On until May 22, 2012
Vote for Janet Moore
Centre for Dialogue fellow and co-founder of CityStudio Janet Moore is nominated for a YWCA Vancouver Women of Distinction Award for her tremendous work in Environment and Sustainability. The Awards began in 1984 to honour, encourage and recognize women whose outstanding contributions make a difference to the community. Janet will also have an opportunity to allocate $10,000 to healthy choices for youth – all you need to do is vote online for her! You can vote once every 24 hours from each computer until Tuesday, May 22 at noon. The nominee with the most votes will receive the Connecting the Community Award and Scotiabank will donate $10,000 to the program area of her choice.

May 23, 2012
The 2012 Munro Lecture: Dr. Arthur Hanson
Dr. Arthur Hanson is an Officer of the Order of Canada and the International Chief Advisor to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development.
A former President and CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Dr. Hanson was Canada’s Ministerial Ocean Ambassador with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for four years and holds a PhD from the University of Michigan in the field of Fisheries Ecology and Natural Resources.
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