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Qing, Wu
Beijing Foreign Studies University Department of English
795 Coastland Drive
Palo Alto, C.A., , USA
Work Phone: 415-321-4294
Fax: 415-321-6246
Vocation
Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Law and policy
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Qing,W. "Women and Political
Decision-Making" Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development:
Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., May, 1994.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
I
am inspired through my concerns for women's issues and the desire to get things
done for women.
Concerns and encouragement
I am concerned about peoples'
awareness of self, confidence in making changes.
Changes needed
We need to change the stereotyped image of women
being weak and dependent. The equality between men and women will be realized
when the young (boys and girls) are socialized after women role models.
Education, information for women and better services should be provided so
that women will have the opportunity to upgrade themselves.
Quinn, Linda
102 - 2224 Alberta St.,
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Y 3K6
Work Phone: 604-876-0435
Fax: 604-255-3447
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
I
am inspired by seeing people from very different backgrounds working together
with enthusiasm.
Concerns and encouragement
Illiteracy must be eliminated in order
educate the public to pursue the goals of sustainable development.
Rabgey, Losang
Vancouver CTC
73 St.George St. , Rm. 233
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2E5 Canada
Home Phone: 416-351 7940
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Interest Areas: Tibet; women and Tibet
Education: M.A. Candidate in Anthropology focusing on Women and Tibet.
Has completed undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies at University of
Toronto
Employment/Experience: research, writing, public education
Your publications related to SD
Rabgey, L. (1994) " Tibet and
the Fourth World Conference on Women" Workshop at the Women and Sustainable
Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., May,
1994.
Rahim , Chris
Vancouver Status of Women
#301 1720 Grant Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5L 2Y6
Canada
Work Phone: 604-255 5511
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Business, industry, and
labour issues
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Health
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Raham, C. (1994) "An
International Feminist Perspective on New Reproductive Technologies." (Call
for Communications for Women and Sustainable Development Conference, U.B.C.,
Vancouver, 1994) ) Raham, C. (1994) "Global Restructuring and
Domestic Worker's Rights." (Call for Communications for Women and
Sustainable Development Conference, U.B.C., Vancouver, 1994) )
Rajotte, Tasmin
4522 rue de Bullion
Montreal , Quebec, H2T-1Y6 Canada
Home Phone: 514-495-1212
Vocation Activist; Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Business, industry, and
labour issues
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Ecology, environment,
resources
Biographical information
Education: B.Sc. Agriculture,
University of Guelph, Ontario Independent Student , Women's Studies Simone de
Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, Montreal (Research on the problems
women encounter in conventional academic chemistry) Annual conference on
sustainable agriculture at the University of Guelph since 1989.
Employment: Activist; Academic
Memberships: C.C.E.E.R. (Canadian
Coalition for Ecology, Ethics and Religion) C.O.G. (Canadian Organic Growers)
Community Radio.
Language; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Rajotte, T. (1994) "Current
Directions in Sustainable Agricultrue and Food Systems" Workshop at the
Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C.,
Vancouver, May, 1994. Rajotte, T.-- Numerous radio shows on agriculture,
genetics, patenting, women's issues, and native justice. Numerous newspaper
articles on agriculture and forestry.
Concerns and encouragement
I am concerned that the current
directions in S.D. must be rethought and redirected.
Ram, Kushma
Women's Action for Change
c/o 83 Amg Street, Toorak, Private Mail Bag
Suva , , Fiji
Work Phone: 679-304 649
Fax: 679-304 755
Vocation
Union
Ramji, Sheida
North Shore Women's Centre
1561 Inglewood Avenue,
W. Vancouver, British Columbia, V7V 1Y8
Work Phone: 604-926-2094
Fax: 604-926-2089
SD
Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups (youth,
women, First Nations)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Health
Biographical information
S.D. Interests: Interested in women's
issues, domestic violence, emotional and physical abuse, counselling skills,
cross-cultural counselling, and women and health. Education B.A. in
psychology, minor in women's studies from England.
Employment/Experience: I worked with battered women in England for 4 years.
I have also chaired the women's transition house project in England.
Presently, I am a board member of the North Shore Crisis Service Society and
the North Shore Multi-cultural Society.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: I am inspired by people from different culture's; books.
