August 29th, 2010
Staff Evaluations provide valuable feedback for the staff member and WPIRG as a whole. Your time and insights are greatly appreciated.
Please find attached a staff evaluation for Erin Oldynski, WPIRGs Coordinator of Programming and Volunteer Support.
During a new staff members interim period, it is standard procedure to carry out a staff evaluation. Volunteers are not required to complete the attached evaluation, but you will provide valuable feedback for Erin and for WPIRG as a whole.
Please take your time in completing the evaluation, and return no later than September 10th, (electronically if possible) to jonathanafrank@gmail.com. If you choose to fill it out in hard copy, you may wish to provide more space between questions. Hard copies can be returned to a drop box in the office.
Everyone’s responses are confidential and anonymous, but please provide your name at the bottom for the Evaluation Committee’s (Jonathan Frank and James Law, WPIRG Board of Directors) organizational purposes.
Thank you very much for your time!
Peace,
Jonathan and James, on behalf of the WPIRG Board of Directors.
Please Click the link below to download the form:
STAFF EVALUATION – Form for Volunteers
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August 25th, 2010
Are you interested in social justice? Do you have a passion for environmental sustainability? Are you ready to be challenged as a leader and a mentor in a role of responsibility, in a supportive learning environment? If you answered yes to any of these statements, we want you for the WPIRG Board of Directors!
APPLY TODAY! (here’s how….)
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August 23rd, 2010
A big thank you goes out from the folks in the office to Leah Robinson, a local
artist, who designed the WPIRG materials that will be handed out to UW
frosh! Look out for our poster and schedule in the FEDS Frosh Kits!
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August 23rd, 2010
Looking for a good film to watch? Check out the list of films just screened at the 6th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival in San Francisco! (http://www.qwocmap.org/festival.html)
Sad that you couldn’t go to California for the festival? Never fear – WPIRG is here! Look out for our annual Rainbow Reels Queer Film Fest (QFF) coming up in March 2011! Visit http://wpirg.org/rainbowreels/ for information on QFF 2010. For a list of films screened at the QFF in previous years, click on the “Projects” tab at the top of this page. Then click on “Current Projects” and “Queer Film Festival”.
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August 17th, 2010
September 2010 is a super busy month for WPIRG! We’ve organized tons of free workshops, events, and discussions. Bring your friends and get involved on campus and in the KW community!
(Each event name links to a description of the event!)
1:00pm-4:00pm: Meet-up at the WPIRG office (SLC 2139) at 12:45pm and then walk to the starting point in Waterloo Park.
10am-3pm Great Hall, Student Life Centre
March begins at 6:30pm at Waterloo Public Square. Meet up at the UW Women’s Centre (SLC 2102) at 5:45pm and then walk to Uptown together.
Time and location TBA
5pm-7pm Multi-Purpose Room, Student Life Centre
11am-4pm various locations throughout the Student Life Centre: Great Hall, Courtyard, and Atrium
5pm-7pm Student Life Centre room 2143
Meet at 4:30pm at the Waterloo Park Bandshell
All day long, Waterloo Park Bandshell
12pm-5pm UW Bike Centre, Student Life Centre room 101a
5pm-8pm Multi-Purpose Room, Student Life Centre
5pm-7pm The Bombshelter Pub, Student Life Centre
3pm-7pm Waterloo Town Square
5-7pm Multi-Purpose Room, Student Life Centre
7pm-9pm Great Hall, Student Life Centre
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August 9th, 2010
Listen up! If you believe in eradicating discrimination in the workplace and committing to equity and diversity in Canadian workplaces you’ll be interested in this story.
Recent comments regarding the Public Service Employment Act by two federal Tories insinuating employment equity, which is a federal measure meant to ensure candidates from marginalized groups get the jobs they are qualified to do, is keeping white canadians out of public service jobs has got people talking.
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July 22nd, 2010
Come learn how to compost with worms!
Wednesday August 4th at 5 PM in the WPIRG office (SLC rm 2139)
Vermicomposting is simply composting with worms. The use of worms speeds up the process of decomposition to produce a richer end product, and also allows the process to occur indoors, making it an ideal system for apartment-dwellers. It’s true that earthworms aren’t pets for the squeamish, but they are great little composters!
If you live in an apartment, or fear tramping through your backyard in blizzard-like conditions, then vermicomposting is for you!
This workshop will be informal, lead by an environmentally knowledgeable activist and gardener. The WPIRG office is wheelchair accessible. Email us at info@wpirg.org if you have any questions.
Tags: compost, vermicomposting, Waterloo Public Interest Research Group, workshop
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July 8th, 2010
Today, students are gathering to challenge one of Canada’s major players in the tar sands. Marcel Coutu, Chief Executive Office of the Canadian Oil Sands and Chairman of the Board of Syncrude Canada Ltd. is visiting the University of Waterloo to promote economic and career opportunities in the tar sands industry. A growing number of Canadians have become outraged at the processes used by the tar sands industry, the environmental destruction and the negative impacts on the health of Northern Alberta residents.
EVENT DETAILS: Thursday, July 8th, 3:30-5:00pm
Centre for Environmental & Information Technology (EIT) Room 1015
“I am concerned that the people running the tar sands are short-sighted when they are calculating profits and costs of the oil sands. It seems to me that there is a total disregard for the suffering and well-being of the animals and environment,” said Bart Fu, UW student.
Fu’s sentiment is reflected in a recent ruling against Syncrude Canada for failing to prevent 1,600 ducks from dying in the Aurora Tailings pond in April 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
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