External Seminars and Lectures

New IDS Speaker Series - Oct. 22nd: Maintaining Aid to Developing Countries. The poster for the first speaker is attached.   Jennifer Cranfield  International Development Studies  Ext.53461

Geoscientists in the Finance Sector: GeoConnection Career Webinar GeoConnection Webinar - Career Series Geoscientists in the Finance Sector October 14, 2010: 1:00 - 2:00 pm (US EDT) Join us to hear the following speakers discuss their career paths, give an overview of their work environment and daily activities, and provide some tips and advice to students and graduates interested in combining their geoscience background with the exciting and lucrative world of finance. Speakers: Mr. G. Warfield "Skip" Hobbs President-Elect of the American Geological Institute Managing Partner of Ammonite Resources, Energy & Mineral Advisors Dr. Craig Jarchow Managing Director, Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC Mr. Gregory B. Jansen Managing Director, Commonfund Capital, Inc. This webinar is free. For registration details and more information about the speakers, visit AGI's GeoWebinar webpage at http://www.agiweb.org/workforce/webinars.html.
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Institute for Strategic Funding Development Strategic Grant Development Proposal Workshop (Sponsored by ISFD) held at: Saint Paul University . Ottawa, Ontario  October 25 - 27, 2010 ~ 8:30AM - 4:30 PM  CFRE Accredited Course for 20 contact hours or 20 CFRE Continuing Education Points! Participants completing the ISFD grant writing workshop will receive the following: a Certificate of Completion accredited by CFRE, grant funding CD, bonus fundraising CD, expert grant training instruction from grant industry leaders and much more! Please visit our website or give us a call 877.414.8991 to sign up now.
Educators, non-profit professionals, graduate students, administrators & researchers in the sciences and social sciences should register as soon as possible. Spaces fills up quickly, which means registration is on a first-come-first serve basis.
The Institute for Strategic Funding Development's grant writing workshop designed to teach the basics of grant writing for industry professionals. It provides a comprehensive overview of effective grant development techniques, including: finding best fit funding sources, creating innovative programs, and planning for funding sustainability. The workshop is great for government, academic, research, health and non-profit professionals new to the grant writing world as well for professionals looking to expand their grant writing knowledge. The workshop will provide an intensive and interactive grant proposal development experience where you will learn the proposal writing process in its entirety. As an added bonus, you will be able to develop a draft proposal or have our instructor review one of your existing grant proposals.

Unfortunately we were recently notified that Dr. Carolyn Stratton-Britton has had to cancel her Incredible Years lecture (October 13th, 2010) due to family issues. We are hoping to re-schedule at a later date and will definitely be back in contact with you once we have a date. We apologize for this short notice. I would appreciate it if you could share this information widely . Thank you for your understanding.

Dept. of FARE SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT DEPARTMENT of FOOD, AGRICULTURAL and RESOURCE ECONOMICS " GLOBAL WARMING: THE SCIENCE IS NOT SETTLED.  Lawrence Solomon is one of Canada's leading environmentalists. His book, The Conserver Solution (Doubleday), which popularized the Conserver  Society concept in the late 1970s, became the manual for those interested in incorporating environmental factors into economic life. An advisor to President Carter's Task Force on Global Resources and Environment (the Global 2000 Report) in the late 1970's, he has since been at the forefront of movements to reform foreign aid, stop nuclear power expansion, save the world's rainforests and convert free roads to toll roads. He is a columnist with National Post, a former columnist for the Globe and Mail, and author of seven books, including Energy Shock (Doubleday), Toronto Sprawls (University of Toronto Press) and, most recently, The Deniers (Richard Vigilante Books). Larry Solomon's National Post columns are available at Energy Probe, ranked #1 among Canadian environmental websites by Alexa. The Deniers, now available in paperback, was the #1 environmental best seller in both Canada and the U.S. in 2008. Available at Amazon.ca and Amazon.com. Puzzled by some aspect of the global warming debate? Ask the Deniers can help.  Wednesday, October 20, 2010.