About Lenore Newman Lenore Newman is the director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley where she holds a research chair in food and agriculture innovation. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Land Use and Environmental Change, and is an emeritus member of the Royal Society
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About Flavien Joubert Flavien Joubert is currently the Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change & Environment on the small nation island of Seychelles. He completed a Master of Environmental Studies (MES) in the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at York University in 2003. How did you end up at York? I attended York in 2001
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About Britt McKee What made you choose your program at York University? Why did you decide on your major? While I was completing my undergraduate degree in visual art, I had the opportunity to participate in the community arts certificate program (now the Certificate in Cultural and Artistic Practice for Environmental and Social Justice) led
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About Hawa Mire What made you choose your program at York University? Why did you decide on your major? I chose the MES program at the Faculty of Environmental Studies (now part of the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change) because it was one of the few programs in the country that didn't require an
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About Szimbah Hanley What made you choose your program at York University? Why did you decide on your major? I chose to pursue a post graduate degree in Environmental Studies and Education. I was inspired by the teachings of His Imperial Majesty Haile' Selassie who said: "Education is a means of sharpening the mind of
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About Roxana Salehi Dr. Roxana Salehi is passionate about helping organizations use research and evaluation evidence to make better decisions. As a global health research scientist, she and her team at Centre for Global Child Health at Hospital for Sick Children aim to train 1500 nurses and health workers in Ghana by 2020, all part
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About Dewayne Chambers How would you describe your years at FES, and did the program prepare you for your career? How? The years I studied in FES were fundamental to my knowledge and awareness of sustainability development theories and the process to make these policies practical while striving for a utilitarian society. What’s your favorite/most
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About Tristan Costa How would you describe your years at EUC, and did the program prepare you for your career? How? As a current Planner, the MES/FES Program expanded the breadth of my knowledge in the field of planning. The program taught me the importance of understanding a variety of disciplines within the planning stream
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