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> Are you concerned about pollution in the water, air, food and the earth?
>
> >The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto
> >(OISE/UT)
> >     Transformative Learning Centre, in collaboration with
> >
> >     the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto and
> >     the Women's Network on Health and the Environment (WNH&E) is
> offering
> >
> >     ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AND POLICY CHANGE
> >     EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL AND ECOSYSTEM HEALING
> >
> >     A two week summer institute certificate course from July 4-15, 2000,
> >9am-5pm.
> >
> >     Course Director: Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg, PhD, MES.
> >
> >Environmental Health is a challenging field of research, education,
> policy
> >and advocacy endeavours that link the natural, health and social sciences
> >with the worlds of the academy, community, business, economics, labour,
> >governments and media. They include physical, social, cultural, spiritual
> >and societal relationships which are multi directional and interlinked
> >with the health and well being of all life on earth.
> >
> >This course focuses on exploring these links between health and the
> >environment in the context of popular education and transformative
> >learning in formal and non formal settings. It does so by helping
> >participants to develop critical thinking, investigative, analytical and
> >practical skills to better understand the constraints of scientific
> >certainty and uncertainty in today's complex world in order to advocate
> >for lifestyle as well as public policy changes. The issues are framed
> >within the broad socioenvironmental perspectives on health promotion
> >reflected in the goals of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion -
> >strengthening community action, developing personal skills, creating
> >supportive environments, helping in skills development to educate,
> enable,
> >mediate and advocate.
> >
> >Objectives:
> >1. To gain an deeper understanding of key concepts related to the
> linkages
> >between health and the environment including causation; sources; pathways
> >(air, water, soil and food); risk assessment; health impacts; policy
> >analysis; primary prevention; the precautionary principle; social power
> >relationships in society; environmental justice; gender and cultural
> >issues; safe production; consumer education...
> >
> >2. To apply this understanding to the critique of current biomedical
> >approaches to health and well being and the development and
> implementation
> >of holistic environmentally appropriate health promotion practices and
> >policies.
> >
> >3. To develop environmental health literacy, problem solving skills and
> >popular education techniques and experiences for creating healthier
> >environments.
> >
> >4. To integrate these knowledges and skills into existing practice: be it
> >university, school, community, workplace, faith community, social setting
> >and so on (starting from participants' life/work knowledge and
> >experience).
> >
> >The course consists of readings, guest lecturers, audiovisual
> >presentations, plenary and small group discussions. It is anticipated
> that
> >participants will engage in the discussions and define their particular
> >interests, goals and expectations so as to "get what they need" during
> the
> >ten day program.
> >
> >Who should take this course: teachers, community health workers, health
> >professionals, adult educators, labour unions, environmentalists,
> >community organizers, policy makers, economists parents/grandparents,
> >youth, everyone...
> >
> >There are no prerequisites.
> >Participants are expected to give group presentations at the end of the
> >course and hand in a 15 page paper (within the three weeks following
> >completion) summarizing (consolidating) what was new, important and most
> >useful for their work and interest.
> >Draft Course Outline:
> >Week One
> >Day One: Tuesday, July 4, 2000. Orientation, introductions, conceptual
> >frameworks in transformative learning for formal and non formal
> >environmental health education, introduction to environmental health
> >debates and issues, to relevant terminology, definitions and principles
> of
> >toxicology, epidemiology, ecosystem health, synergism etc. Trevor
> Hancock,
> >Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
> >Films: Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer 53 minutes
> >     Adam's World (Elizabeth Dodson-Gray, theologian) NFB, 18 mins.
> >
> >Day Two: Wednesday July 5, 2000.
> >AM Where you live and where you work: Home, workplace and community
> >health. AM: Nick DeCarlo, Canadian Autoworkers (CAW),
> >Films: Before Their Time, 25 mins. They Speak in Whispers, 25 mins.
> >
> >PM: Environmental law and public health as educational issues. Canadian
> >Environmental Law Association (CELA), Cathy Cooper.
> >Video: Hormone Copy Cats, 18 mins.
> >
> >Day Three: Thursday July 6, 2000.
> >AM: Social issues in environmental health: gender, race, class, culture,
> >ethnicity, age, poverty. Anne Phillips, Women's health activist, Nita
> >Chaudhuri, South Riverdale Community Health Centre.
> >
> >Films: Uranium, NFB, 40 mins. About impacts on Aboriginal people, their
> >health, values and the environment. Stopping Cancer Where it Starts: The
> >Toxics Links Coalition, 20 mins.
