Dr. Rosemarie Schade, Welcome and Keynote Introduction Principal of Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability

Professor Schade has written a number of articles on the German

bourgeois feminist movement and the bourgeois youth movement prior to

the Nazi seizure of power. She published an eight volume bibliography

entitled Gender Balancing History: Towards an Inclusive Curriculum, co-

edited with the late Keith Lowther. Her current work involves the social

history of a factory and factory town in Hessen, Germany, as well as new

course development on small sustainable enterprises and regional

community building. She will be revisiting the German Youth Movement

(on which she has written a monograph) in order to explore the

connections between current “green” German reform movements and

those of the Weimar era. Professor Schade was recently honored with the

Outstanding Contribution Award from the Concordia Council on Student

Life. (Bio excerpted from Concordia.ca).

Dr. Schade will be co-leading the Walking Tour of Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and the

City Farm on Friday, Nov. 22, from 1pm-2:30pm. The tour will begin in the lobby area of the AD building. Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability, formerly Loyola International College, was founded by an inter-disciplinary group of professors from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2002. From the outset, the College’s main purpose was to provide a coherent program of interdisciplinary courses on the Loyola campus on a central issue of our time, specifically the challenges and opportunities of diversity. The College currently offers an interdisciplinary Minor in Diversity and the Contemporary World. The Minor recognizes the increasing global importance of inter-cultural contact in multiple aspects of life and the need for an appreciation for complex associations between diversity in nature and human life. (Excerpted from loyc.concordia.ca). Joining Dr. Schade to guide the Loyola College Tour will be Adan Suazo, Assistant to the Principal, Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability (see bio on Climate Change panel page), Robert Tittler, Professor Emeritus at Concordia and Adjunct Faculty at Carleton University, and Jackie Martin. Jackie is a Concordia graduate who currently manages the Concordia Greenhouse and co-coordinates the City Farm School, an eight month training program in urban agriculture and community engagement.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Frank Chalk Co-Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies; Former Fulbright Scholar, Nigeria Professor Frank Chalk is the co-author, with Prof. Kurt Jonassohn, of The History and Sociology of Genocide: Analyses and Case Studies. Professor Chalk served as President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (1999-2001), and is a past president of the Canadian Association of African Studies. He is the Co-Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University, where he teaches on the history and sociology of genocide, the Holocaust, and the history of United States foreign relations. During his sabbatical leave in 2000-2001, Prof. Chalk was a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Professor Chalk’s current research focuses on radio broadcasting in the incitement and interdiction of

gross violations of human rights, including genocide, and the history of the domestic laws on genocide developed by nations who seek to implement through their national legislation the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. (Bio excerpted from Concordia.ca).

Thurs., Nov. 21, 2013, S-H-1220; Fri., Nov. 22, 2013, L-AD-210

Guide to Speakers & Field Trips

for 1st Annual

Symposium on Sustainability

&

Human Rights

Loyola College for Diversity & Sustainability Concordia University, Montreal

Photo by C.Gray, Egypt, Feb. 11, 2011 UN Photo/Martine Perret, Timor-Leste, Asia

This two-day Symposium, hosted by the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability, will be based on Concordia University’s cutting edge multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural approach to sustainability, looking at the intersections between human rights and sustainability. Morning panels with round table discussions will be followed by afternoon field trips into the community visiting the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Concordia’s Oral History Centre, the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, Concordia’s student run Greenhouse, the City Farm on the campus of Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and other sites.

Panel on Food Security and Sustainability Megan Heath, Concordia University Student Topic: The Sustainable Food Culture of Iceland Megan Heath is completing a Bachelors of Science in Biology, with a specialization in Ecology. For the past five years, she has worked at the Cramer Nursery in Quebec as a plant, pesticide and herbicide information specialist, with an emphasis on ecological options, focusing on both tropical and plants native to Canada. In 2013, Megan worked as a field research assistant at Holar University in Iceland, conducting drift sample analysis and collecting data on key environmental variables. She has a certification in rock climbing, and is a member of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors.

