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Three (3)
Monday Speakers
in the
Okanagan-Shuswap Green Party's
"GUEST PROFESSOR SERIES"
Watersheds, Food Security &
Climate Change Science
 Soil & Water sources are
threatened. From the Faculty of Land & Food
Systems, UBC Professor Schreier (PhD) exposes nasty facts about environmental
pollution. He explains how communities can manage water to offset the effects of
agricultural intensification, urban expansion & competing demands. He takes
a sobering look at food security in a world troubled with waste & climate
turmoil.
Dr. Hans
Schreier
Monday, February
27
Taxation,
CEO Salaries & Leveling Income
Inequality
 What are the OCCUPY people complaining
about? A teacher of tax & public Economics at UBC, Professor
Hickey (PhD) reveals (in)equities and opportunities in Income Tax, HST & the
International Financial Transaction Tax. He provides insights about corporate
governance and offers tools for effective income distribution in a post-OCCUPY
world where capitalism is reformed.
Dr. Ross
Hickey
Monday, March
12
Tarring the Spirit Bear: Pipelines, People &
Profits
 What do Nigeria & Norway have in common with
Canada? Specializing in Environmental &
Natural Resource Economics, Professor Janmaat (PhD) challenges Canadian resource
policy. He argues for the sustainable management of finite resources like the
tar sands. He questions whether the true costing of the Northern Gateway is
adequately considering the value of lost ecological
services.
Dr.
John Janmaat
Monday, April
2
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