> >Toxic Partners, 30 mins. About people in Sydney, NS and Georgia, US,
> >sharing their common toxic community experiences. No Grapes 18, mins.
> >
> >PM: Ontario Healthy Communities, Lisa Caton, Executive Director.
> >Health Promotion as a field of study, research and application. Irv
> >Rootman, Director, Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto.
> >
> >Day Four: Friday, July 7, 2000. AM: Transformative Learning and
> >Environmental Health: Theory and Praxis. Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg,
> >OISE/UT Transformative Learning Centre. Working in small groups with
> >similar interests to utilize educational tools and develop knowledge and
> >skills (Educating for a Change, Naming the Moment, Wild Gardens, The
> >Nature of Transformation, etc.)
> >
> >PM: Formal education systems and environmental health, schools,
> >universities etc.:
> >Parents Environmental Network: Elise Houghton. A case study (and ongoing
> >challenges) of a department of adult education, the Greening of OISE/UT;
> >Healthy Universities project, Dr. Jody MacDonald, School of Nursing.
> >
> >Week Two: Day Five: Monday, July 10, 2000.
> >AM: Complementary and alternative holistic approaches: Asking different
> >questions. Immune system relationships, primary prevention and prevention
> >of recurrence:
> >
> >AM: Charlene Day. nutritionist and author.
> >
> >PM: Ancient Chinese Medicine and Practice, Roxana Ng, OISE/UT.
> >
> >Day Six: Tuesday, July 11, 2000:
> >AM: Biomedical technological health models, pharmaceutical influences and
> >environmental health medical practice. Dr. Lynn Marshall, Environmental
> >Health Clinic, Women's College Hospital.
> >Film: Everyday Carcinogens: Acting for Prevention in the Face of
> >Scientific Uncertainty, 35 mins. With biologist, author Sandra
> >Steingraber.
> >
> >PM: Safe Water? Flouride: The Additional Toxic Burden, Dr. Hardy
> Limeback,
> >DDS, PhD, UofT, Janet Bugell, nutrionist.
> >
> >Energy, ecolgy and health as educational issues. Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg
>
> >Films: Turning Down the Heat 40 mins, David Suzuki on climate change and
> >health.
> >Living Machines 20 mins. Something in the Air 30 mins. Kimberly
> >Harvey,Canadian CO2 Reduction Initiative
> >
> >Day Seven: Wednesday, July 12, 2000. AM: Policy and Action Issues:
> >Personal, Municipal, Provincial, National and Global. The Recommendations
> >of the Task Force Report on the Primary Prevention of Cancer (1995),
> >TheInternational Joint Commission (IJC) Reports.
>  Kim Perrotta,
> >,
> Dept.
> >PublicHealth, City of Toronto.
> >
> >The Ontario Environmental Bill of Rights, Mark Murphy.
> >
> >PM: Films: Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our
> >Environment. 29 mins. (academy award winning documentary about health,
> the
> >environment, the media and successful community based campaign
> strategies,
> >Great Lakes, Great Lawns, 20 mins
> >
> >Integrating environmental health issues into your own school, workplace,
> >community, professional group, faith community, policy area etc.
> Preparing
> >for group presentations and first group presentations and discussions.
> >Presentations can also be creative forms of expression - skits, poetry,
> >art, songs etc...
> >
> >Day Eight: Thursday, July 13, 2000. AM: Global international economics
> and
> >impacts on environmental health. Films, Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on
> >Sex, Lies and Global Economics, NFB 70 mins.  Against the Grain:
> >Biotechnology and the Corporate Takover of Your Food, 13 mins. Audiotape,
> >Maude Barlow
> >Discussion on local, global, environment, health, economic links.
> >
> >Day Nine: Friday, July 14, 2000. Group presentations and discussions.
