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Thursday, November 16, 1995
Talking about acid rain
With a lecture and a reception, UW's library today celebrates the
official opening of a major archive about environmental activism in
Canada. The files of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain --
the largest environmental group in the country, shortly after
its founding in 1981 -- were
donated to UW last year
There will be an open house from 9:30 to 11 today in the Doris Lewis
Rare Book Room, on the ground floor of the Dana Porter Library.
Then at 11:30 Michael Perley, who was executive director of the
Coalition (and now heads the Ontario Campaign for Action on
Tobacco), will speak in the Humanities Theatre. His talk is about
international environmental advocacy; everybody is welcome.
The acid rain papers occupy more than 100 boxes.
Organizing the material and producing a "finding aid", the
key document that allows access to information in an archive, took
a year's work by Jane Britton of the UW archives staff.
The result is
available
through UW's Electronic Library as well as in the rare books
room itself.
Board executive will meet
The executive committee of UW's board of governors meets this
afternoon (Needles Hall rom 3004, 1:30 p.m.). It's expected to
approve changes to the benefit plans offered to future part-time
and temporary staff and faculty members at UW, along the lines of
proposals circulated on campus a few weeks ago. Also on the agenda
is the proposed early retirement plan that's a big part of UW's
cost-cutting strategy for 1996. Announcement of the precise terms
of an early retirement program isn't expected until after the Ontario
government says -- around the end of this month -- just what it's
going to do about university grants next year.
Some things happening while the snow continues to blow:
- Scots tenor John McDermott sings tonight at the
Humanities Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets are $23.50 from the Humanities
box office, 888-4908.
- Norman Lockington, a 1973 graduate in chemical engineering and now
a vice-president of Dofasco Inc., is the keynote speaker for the
twentieth annual Engineering Awards Banquet. It's being held tonight
at the Valhalla Inn, with a reception at 6:00 and dinner at 7.
- Students from all faculties are invited to hear about exchange
programs to Germany -- and to get some free pizza -- at a session fromo
5:30 to 8:00 tonight at Federation Hall.
- Jim Walker of the history department is the speaker, the
Indian Students Association is the sponsor, and the topic is "Canada's
Immigration Policy: A Historical Overview". At the same gathering,
INDSA will show the film "The Voyage of the Komagata Maru", about one
of the blacker spots in Canadian history. The meeting runs from
5 to 7 p.m. tonight in Davis Centre room 1304.
- Islam Awareness Week continues. Tonight's event
involves representatives of Islam, Judaism and Christianity -- "the
Abrahamic faiths" -- in a discussion to start at 7 p.m. in Arts
Lecture Hall room 115.
Title: "The Qur'an,
the Bible, the Torah,
Unveiled". All are welcome. "Also, be sure to take a look at the
displays in the Student Life Centre," ays Saif Syed, president of
the Muslim Students' Association, which is sponsoring the week's
activities.
Chris Redmond
Information
and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
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