James Dean has a BSc in mathematics and physics from Carleton, together with MA and PhD degrees in economics from Harvard. He writes and lectures widely on international macroeconomics, globalization, and currency systems. In real life, he plays jazz tenor saxophone with the James Dean Trio in Vancouver.

A joint event sponsored by the Carleton Graduate Economics Society and the Carleton Undergraduate Economics Society. A pizza and soft-drink reception will precede the actual presentation. Financial support provided by the Faculty of Public Affairs and the Department of Economics.

May 17, 2012
6 p.m. Presentation
7 p.m. Reception
The Bow Valley Club
370, 250 – 6 Ave S.W.
Calgary, Alberta

This event is part of the Faculty of Carleton University Speaker (FOCUS) series.

For more information contact us at cu_proud@carleton.ca or 1-866-CU-PROUD (287-7683).

Location: 608 Robertson Hall, The Senate Room

The Honourable Stéphane Dion will be speaking about the importance of a universal harmonized carbon price, a policy he argues is essential for the world to evolve from self-destructive development to sustainable development.

Stéphane Dion was Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs between 1996 and 2003, longer than any other Canadian since Confederation. In that capacity, he was instrumental in bringing countless federal-provincial negotiations to fruition and played a major role in the promotion of Canadian unity.

As Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005, he secured one of the greenest budgets in the history of Canada and contributed to the rescue of the Kyoto Protocol while chairing the UN Conference on Climate Change, held in Montreal in 2005.

In 2006, having been elected as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and having become Leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons, he proposed a visionary plan to make Canada richer, fairer and greener. Following the 2008 election, he retained his seat as Member of Parliament for Saint-Laurent-Cartierville, a seat he has won seven times in a row since 1996.

He currently chairs the Liberal Caucus Legislative Committee, and is the Liberal Critic for Intergovernmental Affairs and the Queen’s Privy Council of Canada, for Democratic Reform, for Official Languages, and for La Francophonie. Additionally, he is the Liberal Representative on the Sub-Committee on Private Members Business.

Considering the challenges posed today by secularism, prejudice, and the far right, as well as the increasingly global nature of society, inter-faith dialogue remains a crucial, yet difficult goal for many religious groups in Europe. Dr. Eichtinger’s talk will outline the current importance and impact of inter-religious dialogue in Europe. Since joining the Austrian Foreign Service in 1986, Dr. Eichtinger has most recently served as Austrian Ambassador to Romania and the Republic of Moldova and Secretary General of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour.

The event is supported, in part, by a grant from the European Commission
For more information contact ces@carleton.ca or 613 520-2600 ext. 1087

This public lecture will discuss the Qur’an and its impact on the human conscience. It will also examine the Qur’anic methodology in social reformation.

Dr. Liyakat Takim is the Sharjah Chair in Global Islam at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. A native of Zanzibar, Tanzania, he has spoken at more than eighty academic conferences and authored one hundred scholarly works on diverse topics like reformation in the Islamic world, the treatment of women in Islamic law, Islam in America, the indigenization of the Muslim community in America, dialogue in post-911 America, war and peace in the Islamic tradition, Islamic law, Islamic biographical literature, the charisma of the holy man and shrine culture, and Islamic mystical traditions. He teaches a wide range of courses on Islam and offers a course on comparative religions.
Professor Takim’s second book titled Shi’ism in America was published by New York University Press in summer 2009. His first book, The Heirs of the Prophet: Charisma and Religious Authority in Shi‘ite Islam was published by SUNY press in 2006. He is currently working on his third book, Ijtihad and Reformation in Islam. Professor Takim has taught at several American and Canadian universities and is actively engaged in dialogue with different faith communities.

Rejuvenate your body easily and gently with food found right in your grocery store!

Join Holistic Nutritionist, Sarah Green, to discover simple things to add to your grocery list that will bring you a clean and energized body.

Learn how and why your mind and body will benefit from this gentle, yet effective, approach to Spring cleaning.

Information sheets, recipes and samples included.

Location: 2017 Dunton Tower

Mark June 4th to 6th in your 2012 calendar for the opportunity to engage in contemporary discussion and debate around stigma with the world’s mental health leaders at the The Delta Ottawa City Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.