Dr. David Holben, Fulbright Scholar, University of Prince Edward Island, Topic: The State of Food Insecurity in Canada As a registered dietitian nutritionist, Dr. Holben has over twenty-five years’ experience in food security research and nutritional science. He is currently Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair in Nutrisciences and Health at University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, PEI. Dr. Holben has authored or co-authored many food security-related refereed papers and abstracts, including three position papers of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, regarding food insecurity in the United States. He has secured two Fulbright Canada Eco Leadership Grants to conduct food security and ecological nutrition-related work in his community and was a food security consultant for Health Canada. (Health Canada, 2007).

Jonathan Rodrigue, Community Relations Manager, Moisson Montreal, Topic: Food Waste or Food Banks? The Final Stage of the Food-Supply Chain. Rodrigue has worked at numerous organizations including the Welcome Hall Mission, which provides meals, clothing, and other support services to over 3,500 Montreal families each month. Since 2012, Jonathan has worked as Director of Community Relations for Moisson Montreal, the largest food bank in Canada. His current responsibilities include the management of Moisson Montreal’s distribution centre where 140,000 people are served on a monthly basis. Jonathan also manages relations and services with more than 210 community organizations, as well as the Good Food Box program; a collective purchasing program with more than 60,000 clients.

Melanie Mccavour, PhD Candidate, Part-time faculty at the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability, Topic: Flowering Plants for Bees vs. Biofuels: What to do with Forest Harvest Residue? Melanie J. McCavour is a PhD Candidate at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in the Department of Biology and teaches Biodiversity, Sustainable Forest Management and Reproductive Plant Ecology at Concordia University's Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment. As part of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC), Melanie has advocated to find legislative ways to protect pollinator diversity and abundance in North America. Currently, Melanie is exploring how pollinators might be best protected through legislative and non-legislative means, and hopes to link pollinator protective measures to current sustainability criteria under the Convention on Biological Diversity and other bodies. (Bio from 2013 Report on the Canadian Pollinator Conservation 2013).

Panel on Women’s Issues in Human Rights & Development Edith Gaudreau-Lebel, Concordia University Student Topic: Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage and its Consequences on Human Rights and Sustainability Edith-Gaudreau-Lebel is pursuing a Major in Political Science and a Minor in Diversity and the Contemporary World at Concordia University. Currently serving as President of the Loyola College Student Association and working with the Francophone section of Amnesty International, Edith was recently awarded the prestigious Dean’s Scholars Award, given to the topmost 1% students in the Faculty of Arts and Science.

Valentina Luketa, Intern, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Topic: Cairo, Egypt, Women and the Constitution:The Case of Egypt. Valentina Luketa graduated with a Masters in International Human Rights Law from the American University in Cairo, Egypt, where her focus concerned gender balance in constitutional design theory within the Middle East. She worked as an intern at KARAMAH, Vital Voices, Global Partnership, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). Her recent research resulted in a policy paper, “The Status of Women’s Political Participation in Egypt” which assessed women’s access to political participation in the post-Arab Spring Egypt.

Rasna Sherchan, University of Waterloo, MA Student Topic: Clean Cook Stoves for Women's Development in Nepal: An NGO Project. Rasna Sherchan has previously worked for various Canadian federal government departments, NGOs, and international offices including the Foreign Commonwealth Office, the U.S. Embassy, NATO, and the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation. She has practical field research experience working for a UN-funded project in South Asia focusing on environment and sustainable financial best practices. Rasna holds an Honours Bachelor degree from the University of Ottawa, and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Environment & Business at the University of Waterloo.