> >
> >Day Ten: Saturday, July 15, 2000. Group presentations, discussions, next
> >steps, evaluation and closing. (potluck lunch)
> >
> >Proposed Guest presenters
> >     *
> Kim Perrotta
> >, Department of Public Health, City of Toronto
> >     * Ann Phillips, Women's Health and Anti Racism Advocate
> >     * Kathy Cooper, researcher, Canadian Environmental Law Association
> >     * Lisa Caton, Executive Director, Ontario Healthy Communities
> >     * Irving Rootman, Director, Centre for Health Promotion, U of T
> >     * Charlene Day, Nutritionist, Women's Network on Health and the
>
> >Environment
> >     * Dr. Lynn Marshall, Environmental Health Clinic, WCH
> >     * Dr. Trevor Hancock, FES, York University, Canadian Association of
>
> >Physicians for the Environment
> >     * Nita Chaudhuri, South Riverdale Community Health Centre
> >     * Dr. Jody MacDonald, School of Nursing, University of Toronto
> >     * Nick de Carlo, CAW, Health and Safety
> >     * Roxana Ng, PhD, Adult Education, Community Development,
> Counselling
>
> >Psychology,
> O
> >ISE/UT
> >     * Elise Houghton, Greater Toronto Board of Education, Parents
>
> >Environmental Network
>
> >* Mark Murphy, Ontario Environmental Bill of Rights
>
> >Proposed Readings To be selected by course participants according their
> >interests and needs.
> >
> >Arditti, R., & Schreiber, T. "Breast Cancer: The Environmental
> >Connection", Resist Magazine, May/June, 1992.
> >-------"Breast Cancer: Organizing for Resistance", Resist Magazine, 3, 9,
> >November, 1994.
> >
> >Arnold, R., Burke, B., James, C., Martin, D. and Thomas, B. Educating for
> >a Change, Toronto: Between the Lines and the Doris Marshall Institute,
> >1991.
> >
> >Batt, S. Patient No More: The Politics of Breast Cancer. Charlottetown:
> >Gynergy Books, 1994.
> >
> >Barndt, D. Naming The Moment: Political Analysis for Action. Toronto:
> >Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice, 1988.
> >
> >Berry, T. The Dream of the Earth. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1988.
> >
> >Bertell, R. No Immediate Danger? Prognosis for a Radioactive Earth.
> >Toronto: The Women's Press, 1985.
> >
> >-------Health 2000:A Guide for the Community Seeking to Undertake a
> Health
> >Survey. Toronto:International Institute of Concern for Public Health,
> >1994.
> >
> >Bullard, R.D. Confronting Environmental Racism: Voices from the
> >Grassroots. Boston: South End Press, 1993.
> >
> >Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1962, 1994.
> >
> >Chaudhuri, Nita, "Child Health, Poverty and the Environment: The Canadian
> >Context" in The Canadian Journal of Public Health. Vol 89, Supplement 1,
> >May-June 1998.
> >
> >Chivian E., et al. Critical Condition: Human Health and the Environment.
> A
> >Report by Physicians for Social Responsibility. Cambridge, Ma.: MIT
> Press,
> >1993.
> >
> >Choldin, Earl, Director, Alberta Global Education Project; "Methods and
> >Goals of Global Education" in Orbit - Educating for a Global Perspective.
> >March, 1992.
> >
> >Chomsky, N. Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies.
> >Toronto: CBC, 1989.
> >
> >Chu. C. & Simpson R. (eds.). Ecological Public Health: From Vision to
> >Practice.  ParticipACTION, Toronto, 1994.
> >
> >Clorfene-Casten, L. Breast Cancer: Poisons, Profits and Prevention.
> >Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 1996.
> >
> >Colborn, T. et al. Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility,
> >Intelligence and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story. Toronto: Dutton
> >Press, 1996.
> >
> >Colorado, P. Bridging Native and Western Science, Convergence, XX1, 2&3,
> >1988.
> >
> >Davis, Devra Lee, Deborah Axelrod, Lisa Bailey, Mitchell Gaynor and Annie
> >Sasco. Rethinking "Breast cancer Risk and the Environment: The Case for
> >the Precautionary Principle." Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 106,
> >No. 9, September 1998.
> >
> >Epstein, S.E. The Politics of Cancer. New York: Doubleday, 1979, 1998.
> >
> >Franklin, U. The Real World of Technology: CBC Massey Lecture Series.
> >Toronto: CBC Enterprises, 1990.
> >
> >Guidotti, T. & Gosselin, Pierre (Eds), The Canadian Guide to Health and
> >the Environment, Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press, 1999.
> >
> >Gofman, J. Preventing Breast Cancer: The Story of a Major, Proven,
> >Preventable Cause of this Disease. San Francisco: Committee for Nuclear
> >Responsibility, Inc., 1995.
> >
> >Goldin Rosenberg, D. Taking Action for a Healthy Future, resource guide
> to
> >accompany the film Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer,
> >Toronto: WNH&E, 1997.
