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Nakamura Maguire, Lillian
Position Vice President, Faculty Union Chair, Yukon Dev. Educ.
Centre
Yukon College
Box 2799
Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Canada
Home Phone: 403-633-3486
Work Phone: 403-668-8780
Fax: 403-668-8890
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Education: Bachelor of Science
in Home Economics B.Ed. and Master of Adult Education, Experience/
Employment: I have been involved in adult education for over 20 years. I am
particularly interested in women's access to education and have designed and
facilitated courses and workshops which aim to give access to women and other
groups (first nations) to adult education. Recently, I have been part of a
Canadian team training facilitators to teach a program for rural adult educators
in the Cambia, West Africa.
Languages; other skills: English
Concerns and encouragement
List of concerns to be addressed in
order to integrate sustainable development into our community: women's
access to education/education that empowers; elimination of violence; health as
it relates to a healthy physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
environment.
Changes needed
We need to increase the public's awareness and
changing social attitude towards sustainable development.
Narayan, Geeta
211 - 7291 Moffatt Road
Richmond, British Columbia, V6Y 1X9
Work Phone: 604-324-3852
Vocation Academic (Student)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
S.D.Interests: I am interested in
population and reproduction issues and gender and development as they impact
the women of South Asia (India).
Education: Completing an MA in
International Affairs (Development) at Carleton.
Languages; other
skills: English
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: A speech by Vandana Shiva on 'monocultures of the mind', and
women, inspire me.
Concerns and encouragement
I am concerned by the increasing use
of women of colour in sweatshops as the third world 'joins' the
international capitalist system. There should be more emphasis on healthcare
for women and education.
Changes needed
A fundamental change in attitude in the North,
creation of 'community'; gender equality, equitable distribution of resources
and respect for life and education awareness are all important factors to be
addressed in the integration of sustainable development into our society.
Ndunda, Mutindi
2628 Tennis Crescent
Vancouver, British Columbia, V8T 2E1
Canada
Work Phone: 604-224 6466
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Ndunda, M (1994) "The
Stor(ies) of a Peasant Woman." Workshop at the Women and Sustainable
Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference, U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
Nee , Edith
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
5610 Kullahun Drive,
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6N 2E5
Canada
Home Phone: 604-266-9557
Work Phone: 604-666-1762
Fax: 604-266-7715
SD Interest Areas Sustainable
development - Strengthening groups (youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Nee, E. "Nairobi '85
Experience." Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian
Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., May, 1994.
Neis, Barbara
Memorial University of Newfoundland Department of Sociology
St. John's, Newfoundland, A1C 5S7 Canada
Home Phone: 709-726 0221
Work Phone: 709-737 7456
Fax: 709-737 4569
Email bneis@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Research (science, social
science)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Ecology, environment,
resources
Biographical information
S.D.Interests: Women and fisheries;
fishery working ecological knowledge; occupational safety and health.
Education : Ph.D.
Employment/Experience: Associate Professor, Dept
of Sociology
Memberships: Member of Atlantic Women's Fishnet
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Neis, B. (1994) "Women,
Fisheries, Science and the Sustainability of Fishery Communities in Newfoundland
and Labrador." Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development:
Canadian Perspectives Conference, U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
Nesmith, Cathy
Simon Fraser University Department of Geography
Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6 Canada
Home Phone: 604-986 3061
Work Phone: 604-291 4599
Fax: 604-291 5841
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Nesmith, C. (1994) "Women
and Environmental Activism" Workshop at the Women and Sustainable
Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., May,
1994.
Newton, Caroline
International Federation of Institutes For Advanced Study
39 Spadina Road
Toronto, Ontario, M5R 2S9 Canada
Home Phone: 416-539 0197
Work Phone: 416-926 7570
Fax: 416-926 9481
Email fiascngpu.utcc.utoronto.ca
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
Biographical information
Interest Areas: Communication and
Networks.
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Newton, C. (1994) "International
Women's Research Networks: Communication for Sustainable Development."
Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives
Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: I am inspired by women and the diversity of life.
Concerns and encouragement
I am concerned by the unequal
North-South relations as well as the effects of militarism on the
environment.
Changes needed
Women need hope, solidarity and mutual respect in
the continual transformation of their own lives as well as in the changing role
of women in society. The critical mass of women must work together to affect
change.
Ninow, Michelle
Position Masters program
University of Manitoba Natural Resources Institute
430 Dysart Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Canada
Work Phone: 204-474 8373
Fax: 204-261 0038
Vocation
Activist; Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Ninow, M. (1994) "Women and
'Sustainable Development' within the University Environment". Workshop at
the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference,
U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
Nishikawa, Mimi
4390 Grange Street
Burnaby, British Columbia, V5H 1P6
Home Phone: 604-451-1633
Nnazor, Agatha
2776 Keremeos Court
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1N5
Canada
Work Phone: 604-228-0772
Email rnnazor or
@Unixg.ubc.c9
Vocation Academic (student)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Interest Areas: women and development in
general.
Education: Present: a graduate student at the UBC,
Department of Sociology.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: I am inspired by the continuing efforts by women (especially rural
women) and the down-trodden people all over the world to improve their lives
and the need for all the marginalized peoples of the world to work together
to seek a solution to the problems of poverty, hunger, sexism and racism.
Concerns and encouragement
Concerns, I am concerned by
women's underrepresentation in positions of decision making, the rise of
poverty, homelessness and violence/war of which the majority of sufferers are
women.
Changes needed
Changes Needed 1) need for equitable
distribution of resources (natural, social political, etc) amongst all
people-men/women, north/south, across classes and races, 2) reductions in
militarism/arms race to reduce war amongst people of different countries(intra)
or people of two or more countries (inter), 3) need to review the current
operations of the IMF, World Bank with respect to structural adjustment
programmes and their impact on women, 4) development of technology that
contributes less to the degradations of the environment (re-emphasis on
technologies that are suited to the environment), 5) development of
technology that can be easily understood and operated by women (especially
rural women in Agriculture); women's participation in decision making.
Norrena, Paula
3254 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6K 2L2
Home Phone: 604-739-8434
Work Phone: 604-291-3213
Vocation Academic (student)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
Biographical information
Education: M.A. student in
Criminology at S.F.U. - Thesis area-"Development Crimes Against women".
Experience/
Employment: Have volunteered at this conference for
the communique. Worked for C.A.R.A.L. (The Canadian Abortion Rights Action
League) in several capacities-organizing policies, community
outreach/education, etc.
Languages; other skills: English
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: I am inspired by feminism and the women in my life.
Concerns and encouragement
Concerns, Women's
concerns/experiences/ideas should be included in 'sustainable' development. As
well, there should be co-operation with women all over the world to sustain
a women-centered vision of this 'development'.
Changes needed
List of changes needed in order to integrate
sustainability into society: 1) communication as to central concerns about
sustainability - encouraging a continuing dialogue among women. 2) making
possible the participation of 'minority women' in development 'tasks',
redistribution of resources to get rid of poverty, etc. 3) a more 'global'
vision of sustainability-keeping the '1st' world in check.
Novoa, Eva
#205 - 1580 Haro Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6G 1G6
Home Phone: 604-683-6796
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