Dr.Tonia Warnecke, Fulbright Scholar, McGill University

Topic: Capital and Community: Microfinance and Gender. Dr. Tonia Warnecke is the 2013 Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in International Development Studies at McGill University. She is Associate Professor of Business & Social Entrepreneurship, and Co-Director of the Center for India & South Asia at Rollins College, USA. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from Rollins College; an MA in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh; and a MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Notre Dame. She was awarded the 2009 Young Scholars Award by the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, and the 2012 best paper award at the International Symposium for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Her Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life includes 33 chapters of original research on topics related to gender and economic life in developed and developing countries. (2013, Edward Elgar). Panel moderated by Hannah Dolph, Killam Fellow, Carleton University Hannah was inspired to apply for the 2013-2014 Killam fellowship after a winter term studying abroad program in Quebec and Ottawa focused on human security in regard to Arctic resource development and governance. After her Killam fellowship, Hannah will return to the University of Washington in the U.S. where she is studying International Studies and Law, Society and Justice.

Panel on Oral History Promoting Human Rights Dr. Doug Tewksbury, Fulbright Scholar, Topic: Digital Solidarity, Analog Mobilization: The Social Media Question for Social Justice Movements Doug Tewksbury holds a Ph.D. from the College of Communications at Penn State University and is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Niagara University where he teaches media studies and social justice. His classes focus on themes of media studies and social justice, cultural studies, research methodologies, and information theory. Doug is particularly interested in education and research to develop new tools for both activists and non-activists, alike, to better understand one another’s democratic, cultural, and community needs.

Dr. Steven High, History Dept. & Co-Chair of Concordia University’s Oral History Centre, Topic: Oral History at the Crossroads: Life Stories of Survivors and the Displaced. Dr. Steven High obtained his Ph.D. in History from the University of Ottawa, and joined Concordia's Faculty of Arts and Science in 2005 after teaching at Nipissing University and the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dr. High is currently the Co-Director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University, Canada’s premiere Oral History Research Centre, and the Canada Research Chair in Public History. His first monograph, Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America’s Rust Belt, based on oral narratives, won prestigious book prizes from the American Historical Association, the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, and the Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Canada. In 2003, Dr. High received the Raymond Klibansky Prize from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences for the best English-language book published in the Humanities. (Bio excerpted from Concordia.ca; photo from ThenHier.ca)

Ioana Radu, PhD Candidate, Concordia University, Topic: Eco politics in the James Bay: the Cree Nation perspective on autonomy and human rights. Ioana Radu is pursuing a PhD in Humanities at Concordia University. Her research interests and areas of primary focus are centered in indigenous issues, relations, and development. Ioana has significantly contributed to engagements with indigenous knowledge and development of traditional healing policies and programs. Her history involves an extensive emphasis on indigenous well-being, Environmental Impact Assessments of large dams and Aboriginal participation in EIA Canada, as well as researching the environment more generally. Ioana has added to many works including “Myupimaatisiiun in Eeyou Istchee: Indigenous Healing and Community Engagement in Health and Social Services Delivery”, “Managing Outside: A Cree Hunter’s Perspective on Management Education”, and “Encounters with Development: Environmental Impact Assessment and Aboriginal Rights”.

Panel moderated by Simone Borges Paiva, PhD Candidate, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Visiting Researcher, Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Simone Borges Paiva received her undergraduate degree from the University of São Paulo, Brazil; an MA in Information Science from UNESP, Marília campus; and is currently a PhD student of Information Science at the Post-Graduation Program in Information Science, School of Communication and Arts- USP, São Paulo. As a Visiting Researcher at Concordia’s Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Simone is continuing her oral history project based on the community of Paraisópolis in São Paulo, Brazil.

Panel on Social Justice and Human Rights Atty. Carol J. Gray, Fulbright Scholar, LCDS Topic: Egypt’s Draft Protest Law: Regulations Eviscerating the Right. Attorney Gray is a Fulbright Research Scholar at Concordia’s Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability doing an oral history of an Egyptian human rights organization. A former Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar in Cairo, she received a B.A. from Wesleyan University, a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, an LL.M. (Masters in Advocacy) from Georgetown University Law Center, and a diploma in International Human Rights Law from American University in Cairo. Previously, she was an investigator with the Federal Defender of Washington, DC; a staff attorney in public defender offices in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and a National Association for Public Interest Law fellow at a nonprofit representing those on Georgia's Death Row. Attorney Gray taught criminal justice and political science courses at Hampshire College, Greenfield Community College, and Western New England School of Law.