> >
> >Gould, J.M. and the Radiation and Public Health Project, Radiation and
> >Breast Cancer: The High Cost of Living Near Reactors, New York: Four
> Walls
> >Eight Windows Publishers, 1995.
>
> Hawken, Paul, The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability,
> New York: Harper  Business, 1993.
>
> Hawkin, Paul, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins. Natural Capitalism:
> creating the next industrial revolution, Boston/New York: Little Brown and
> Co., 1999.
> >
> >IARC/ World Health Organization, IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of
> >Carcinogenic Risk to Humans, "Preamble" and "Lists of IARC Evaluations,"
> >IARC, Lyon, France, May, 1993.
> >
> >International Joint Commission/Commission mixte internationale. Seventh
> >and Eighth Biennial Reports on Great Lakes Water Quality, 1994 and 1996.
> >
> >"Environmental Damage and Aboriginal Health", in Touch The National
> Indian
> >and inuit Community Health Representatives Organization Publication,
> Vol.8
> >No.2
>
> Korten, David, The Post-Corporate World: life After Capitalism,  San
> Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1999.
> >
> >Labonte, R., "See Me, Hear Me, Touch Me, Feel Me: Lessons on
> Environmental
> >Health Information for Bureaucratic Activists," in Chu. C. & Simpson R.
> >(eds.). Ecological Public Health: From Vision to Practice.
> >ParticipACTION, Toronto, 1994.
> >
> >Last, J., Pengally, D., Trouton, K., Taking Our Breath Away: The Health
> >Effects of Air Pollution and Climate Change. Vancouver: David Suzuki
> >Foundation, 1998.
> >
> >Merchant, C. The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific
> >Revolution. Toronto: Harper and Row, 1990 edition.
> >
> >Merrifield, J. "Putting Scientists in their Place: Participatory Research
> >in Environmental and Occupational Health", in P. Park, M. Brydon-Miller,
> >B. Hall, & T. Jackson, (eds.). Voices of Change: Participatory Research
> in
> >the U.S. and Canada. Toronto: OISE Press, 1993.
> >
> >Mies, M. & Shiva, V. Ecofeminism. Halifax: Fernwood Publications, 1993.
> >
> >Misch, A. "Assessing Environmental Health Risks" in State of the World
> >1994: A Worldwatch Institute report on Progress Toward a Sustainable
> >Society, New York: W.W. Norton, 1994.
> >
> >Moss, R.W. The Cancer Industry: Unravelling the Politics of Cancer. New
> >York: Paragon House, 1989.
> >
> >Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion/ Charte d'Ottawa pour la Promotion de
> >la sante, Health Canada.
> >
> >Pike, G. and Selby, D. Reconnecting from National to Global Curriculum.
> >Surrey (UK): World Wildlife Fund for Nature, 1995.
> >
> >Plant, J. (ed.). Healing the Wounds: The Promise of Ecofeminism. Toronto:
> >Between the Lines, 1989.
> >
> >Proctor, R. Cancer Wars: How Politics Shapes What We Know and Don't Know
> >About Cancer,  Toronto: Harper Collins, 1995.
> >
> >Raeburn, J. & I. Rootman, People-centred Health Promotion. Toronto: Wiley
>
> >
> >Recommendations for the Primary Prevention of Cancer:Recommendations of
> >the Ontario Task Force on the Primary Prevention of Cancer. Toronto:
> >Ministry of Health, 1995.
> >
> >Renner, M. "Assessing the Military's War on the Environment", in the 1991
> >State of the World; a Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a
> >Sustainable Society. New York: Norton, 1991.
> >
> >Rice B. & J. Weinberg, Dressed to Kill: The Dangers of Dry Cleaning and
> >the Case for Chlorine-free Alternatives. A Greenpeace/Pollution Probe
> >Report, 1994.
> >
> >Robbins, A. Radioactive Heaven and Earth: The health and environmental
> >effects of nuclear weapons testing in, on, and above the earth. A report
> >of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and the
> >Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. New York: Apex Press,
> >1991.
> >
> >Roberts, W. & Brandom, S. Get a Life: How to Make a Good Buck, Dance
> >Around the Dinosaurs and Save the World While You're At It. Toronto: Get
> a
> >Life Publishing House, 1995.
> >
> >Roberts, W., MacRae, R., Stahlbrand, L. Real Food for a Change, How the
> >Simple Act of Eating Can: Boost Your Health and Energy, Knock Out Stress,
> >Revive Your Community, Clean up the Planet. Random House, Toronto, 1999.
