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DESCRIPTION:March 13th Keynote Speaker\nKatia Opalka\, B.A. (History) '92\,
  B.C.L. &\nLL.B. '97 (51³Ô¹ÏÍø)\, Counsel\, Environmental Law\nSS
 MU Building\, Room 203\, 12pm\nBio: Katia attended Howard S. Billings High
 \nSchool in Chateauguay\, spent a year as an exchange student with AFS\nin
  Barcelona and then graduated with first class honours from the\nDawson Co
 llege Liberal Arts programme.  She came to 51³Ô¹ÏÍøin\n1989 to study Canadi
 an history and political theory. After\ngraduating she took a gap year.  D
 uring that year she spent\ntwo months studying Italian in Sienna with the 
 University of\nToronto\, wrote the LSAT\, spent the fall in Berlin auditin
 g classes\nat Humboldt University\, wrote the foreign service exam\, and s
 pent\nthe spring as an intern in the congressional and legal affairs\ndepa
 rtment of the Canadian embassy in Washington\, D.C.  She\nthen studied Civ
 il Law and Common Law at McGill\, studied for and\npassed the Quebec bar\,
  and then did her articles and got hired by\nMcCarthy Tetrault\, one of Ca
 nada's big law firms.  She\nspecialized in advising corporations on enviro
 nmental law issues in\ncorporate transactions.  After three years of very 
 hard work\nshe joined the NAFTA environmental commission as an investigato
 r.\n In 2008 she returned to private practice at another big law\nfirm\, a
 nd now she runs her own consultancy. Katia is an adjunct\nprofessor at the
  51³Ô¹ÏÍøSchool of Environment and is very active in\nthe Canadian Bar Asso
 ciation.  She is frequently invited to\nspeak at conferences on the topic 
 of environmental law and has\npublished many articles dealing with environ
 mental law and policy\nissues.\n\nClick here\nfor bios of panelists\n\nMar
 ch 14th Events\nEnvironmental Career Fair\nSSMU Building\, Room 203\, 11am
  – 2pm\nMeet representatives from:\n- Secretariat of the\nConvention on Bi
 ological Diversity (UNEP/SCBD)\n- Environment Canada:\nCanadian Meteorolog
 ical Centre\n- Four Green\nSteps\n- L'Autre\nMarche\n- SCA: Student\nConse
 rvation Association\n- SUCO: Solidarité\, Union\,\nCoopération\n- Lufa Far
 ms Inc\n- Azimut\n- Peace Corps\n- Quebec Labrador\nFoundation\nGain emplo
 yment information from:\n- Operation Wallacea\n- Parks Canada\n(check back
  soon for more participatings organizations)\nProfessional Panel: Downtown
 \nCampusCome and hear professionals employed in\nthe environmental sector 
 talk about their careers\, give jobs search\nadvice\, and provide insight 
 on various fields in\nenvironment.\nSSMU Building\, Room 203\, 2:30pm\nPro
 fessionals include:\n-Will Vanderbilt (CANCELLED) - Researcher\nClimate Ch
 ange Adaptation Research Group\, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø\n-Sonia Voicescu - B.Sc
 . (Ag.Env.Sc.)\nEnvironment (51³Ô¹ÏÍø2011)\, Intern-Natural Disaster\nPerve
 ntion\, SUCO\n-Geneviève Paquin - Bachelor in Civil\nEngineering\, Minor i
 n Environmental Engineering (51³Ô¹ÏÍø2011)\,\nEnvironmental Technical Advis
 or / Project Manager\,\nEnviroclub Program -Enviro-Access (Environmental e
 ngineering\nconsulting\, non-profit organization)\n-Sabrina Feddal - B.Sc.
  & Eng.\,\nEnvironmental engineering (IUP ENTES\, 2004)\, M.Sc  Health\nSc
 iences (Université René Descartes\, 2005) - Environmental\nSpecialist\, EC
 O Canada\n-Sophie Daubisse - Bachelor from France Paris\nIII Sorbonne Nouv
 elle in Language and Economy - Director and\nfounder of a non-profit organ
 ization: L'Autre Marché\n\nMarch 15th Events\nLabour Market Report: Where 
 are the Green\nJobs?\nSSMU Building\, Room 203\, 12pm\nDetails:  A special
  presentation by\nECO Canada (Environmental Careers Organization) on how a
 nd where to\nfind 'green jobs'. Do not miss this eye opening seminar to fi
 nd out\nwhere you can start your career.\nProfessional Panel: Macdonald\nC
 ampusCome and hear professionals employed in\nthe environmental sector tal
 k about their careers\, give jobs search\nadvice\, and provide insight on 
 various fields in\nenvironment.\nCentennial Centre\, Room 1-162\, 4pm\nPro
 fessionals include:\nNathalie Zinger\, B.Sc. (Ag.Env.Sc.) Wildlife\nManage
 ment (51³Ô¹ÏÍø)\, M.Sc. Landscape Planning - Regional\nVice-President\, Nat
 ure Conservancy of Canada\nJennifer Dumoulin\, B.Sc. (Ag.Env.Sc.)\nEnviron
 mental Biology (51³Ô¹ÏÍø2011) - Environmental Agent\nUrban Planning\, City 
 of Hudson\nKarla Ekdom-Delorme\, B.Sc. (Ag.Env.Sc.)\nRenewable Resource Ma
 nagement (51³Ô¹ÏÍø2011)\nMelissa Bacon\, B.Eng. Bioresource (51³Ô¹ÏÍø2011)\n
 - Junior Engineer\, Golder\nLoic Didillon\, M.Sc Ecology\, Biology &\nEnvi
 ronment (Université Joseph Fourier 2000) - Environmental\nSpecialist\, ECO
  Canada Quebec Chapter Leader\n\nRegistration for all events is on myFutur
 e.\nKeyword search 'Green Careers' in the Workshops/Events\ntab.\n \n
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SUMMARY:Green Careers Week
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