Concerns and encouragement
I am concerned that the public should
become more educated about sustainable development and environmental issues.
Changes needed
Changes Needed: More awareness and better
communication among all stakeholders is important in order to integrate
sustainable development into our society.
Rana, Arzu
Position Environmental Consultant
Canadian Cooperation Office
P.O. Box 4574, Lazimpath or ICIMOD, GPO Box 3226
Kathmandu, ,
Nepal
Work Phone: 525 313
Fax: 77-1-524 509 (ICIMOD)
Vocation co-op; Business
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Law and policy
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Rana, Arzu (1994) "Women at
the Top in Nepal: Circumstantial or Planned Exclusion." Workshop at the
Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C.,
Vancouver, May, 1994.
Raynauld, Catherine
GRIP - Quebec U de M
2241 Edovard Montpetit # 1
Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1J3 Canada
Home Phone: 514-273-0069
Work Phone: 514-735-7074
Fax: 514-735-6902
Email Raynaulc @ ERE.Umontreal.CA
Biographical information
Interest Areas: generally interested in
anything that is worthwhile.
Languages; other skills: English;
French
Memberships: GRIP- Quebec U de M.
Your publications related to SD
Raynauld, C. (1994) "Questions
d'une Jeune Activiste par Rapport à l'implication des Femmes. " "
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 the book-Michael Jurdant, "Le defi
ecologiste" , and my grandfather who was an honest, simple, caring man.
Concerns and encouragement
I am concerned about the health and
quality of the environment in relationship to power and the economy. In
order to approach the goals of S.D., we have to integrate these factors and
restructure our system.
Changes needed
List of changes needed in order to integrate
sustainable development into the system: the economy (changing values
education so that over consumption does not rule) working towards local
economies with fair trade; power structure-bring women and youth to the
decision making places and bring the power of decision making to the places
where these people are already involved, ie.community, N.G.O.'s, etc, ; promote
small scale sustainable agriculture.
Reardon, Carol
Position Barristor and Solicitor
Heenan Blaikie
600-1199 West Hastings Street
Vancouver , British Columbia, V6E 3T5
Canada
Home Phone: 604-669-9430
Work Phone: 604-669-0011
Fax: 604-669-5101
Vocation lawyer
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Law and policy
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
Biographical information
Education: Bachelor of Laws
(Dalhousie Law School) Masters of Urban Planning (Massachusetts Institute of
Technology) Certificate in Dispute Resolution (Harvard Law School)
Employment: Associate Lawyer at Heenan Blaikie, practising environmental law.
Adjunct Professor at Capilano College, teaching Environmental Project
Management
Memberships: Canadian Bar Association.
Language; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Readon. C. (1994) "Sustainable
Development and Consensus Decision-Making: A Woman's Perspective."
Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives
Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994. Readon. C. "The
International Joint Commission: A Possible Model for Transboundary Resource
Management."
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
I
have been committed to social reform and public service all my life. I became
interested in environmental issues during law school and studied the use of
mediation to resolve environmental disputes at MIT to further explore
alternative approaches for achieving sustainable development.
Concerns and encouragement
What concerns me is that we need
processes that can facilitate the deep and perhaps fundamental restructuring
of society that will be required to achieve sustainable development. Science
alone will not provide the answers.
Changes needed
We need to reform the traditional decision making
mechanisms used to make public policy decisions to accommodate and encourage a
greater degree of public involvement.
Rechstein, Danielle
109 - 3940 East Pender,
Burnaby, British Columbia, V5C 2L6
Work Phone: 604-294-8919
Fax: 604-294-8919
Ree, Karen
6-938 E. Broadway,
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5T 1Y4
Work Phone: 604-874-6818
Ribeira, Silvia
REDES
Millan 4113 cc 15229
Montevideo, , Uruguay
Home Phone: 598-2-266 995
Work Phone: 356 265
Fax: 598-2-381640
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Ecology, environment,
resources
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Peace and security
Biographical information
Interest Areas: global economics,
sustainable agriculture, local knowledge.
Employment/Experience: good
'generalist', working on environmental and trade issues for some years now,
especially in agriculture.
