On Friday, March 14th, Dalhousie University will be running the 4th Annual Sustainability and Environmental Research Symposium.
A series of events is scheduled from 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM. All activities will take place in the Kenneth Rowe Building at 6100 University Avenue.
Posters featuring the work of approximately 70 researchers, will be set up in the Atrium on the main floor of the Rowe Building. The poster session starts at 1:30 PM and runs until 3:45 PM.
A panel presentation, entitled Toward Food Sustainability: From Global to Local, will then run from 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM in the Potter Auditorium. The keynote speaker is Dr. Randall Westgren from the University of Illinois. He will be joined by Dr. Ralph Martin, Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Founding Director of the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada; Dr. Peter Tyedmers, Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University; Marla MacLeod, Food Miles Project Coordinator for the Ecology Action Centre, and Sean Gallagher, Proprieter of Terroir: Local Source Catering.
Following the panel, there will be a reception in Room 2068, featuring excellent
local food presented by Terroir.
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Natasha LaRoche, Coordinator
Elizabeth May Chair in Sustainability and Environmental Health
Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University
1355 Oxford Street
Halifax, NS B3H 3J1
Phone: (902)494-8443
Fax: (902)494-1123
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Dalhousie University
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