories,
photography and film to celebrate her journey down BC’s longest undammed
river and to discuss the threat of oil and gas developments in the Skeena
Watershed. Come and be inspired! Show your support for wild rivers!
Monday, Nov. 30
Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad)
By Donation
More info at: http://skeenawatershed.com/swim
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=171684033439&index=1
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JOBS
Technical Assistants
Climate Smart
Vancouver
Climate Smart is seeking a to build a diverse team of technical assistants to work with SMEs in GHG management (measurement and reduction) in a phone coaching format.
We are looking for team players, excellent communicators and detail-oriented people with knowledge and experience in some combination of the following: GHG management, climate change, environmental and energy audits, fleet management, corporate sustainability, and small business.
This is a temporary contract position with 20-30 hours/week between Nov 25, 2009 and Jan 19, 2010, with scheduling flexibility around the holidays. The role may expand to a permanent part-time or full-time contract position in 2010. Closing date of posting: 4:00pm, November 17, 2009.
For the full job posting, please download the pdf file:
http://www.climatesmartbusiness.com/fp/cms/upload/download.ashx?tab=9463452&col=3765&id=43059
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GEOMATICS CANADA JOBS: http://www.geomaticscanada.com/jobs.cfm
GISJOBS.COM: http://www.gisjobs.com/
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BC urban planning jobs: http://www.pibc.bc.ca/classified/index.php?action=listings&catid=24
OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY & GREEN JOBS
ECO - Environmental Careers Organization provides jobs listings and tools for
practitioners, employers, educators and students. A service of the Canadian
Council for Human Resources in the Environmental Industry.
http://www.cchrei.ca/portal/default.aspx?lang=0
Green Engineering Jobs: For international job vacancies, comprehensive news
service and careers information for the renewable energy and environmental industries.
http://www.greenengineeringjobs.com/
GoodWork Canada: GoodWork is Canada's gateway to opportunity in environment,
peace, sustainable living, and related themes.
http://www.planetfriendly.net/goodwork.html
Canada Green Building Council: CaGBC member companies and organizations represent
a broad-based inclusive coalition of representatives from different segments
of the design and building industry. This site has job postings that touch on
the area of environment.
http://www.cagbc.org/job_postings/index.php
WorkCabin: A prime tool for Canadians seeking employment in the growing green
economy.
http://workcabin.ca/
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View employment, internship and volunteer listings from
across Canada, or subscribe to our national or regional lists:
http://www.GoodWorkCanada.ca
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MORE JOBS AT RNS SITE: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/restore/resources.aspx#newsletter
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"JOBS-FER-JOGFERS" WEBSITE: http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/jobs.html
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JOBS-FER-JOGFERS WEBSITE: http://office.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/jobs.html
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THATS ALL, SOGGIES - SEE YOU SOON!
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