Engineers Without Borders invites you to a public discussion:
Who said aid is dead? How Canada can improve the effectiveness of our development aid.
Speaker: Glen Pearson, MP for London North Centre and Critic for International Cooperation.
When: Monday, March 15, 3:30pm-4:50pm
Where: Memorial University, A-1043 (in the atrium of the Arts building)
Admission is free. All are welcome.
Following a talk by Mr. Pearson there will be plenty of time for Q and A. It will be a non-partisan, open discussion focused on how the Canadian government can better contribute to alleviating global poverty, and the role parliament and citizens can play in bringing about …
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Last week’s meeting was another successful one, with lots of outreach ideas produced! Be sure to stay tuned to see how those ideas develop!
Ryan was at the EWB Presidents’ retreat over the weekend, meeting with the presidents of all the EWB chapters from across Canada for some intense discussion and development. He sends his love from TO, and will be sharing what he learned with the chapter over the coming weeks.
This week, we have an IDEA workshop on Monday, and an exciting chapter retreat on the weekend! Both are great learning/meeting opportunities, so be sure to read on!
Also, the EWB …
Hello again; I hope everything is going well for all of you. The meeting last week was a smashing success, so we’re following it up with another one this week!
Also, I noticed just now, while logging in to myEWB to send out this update, that this mailing list has reached exactly one thousand (that’s 1000 or 10^3!) subscribers, so that’s pretty cool! Thanks to each and every one of you reading this now, because if any of you didn’t receive this email, it would mean that you weren’t on the mailing list, and there would be only 999 of you. …
THE BELOW MESSAGE, IN SUM: There will be a “stakeholder” meeting held next Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 5:30pm in a to-be-announced meeting place (not yet sure if the Engineering Building’s boardroom/lounge is good for use or if we’ve still got it reserved.) The meeting’s purpose is to regroup the chapter for the coming semester and establish who will be here, potential executives, etc., as well as discussing a few immediate issues. Everything written below is for your entertainment or further information.
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Canada’s largest international development conference is coming to St. John’s, Newfoundland in January 2010. The organization of this amazing event is being done by local EWB leaders and volunteers. The Conference Team has been hard at work with all aspects of conference planning for a number of months. Currently, the team is looking to hire volunteers. If you are interested, please e-mail mun@ewb.ca!