Language; other skills
Your publications related to SD
Riberia, "Biodiversity and
Food Security" Workshop at the Women and Sutainable Development:
Canadian Perpectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
Concerns and encouragement
Concerns, With respect to the
3rd world, I am concerned about debt, SAPs, unjust trade and TNCs.
Generally, I am concerned with all domination structures, both external and
internalized (relationships, obedience, etc).
Changes needed
Changes Neeeded: We need to mitigate external
debt/IMF and WB policies. We should shift to food security in all regions, to
all people. We need to eliminate inequal access to resources and decision
making as well as to reduce the dominance of transnational corporations.
Richardson, Tanya
8179 Hudson Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6M 4P2
Home Phone: 604-266-9105
Work Phone: 604-822-9612
Riddle, Dorothy
Service Growth Consultants Inc.
310-411 Roosevelt Ave.,
Ottawa, Ontario, K2A 3X9 Canada
Home Phone: 613-722-1261
Work Phone: 613-722-8853
Fax: 613-722-5082
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Interest Areas: services and economic
development; strategic planning; organizational change; women empowerment.
Listed in Who's Who of American Women.
Education: Ph.D., Duke
Univerisity M.B.A., Univ. of Arizona B.A., summa cum laude, University of
Colorado, M.B.A. Experience/
Employment: An experienced
international certified management consultant, President of Service-Growth
Consultants Inc., founder of International Services Institute. Over the past
22 years., has worked in over 30 countries both developed and developing. Past
10 years; has specialized in enhancing the performance of service delivery
systems, public/private. One of a small group of international experts, having
developed methodology used by UN in conducting competative assessments of the
service sector. Private Sector: focused on strategic
planning/visioning/marketing. Governments: assisted in all aspects of policy
development, implementation, evaluation. Serves on councils, and editorial
boards of various service journals.
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Riddle, R. (1994) "Women and
the Economy." Workshop at the Women and Sutainable Development: Canadian
Perspectives Conference, U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994. Riddle, R. "Service-Led
Growth: The Role of the Service Sectorin World Development."
Risk, Susan
Live Wire Video Productions
2050 Garnet Street
Regina, Saskatchewan, S4T 2Z6 Canada
Home Phone: 306-525-9097
Work Phone: 306-586-3492
Vocation Media
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
Biographical information
S.D. Interest Areas: Uses of video in
community development; production of video for social justice and change;
facilitation of participation in video process. Interest Areas: Uses of
video in community development; production of video for social justice and
change; facilitation of participation in video process. Experience/
Employment: Owner, Live Wire Video Productions produces educational,
documentary, community based videos.
Rivington, Diana
CIDA
200 Promenade du Portage
Hull , Quebec, K1A 0G4 Canada
Home Phone: 613-749 8835
Work Phone: 819-997 6633
Fax: 819-953 6356
SD Interest Areas Sustainable
development - Law and policy
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Rivington, D. (1994) "Women
and Population and CIDA's WID and Population Policies in Preparing for Cairo."
Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives
Conference, U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
Roach, Frances
# 606 - 9809 110th St.,
Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 2I9 Canada
Work Phone: 403-482-1998
Fax: 403-495-2261
SD
Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development, planning
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Roach, F (1994) "International
development." Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development:
Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., May, 1994.
Roberge, Francine
Ville de Quebec - Conseillere Municipale
2 Rue des Jardins
Quebec, Quebec, G1R 4S9 Canada
Home Phone: 418-524 2720
Work Phone: 418-691 7140
Fax: 418-691 2321
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Experience/
Employment: Municipal
council, Member of Executive Council of Quebec City Nurse Council on work
relations for the Federation of Nurses of Quebec
Memberships:
Member of the Commission Women and the City.
Languages; other skills:
French; English
Your publications related to SD
Roberge. F., "Ville de Quebec
- Les Mécanismes d'Intervention des Femmes." Workshop at the Women
and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference, U.B.C.,
Vancouver, May, 1994.
Roberts, Carol
Foundation for Global Community
901- 1737 Duchess Avenue
West Vancouver, British Columbia, V7V 1P8
Canada
Work Phone: 604-926 3264
Vocation Activist; Artist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Roberts, C. The Magic of Visual
Recording: A Path to Inner Peace.