Afra Jalibi, PhD Candidate, Concordia University, Topic: Syria’s Grassroots and the Absence of the Local Voice of Syrians: Clarifying Misconceptions. Afra Jalabi was raised in Syria, Germany and Saudi Arabia before immigrating to Canada. She has a B.A in Anthropology and Political Science from McGill University, an MA in Journalism from Carleton University, and was a columnist for four years in London for the Al-Jadeedah magazine. Afra is currently a weekly columnist for the Saudi daily newspaper, Al Yaum and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Law and Religion (Hamline University). Afra seeks to re-examine the nature of activism and underlying principles of co-existence through a Muslim lens. Afra is a member of the WISE (Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality) Shura Council. (Bio from fnvw.org) Gabriela Polanco, M.A. Candidate, University of Ottawa, Topic: A Culture of Peace? Inclusive Education in El Salvador. Gabriela Polanco is a Masters Candidate in Globalization and International Development at the University of Ottawa where she is doing policy analysis on peace building at the Graduate School of International Development and Global Studies (SIDGS). She was previously a senior secretary to the executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), a Project Coordinator at the Consulate of El Salvador, and is currently the External Coordinator at Sustainable Concordia. Richard Lubben, Fulbright Scholar, University of Ottawa, Topic: Art for Social Change. Richard Lubben is a Fulbright Scholar in Human Rights and Social Justice at the University of Ottawa; an appointed board

member of the Texas Association of Schools of Art; an Associate Professor of Art; and recipient of the Sabbatical Award at South Texas College. He received a B.A. from California State University, an MA of Fine Arts at Instituto Allende, and an Associate of Liberal Arts at Cabrillo College. Mr. Lubben has also been involved in the Annual Human Rights Art Exhibition in both Mexico and Texas, Lee College’s Human Rights Art Exhibit and Symposium, Prints for Peace, and many others. This panel is moderated by Laura François, who is obtaining her BA in Applied Human Sciences/ Human Relations with a minor in Diversity from the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability, Concordia University. She studied at the National University of Singapore in 2012. She was the recipient of the Quebec Lieutenant Governor General Youth Medal (2008).

Panel on Climate Change and Resource Management Adan Suazo, M.Soc.Sc. in Peace and Conflict Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden, Topic: Surrounded on all Sides: The Effects of Environmental Degradation on Third-Party Interventions. Adan E. Suazo is a Research Fellow at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies and Coordinator of the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre at Concordia University. His research focuses on inclusion patterns in peace processes and how they influence the existence, duration and quality of post-conflict political and social institutions. His work has been published in academic journals, policy magazines and newspapers in Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras, South Africa and the United States.

Dr. David Secko, Concordia University Journalism Department Topic: Citizen Deliberations on our Environment, Health and Human Rights: The Case of Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels in Canada. Dr. David Secko is an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism at Concordia University. He obtained his PhD and MA in Journalism from the University of British Columbia. He won the 2011 University Research Award, the Dean’s Award for excellence as a new scholar in 2010, and the 2006 Hal Straight Gold Medal in Journalism from UBC’s School of Journalism. His recent articles focus on a qualitative metasynthesis of the experiences of science journalists in Science Communication, and a narrative analysis of online commentary after science stories in Journalism. (Bio excerpted from Concordia.ca). Victoria Hermann, Fulbright Scholar, Topic: Indigenous Civil Society Experience and International Climate Negotiations. A graduate from Lehigh University, Victoria is currently a Fulbright Scholar at Carleton University. Previously, she was an Eckardt Scholar, the recipient of the Oles M. Smolansky Excellence in International Relations Award, and the Williams Prize in Writing. She had interned with the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the United States Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, As a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, she wrote articles on climate change mitigation and adaptation including “Protecting Coastal Cities from Rising Seas” and “The Great Transition: Urban Mobility for the 21st Century.” (Bio from Fulbright Orientation Booklet). Dr. Peter Stoett, Concordia University, Topic: Human Rights and Climate Change: Digging Below the Surface. Dr. Peter J. Stoett (PhD

