1.

CALL FOR DELEGATES

1. Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND) Steering Committee.

2.

RESOURCES

1. Looking for EA Legal Challenges.
2. Need Financial Help with your EA Legal Challenge?
3. The Climate Change Committee of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus has produced a document entitled Climate Change and Environmental Assessment.

3.

JOBS

1. The Sierra Club of Canada is seeking a National Operations Director.

4.

ANNOUNCEMENT

1. Four new members appointed to the CEC's Joint Public Advisory Committee.
2. "Genetically Modified Organisms and Precaution: Is the Canadian government implementing the Royal Society of Canada's recommendations?"
3. Canadian Subsidy Directory / American Grants & Loans Directory available.

5.

EVENTS

1. The Recycling Council of British Columbia invites you to the RCBC Educators’ Workshop
2. Quebec Network of Women and the Environment

1.

CALL FOR DELEGATES

i.

Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND) Steering Committee.

The CEN is seeking 1 ENGO representative from British Columbia to join the MEND Steering Committee. Travel, accommodation, meals and incidentals are covered when participating in meetings, as well as a $250 per diem.

The next MEND SC meeting will be held on November 30th in Vancouver, BC. This meeting is linked with the 11th Annual British Columbia Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop (December 1-2 also in Vancouver).

The selected ENGO representative will have to be available for these 3 days. Click here for more information and the application form.

Contact Chantal Bois.
Deadline to apply: Nov.12, 2004

2.

RESOURCES

i.

Looking for EA Legal Challenges

Is there a new development near you that might cause significant adverse environmental effects? Are you involved in an EA legal challenge? Do you need some advice from the EPA Caucus? If you've answered yes, then the Strategic Legal Actions Committee wants to hear from you!

One of the purposes of this Caucus committee is to provide advice to groups interested in taking EA-related legal actions. Requests for advice would be shared among the members of the committee.We would also be interested in circulating news of upcoming projects that are in the very early phases of development. With the amended purpose and new duty of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, as proclaimed on October 30, 2003, there may be some strategic opportunities to push Responsible Authorities (RA) to be more proactive.

For more information please contact: Martha Kostuch
or Jannis Klein

ii.

Need Financial Help with your EA Legal Challenge?

The Environmental Law Centre (Alberta) has produced a list of potential funding sources for environmental assessment challenges. There are currently 11 possible funders on the list, but it is a work in progress and you can notify Dolores Noga , Information Services Coordinator for the Environmental Law Centre for additional sources of funding or any leads that she can check into.

The Environmental Law Centre Library has the 2001 Canadian Directory to Foundations& Grants, a directory that can be searched by grant recipients.You can find out what organizations have received money for legal challenges and where their money came from. The Centre purchases an update of this directory approximately every three years.

Please visit the Environmental Law Centre web site.

For a copy of the list of potential funding sources, please visit the EPA Caucus web page

iii.

The Climate Change Committee of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus has produced a document entitled Climate Change and Environmental Assessment.

A Primer for Participants. The document helps to explain the issue of EA and climate change as well as focusing on climate change issues in project EA's.

Three main questions are discussed:
1) How will the project contribute to the generation of greenhouse gases and climate change?
2) How will the effects of climate change impact the project?
3) Does the project conform to Canadian or provincial commitments on climate change, such as the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the national Climate Change Plan for Canada or Alberta’s Climate Change Action Plan?

For a copy of the document, please visit the EPA Caucus web page

3.

JOBS

i.

The Sierra Club of Canada is seeking a National Operations Director.

The Ottawa office of Ray & Berndtson Executive Search has just undertaken a search for the National Operations Director for the Sierra Club of Canada.

Because of your background we are writing to request your assistance in identifying candidates who would excel in this role. As a member of the Sierra Club of Canada Management Committee, and reporting directly to the Executive Director, the Director will provide efficient administration of the National Office while working to meet the needs of the Sierra Club.

If you know of anyone who may be interested in this outstanding opportunity, please contact:
Eric Slankis, Ray & Berndtson Ottawa Global Leaders in Executive Search
200-29 Beechwood Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1M 1M2
Tel: 613-742-3197
Fax:613-749-9599
Or visit there website at:
Ray & Berndtson

3.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

i.

Four new members appointed to the CEC's Joint Public Advisory Committee.

Montreal, 2 November 2004
The Chair of Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America, Ms. Donna Tingley, is pleased to announce that a new Canadian JPAC member has been appointed by the Environment Minister of Canada, Stéphane Dion, and three new Mexican JPAC members were appointed by Secretary Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez.

Gordon Lambert - Mr. Lambert is sustainable development vice president for Suncor Energy in Calgary, Alberta.

Eduardo Rincón - MejíaMr. Rincón Mejía is president of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Solar Energy (Asociación Nacional de Energía Solar—ANES), in Toluca, Mexico.

Carlos Armando Rincón Valdés - Mr. Rincón Valdés is director of Mexico-United States environmental projects at the nongovernmental organization Environmental Defense, in El Paso, Texas.

Héctor Javier Sepúlveda Valle - Mr. Sepúlveda is technical director of the "La Corona" soap factory in Ecatepec, Mexico.

For more information visit the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America web site

ii.

"Genetically Modified Organisms and Precaution: Is the Canadian government implementing the Royal Society of Canada's recommendations?"

The Polaris Institute has released a new report reviewing government action on the regulation of genetically modified (GM) foods in Canada.

The report, written by Dr. Peter Andrée of the Environmental and Resources Studies Program at Trent University and Lucy Sharratt of the Polaris Institute, reviews the government's response to the 58 critical recommendations of the Royal Society of Canada's Expert Panel on the Future of Food Biotechnology (RSC Panel).

The report, entitled "Genetically Modified Organisms and Precaution: Is the Canadian government implementing the Royal Society of Canada's recommendations?" tracks what the government has done, and not done, in the three-and-a-half years since the release of the seminal RSC Panel report.

Click here to view full report in pdf format

ii.

Canadian Subsidy Directory / American Grants & Loans Directory available.

Subsidies, Grants and loans are now available. From governments & foundations. More than 2600 programs listed.
This guide is sold for $ 69.95
For more information send a letter: 4865 Hwy 138, R.R#1 Saint-Andrews W, Ont, KOC 2A0
Call toll free 1-866-322-3376

4.

EVENTS

i

The Recycling Council of British Columbia invites you to the RCBC Educators’ Workshop

RCBC Educators' Workshop November 18-19, 2004
Radisson President Hotel
Richmond, B.C.

RCBC is pleased to announce a two day training workshop on Social Marketing featuring Annette Frahm of Sage Environmental. In addition to traditional lecture style learning a lot of sharing and discussing with colleagues will take place.

An exceptional room rate of $80/per night has been arranged with the Radisson President Hotel.

For registration inquiries, contact:
Ben Ramos
Executive Assistant
Tel: 604-683-6009 ext. 314

ii.

Quebec Network of Women and the Environment

The Quebec Network of Women and the Environment (Réseau Québécois des femmes en environnement) invites you to coffee hours.

These coffee hours are part of the RQFE project, Women moving into decision-making jobs in environment.

There will be opportunities to discuss the women’s place in environment, to exchange and network.

For more information check out
Le Réseau Québécois des femmes en environnement web site.