- Genuine Progress Speakers' Series 2009 - Upcoming Event
- 2009 Provincial Labour Market Engagement Sessions
Genuine Progress Speakers' Series 2009
Genuine Progress Index Pacific is pleased to present the fourth of a five-part Speaker Series to examine value from the GPI perspective. Lectures are located at the Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver BC. All are free and start at 7 pm.
THE VALUE OF ECOVILLAGES
Brandy Gallagher
Monday, October 5, 2009 7 p.m.
Free Public Lecture
Alma Van Dusen Room Vancouver Public Library Central Branch
350 West Georgia
Brandy Gallagher is one of the original founders and developers of O.U.R. Ecovillage, Shawnigan Lake (Vancouver Island) BC and the Executive Director of O.U.R. Community Association, a non-profit society dedicated to outreach projects (local and International), and the development of O.U.R. Ecovillage.
As a sustainable land management planner and ecological designer, she is the main proponent of the precedent-setting rezoning legislation that allows multi-use allowances for ecovillages and shared land projects across Canada. Brandy is also the developer of TOPIA: The Sustainable Learning Community Institute which operates onsite at O.U.R. Ecovillage.
Her most recently published work is a documentary titled Creating TOPIA: The Journey of Developing a School of Sustainable Community Building. She is also featured in the movie Escape From Suburbia and the documentary Peak Moments: Creating the Impossible.
The Speaker Series is presented by Genuine Progress Index Pacific; for more information visit our website where you will also find video and downloadable podcasts of previous lectures.
The series is made possible by a grant from Coast Capital Savings
2009 Provincial Labour Market Engagement Sessions
The Ministries of Housing and Social Development (HSD), Advanced Education and Labour Market Development (ALMD), and Community and Rural Development (CD) in collaboration with Service Canada, are providing an opportunity for a representative from your organization to participate in an engagement session to discuss the provincial labour market.
In particular, representatives from various government ministries are interested in engaging representatives from small business and industry, community economic development organizations, service provider organizations, educational institutions, and others, in a discussion regarding provincial employment, labour market services and community development. These sessions will provide government representatives with an opportunity to share and solicit information related to the labour market that will inform future program development and planning. Dialogue will focus on the array of programs and services offered by the province and where government is moving to improve these for the public and clients.
There will be a session in Surrey on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 from 8:30am to 4:30pm at:
Eaglequest Golf at Coyote Creek
7778 - 152nd Street, Surrey, BC V3S 3M4
For those who are unable to attend the engagement session in person, please consider participating in one of the online engagement sessions. These sessions will be conducted using Microsoft Office Live Meeting, a conferencing solution, which enables video feed, document sharing, and discussion. For more information on the online sessions, please visit: www.labourmarketservices.gov.bc.ca .
RSVP to Alice Gillespie at Alice.Gillespie@gov.bc.ca by October 7, 2009.
Upon confirmation, you will be provided with further information regarding the session program.
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