Queen’s, 1994) is Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre at Concordia University. He has written, co-written, and co-edited over ten books and over 50 peer reviewed articles, chapters in edited books, and occasional papers. He was an Erasmus Fellow and taught at the International Institute for Social Studies at the Hague, Netherlands. He was a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Canada Institute in Washington, D.C. Dr. Stoett has taught senior graduate courses at the UN-mandated University for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica (where he will teach in the spring of 2104) and the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies/Scuola di Dottorato, in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. (Bio excerpted from PoliticalSience.Concordia.ca) This panel is moderated by Maria Raskin, a Concordia student majoring in English and creative writing and minoring in Diversity at Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability. She received the Student Engagement Award and did an Outreach program working with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans.

Thursday Field Trips

1:30pm-4pm: Secretariat on the Convention for Biological Diversity, 413, Saint Jacques Street, suite 800, Montreal (514) 288-2220 www.cbd.int

Meet at main entrance of Concordia’s Hall building (1455 de Maisonneuve West) at 1pm The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, is the first global agreement to cover all aspects of biological diversity. The Secretariat, based in Montreal, implements the Convention. (Sources: http://iisdrs.iisd.org and www.cbd.int/secretariat)

Presentation 1 (1:30-2:15pm): “Overview of the Convention on Biological Diversity and Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.” Speaker Kathryn Garforth is a Programme Officer for Access and Benefit Sharing with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Environment Programme. From 2007-2012, she served as Legal Officer for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety with the Secretariat. She holds an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Masters of Environmental Studies from York University, Canada.

Presentation 2 (2:15-3pm): “Presentation on the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.” Speaker Kieran Noonan-Mooney has worked at the Secretariat of the CBD for six years. He primarily works on issues related to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, the Global Biodiversity Outlook, indicators, monitoring and national

reports. Prior to joining the Secretariat, he worked as a consultant. Presentation 3 (3:15-4pm): “Environmental Impact Assessment and the Convention.” Speaker Robert Höft is an ecologist who received both his master and doctoral degrees from the University in Bayreuth, Germany, involving research work on the Afroalpine vegetation of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania and on Kenyan coastal forest remnants, respectively. Before joining the CBD Secretariat in 2002 Robert worked with UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme. He was previously an Environmental Education Officer at the Wau Ecology Institute in Papua, New Guinea.

1:30pm-2:30pm: Tour of Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Library Building, Room LB-1042, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W. (514) 848-2424 ext. 5465

Meet at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling itself, across from the Hall Bldg.

The Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) was founded in 2006 thanks to substantial funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and Concordia University. COHDS is equipped with cutting edge audio and video recording equipment, a video-conference room, a training lab, an interview room, and archives. COHDS, home to several large-scale research projects including the Montreal Life Stories project, has brought together hundreds of researchers, artists, students, educators and community-based organizations. (Info and graphic excerpted from http://storytelling.concordia.ca).

3:15pm-4pm: Tour of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre 5151 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine (Cummings House) (514) 345-2605 www.mhmc.ca

Meet at main entrance of Concordia’s Hall building (1455 de Maisonneuve West) at 2:30pm

The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre contains more than 10,000 objects, archived documents and

photographs related to the history of the Holocaust and 500 survivor testimonies filmed for the "Witness-to-

History" program. (Excerpt from www.mhmc.ca).

5-5:45pm: Tour of Concordia’s Greenhouse, 13th floor, Hall Building (1455 de Maisonneuve W.)

Take elevator to the 12th floor, exit turning left, right, then left. Follow the signs to stairwell # 1285. Go up one flight to the Greenhouse!

The Concordia Greenhouse Project, created and run primarily by students, is a rooftop greenhouse geared towards education and research into urban sustainability, community building and food security. (Background excerpted from www.concordiagreenhouseproject.wordpress.com)