> >
> >Seager, J. Earth Follies: Coming to Feminist Terms with the Global
> >Environmental Crisis, New York: Routledge, 1993.
> >
> >Seed, J., Macy, J.R., Fleming, P., Naess, A. Thinking Like a Mountain:
> >Towards a Council of All Beings. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers,
> >1998.
> >
> >Sherman, J.D. (M.D.) Life's Delicate Balance: A Guide to the Causes and
> >Prevention of Breast Cancer,  New York: Taylor and Francis, 2000.
>  In Canada, order from Irwin Publishing, 325 Humber College Blvd.,
> Toronto, ON., M9W 7C3. Tel 416) 789 0424
> >
> >
> >Sherwin, S.  No Longer Patient: Feminist Ethics and Health Care.
> >Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992.
>
>
> >
> >-------"Feminism, Ethics and Cancer", Humane Medicine, 10, 4. October,
> >1994.
> >
> >State of Knowledge Report on Environmental Contaminants and Human Health
> >the Great Lakes Basin. 1997, Health Canada. Ottawa: Minister of Public
> >Works and Government Services Canada. (Catalogue No. H46 297-214E. ISBN
> >0-662-26-1690).
> >
> >Steingraber, S. Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the
> >Environment. New York: Addison-Wesley, 1997.
> >
> >Waring, M. If Women Counted: A New Feminist Economics, Toronto: Harper
> >Collins, 1988.
> >
> >WEDO, Breast Cancer: The Global Agenda, Action for Prevention Campaign,
> >The Women's Environment and Development Campaign (WEDO), New York.
> >Chapters include: The Global Epidemic, The Chemical Connection, The
> >Radiation Connection, The Role of Electromagnetic Fields, Environmental
> >Activism, The Policy Agenda, 1996.
> >
> Website www.stopcancer.org
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> >PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD (PRINT and/or POST) THE TLC SUMMER COURSE
> >LIST & DESCRIPTION  (Below) TO ANYONE YOU MAY THINK MIGHT BE INTERSTED
> >________________                         _________________________
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> >              ____________________
> >
> >
> >TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING CENTRE (TLC)
> >
> >A Centre for Education, Research and Social Transformation
> >
> >SUMMER 2000 COURSES (7 courses)
> >
> >All TLC Courses Are Limited To 15 Participants. REGISTER EARLY!
> >
> >Call (416) 923-6641 x2595 or E-mail [log in to unmask] to register or
> >for more information
> >
> >
> >1. IDENTITY-BASED CONFLICT & CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION [Course # 001-1]
> >
> >Since the Cold War ended, the nature of war and armed conflict have
> >changed, and most wars today are intra-state struggles, often described
> as
> >ethnic conflicts. This course will look at the concept of identity and
> how
> >it is formed. Factors that contribute to identity conflicts at the
> >personal, community and global levels will be examined, as well as the
> way
> >ethnic identity is manipulated to serve other interests. The theory and
> >practice of culturally appropriate ways of transforming conflicts will be
> >an important aspect of the course. EDUCATOR: Dr. Anne Goodman Adelson
> >
> >{DATE: Jun. 12-16 (Mon-Fri) TIME: 9am-12pm, 2pm-5pm PLACE: OISE/UT, Room
> >7-172 TOT. HRS.: 30 COST: $185}
> >
> >
> >2. PHOTOGRAPHY & CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION [Course # 002-1]
> >
> >This course looks at different theories and practices of photography and
> >explores ways of using photography to affect social change. Throughout
> the
> >course participants will work towards producing a visual project that
> >addresses issues of interest to them. Owning a camera or having access to
> >a darkroom is not required. EDUCATOR: Amish Morrell, MES and Doctoral
> >Candidate
> >
> >{DATE: Jun.5-Jul.5 (Mon's & Wed's) TIME: 7pm-10pm PLACE: OISE/UT, Room
> >7--216 TOT. HRS.: 30 COST: $185}
> >
> >
> >3. A CITIZEN'S PLACE IN THE GLOBAL NEWS MEDIA SYSTEM [Course # 003-1]
> >
> >This course engages participants in an up-to-date interdisciplinary
> >analysis on the state of our global news media system (with particular
> >emphasis on the Canadian/North American scene). The positive and negative
> >impacts of new media technologies and the Internet will be addressed, and
> >the problems of our present media system will be examined in depth.
