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March 13th Keynote Speaker

Katia Opalka, B.A. (History) '92, B.C.L. & LL.B. '97 (51³Ô¹ÏÍø), Counsel, Environmental Law

SSMU Building, Room 203, 12pm

Bio: Katia attended Howard S. Billings High School in Chateauguay, spent a year as an exchange student with AFS in Barcelona and then graduated with first class honours from the Dawson College Liberal Arts programme. ÌýShe came to 51³Ô¹ÏÍøin 1989 to study Canadian history and political theory. After graduating she took a gap year. ÌýDuring that year she spent two months studying Italian in Sienna with the University of Toronto, wrote the LSAT, spent the fall in Berlin auditing classes at Humboldt University, wrote the foreign service exam, and spent the spring as an intern in the congressional and legal affairs department of the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C. ÌýShe then studied Civil Law and Common Law at McGill, studied for and passed the Quebec bar, and then did her articles and got hired by McCarthy Tetrault, one of Canada's big law firms. ÌýShe specialized in advising corporations on environmental law issues in corporate transactions. ÌýAfter three years of very hard work she joined the NAFTA environmental commission as an investigator. ÌýIn 2008 she returned to private practice at another big law firm, and now she runs her own consultancy. Katia is an adjunct professor at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøSchool of Environment and is very active in the Canadian Bar Association. ÌýShe is frequently invited to speak at conferences on the topic of environmental law and has published many articles dealing with environmental law and policy issues.

March 14th Events

Environmental Career Fair

SSMU Building, Room 203, 11am – 2pm

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Professional Panel: Downtown Campus
Come and hear professionals employed in the environmental sector talk about their careers, give jobs search advice, and provide insight on various fields in environment.

SSMU Building, Room 203, 2:30pm

Professionals include:

-Will Vanderbilt (CANCELLED) - Researcher Climate Change Adaptation Research Group, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

-Sonia Voicescu - B.Sc. (Ag.Env.Sc.) Environment (51³Ô¹ÏÍø2011), Intern-Natural Disaster Pervention, SUCO

-Geneviève Paquin - Bachelor in Civil Engineering, Minor in Environmental Engineering (51³Ô¹ÏÍø2011), Environmental Technical Advisor / Project Manager, Enviroclub Program -Enviro-Access (Environmental engineering consulting, non-profit organization)

-Sabrina Feddal - B.Sc. & Eng., Environmental engineering (IUP ENTES, 2004), M.ScÌý Health Sciences (Université René Descartes, 2005) - Environmental Specialist, ECO Canada

-Sophie Daubisse - Bachelor from France Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle in Language and Economy - Director and founder of a non-profit organization: L'Autre Marché

March 15th Events

Labour Market Report: Where are the Green Jobs?

SSMU Building, Room 203, 12pm

Details:ÌýÌýA special presentation by ECO Canada (Environmental Careers Organization) on how and where to find "green jobs". Do not miss this eye opening seminar to find out where you can start your career.

Professional Panel: Macdonald Campus
Come and hear professionals employed in the environmental sector talk about their careers, give jobs search advice, and provide insight on various fields in environment.

Centennial Centre, Room 1-162, 4pm

Professionals include:

Nathalie Zinger, B.Sc. (Ag.Env.Sc.) Wildlife Management (51³Ô¹ÏÍø), M.Sc. Landscape Planning - Regional Vice-President, Nature Conservancy of Canada

Jennifer Dumoulin, B.Sc. (Ag.Env.Sc.) Environmental Biology (51³Ô¹ÏÍø2011) - Environmental Agent Urban Planning, City of Hudson

Karla Ekdom-Delorme, B.Sc. (Ag.Env.Sc.) Renewable Resource Management (51³Ô¹ÏÍø2011)

Melissa Bacon, B.Eng. Bioresource (51³Ô¹ÏÍø2011) - Junior Engineer, Golder

Loic Didillon, M.Sc Ecology, Biology & Environment (Université Joseph Fourier 2000) - Environmental Specialist, ECO Canada Quebec Chapter Leader

Registration for all events is on .

Keyword search "Green Careers" in the Workshops/Events tab.

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