> >Opportunities, strategies and actions for shaping a more democratic
> >information society will also be discussed and practiced. EDUCATOR: Paul
> >Boin, Former Editor of Ecolutions Magazine,  President of the Real News
> >Network &  Doctoral Candidate
> >
> >{DATE: Jun. 19-23 (Mon-Fri) TIME: 9am-12pm, 2pm-5pm PLACE: OISE/UT, Room
> >7-216 TOT. HRS. : 30 COST: $185}
> >
> >
> >4. ECONOMIC CRISIS & SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [Course # 004-1]
> >
> >Current trends toward corporate globalism are not only not inevitable,
> but
> >they require the suppression of great and growing potentials for human
> >development and ecological regeneration. This course critiques the
> >development of industrialism this century, and explores new forms of
> >eco-efficiency and regenerative development. EDUCATOR: Brian Milani,
> >Author of Designing The Green Economy and Doctoral Candidate
> >
> >{DATE : Jun. 6-29 (Tu's & Th's) TIME: 7pm-10pm PLACE: OISE/UT, Room 7-216
> >TOT. HRS. : 24 COST: $195}
> >
> >
> >5. TOWARDS A HOMELESSNESS SOLUTION FOR TORONTO [Course # 005-1]
> >
> >This course will employ a solution-focused approach towards Toronto's
> >homelessness crisis. Students will participate in a multifaceted analysis
> >of the homelessness problem, envisioning a better future (both short and
> >long term), generating public policy recommendations, and in the
> >formulation of a strategic action plan.. A diversity of community workers
> >and activists, scholars, public servants and homeless people will be
> >invited to participate in the teaching and learning of this course.
> COURSE
> >FACILITATOR: Paul Boin, Former Editor of Ecolutions Magazine & Doctoral
> >Candidate (Also Cathy Crowe, Armine Yalnizya and others)
> >
> >{DATE : Aug. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) TIME: 9am-12pm, 2pm-5pm PLACE: OISE/UT, Room
> >7-216 TOT. HRS. : 30 COST: $185}
> >
> >
> >6. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING & POLICY CHANGE [Course
> #
> >006-1]
> >
> >Environmental Health is interlinked to human health, and with the well
> >being of all life on earth. This course focuses on exploring these links
> >in the contexts of popular education and Transformative Learning, in both
> >formal and non formal settings. It does so by helping participants to
> >develop critical thinking, investigative, analytical and practical skills
> >to better understand the constraints of scientific certainty and
> >uncertainty in today's complex world, in order to practice and advocate
> >lifestyle public policy changes. EDUCATOR: Dr. Dorothy Golden Rosenberg
> >
> >{DATE : Jul. 4-15 (Mon-Fri) TIME: 9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm PLACE: TBA TOT. HRS.
> :
> >80 COST: $385}
> >
> >
> >7. TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING: THEORY, PRACTICE & CHANGE [Course # 007-1]
> >
> >This course will introduce, elaborate on, and practice a vitally needed
> >alternative perspective on education. Transformative Learning forges a
> >vision of a planetary education with an emphasis on ecology, social
> >justice, economic sustainability and cosmology. Transformative Learning
> >also provides a critique of market dominated education, where profits and
> >competitiveness are the driving concern. EDUCATORS: Dr. O'Sullivan, (Also
> >Dr. Angela Miles, Dr. Daniel Schurgurensky, Mary Ann O'Connor (Doctoral
> >Candidate) and others).
> >
> >{DATE : June. 24-30 (Mon-Fri) TIME: 9am-12pm, 2pm-5pm PLACE: OISE/UT,
> Room
> >7-216 TOT. HRS. : 30 COST: $185}
> >
> >The Transformative Learning Centre (TLC) is:
> >
> >A CENTRE FOR EDUCATION, RESEARCH & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
> >
> >at the Ontario Institute for the Institute for Studies in Education of
> the
> >University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
> >Housed within the Department of Adult Education, Community Development
> and
> >Counselling Psychology (AECDCP)
> >
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> >
> >Address:_________________________________________________________________
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> >City: _________________________ Province: _________________ Postal Code:
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> >Title of TLC Course __________________________________________ Cost:
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> >FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER CONTACT:
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> >    Tel: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2595            Fax: (416) 926-4749
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> >Email: [log in to unmask]
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> >Make Cheque payable, and send, to :
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> >Transformative Learning Centre, OISE/UT, 252 Bloor St. W., Room 7-184,
> >Toronto, ON     M5S 1V6
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