Roch, Anna
Acadia University Department of Sociology
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B0P 1X0 Canada
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Health
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Languages; other skills; English
Your publications related to SD
Roch, A. (1994) " Issues
Faced by Women Aging in Rural Nova Scotia." Workshop at the Women and
Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference, U.B.C., Vancouver,
May, 1994.
Rockall, Angela
AIDS Committee of Ottawa
99 Cartier Street # 610
Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1K2 Canada
Home Phone: 613-236-4136
Work Phone: 613-238-5014
Fax: 613-238-3425
Rowan, Ann
National Action Committee
4198 West 12th Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6R 2P6
Canada
Home Phone: 604-228-9171
Fax: 604-228 1152
Email
ann rowan@sfu.ca
Vocation Activist; Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Ecology, environment,
resources
Biographical information
Education: Present: Phd.
Candidate , Geography, Simon Fraser University. (My thesis will be an attempt to
outline the necessary components of a sustainable urban water system. I will
be using ecological economics as a base for my analysis while the scope of my
thesis will include water aquisition and sewage and storm water disposal.)
Previous: M.A., Economics B.A., Economics Employment (previous) :
Financial Director of Greenpeace Canada. Ontario Public Interest Group.
Energy Probe.
Memberships: Currently: Friend of the National
Action Committee on the Status of Women Canadian Association of Geographers
previous: Active in peace and environmental groups Languages, other skills:
English and a very good financial analysis and accounting background--makes
me very popular for treasurer positions.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Attending the Fate and Hope of the Earth Conference in Nicaragua was very
important to me. I went as a delegate from the Toronto Disarmament Network
and came back committed to making the links between peace and environment
issues. Since then, I have become much more interested in the urgent need to
develop sustainable cities.
Concerns and encouragement
My major concern about sustainable
development is that it is relatively easy for people and corporations to say
that they are committed to sustainable development while having very little idea
of what sustainable development means or what what it will involve in terms
of changes to our institutions, lifestyles and relation to nature. The term
'sustainable development' needs to be better defined because in common usage it
has come to meant almost anything including business as usual. The
challenge for those of us who want to move our society to a truly
sustainable path will move beyond the rhetoric and talk about concrete paths and
policies for sustainable development, while making clear that some tough
choices will have to be made.
Changes needed
Economic analysis, identified with the
neo-liberal policies of current governments, continues to serve as the
framework for evaluating policy options. This needs to be changed because many
of the policy options that need to be considered for a sustainable future do
not lend themselves to economic quantification and evaluation- they requrie
consideration on moral and ethical grounds since they involve the future of our
children and of the earth. Beliefs and ethical values should not be ignored
because they can't be easily quantified to fit into traditional economic
analysis. So in general, I believe the movement for sustainable development
needs to push for a change in the framework which policy debates take place.
The impact that actions by governments and corporations have on the environment
and people in their communities must be considered and given real importance
now and in the future.
Rui, Huang
Peking University
45 lou 2112 fangjian
Beijing 100871, , P.R. China
Work Phone: 861-2502095
Fax: 861-5326482
Vocation
Youth
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Business, industry, and
labour issues
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Law and policy
Your publications related to SD
Rui, H. (1994) "New
Phenomena of Young Women's Employment Since the Economic Reforms and Opening
Policy in China". Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development:
Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., May, 1994.
Rvbinoff, Leba
Environmental Youth alliance Vancity Youth Council
3586 Creery Ave.,
W. Vancouver, British Columbia, V1V 2M3
Canada
Home Phone: 604-922-2721
Work Phone: 604-737-2258
Fax: 604-922-2520
Vocation Youth
Ryane, Helen
Ryane Consulting Inc.
63, Arundel Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, M4K 3A3 Canada
Work Phone: 416-406 5919
Fax: 416-406 5919
Vocation
Business
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
Biographical information
Education: M. Ed. B.A.
Employment: 1975 - present: Founder and President of Ryane Consulting
(A management consulting firm based in Vancouver for the past 19 years. The
firm specializes in conflict resolution and leadership training) Involved in
executive coaching, mediation and negotiation.
Memberships:
Director, Weaver Institute of B.C. (nonprofit) Member, International Society
for Professionals in Dispute Resolution (environmental sector). Participation,
Bahia, Brazil project to help get street kids back to school by helping their
moms in micro employment initiatives.
Language; other skills:
English
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: My connection with Anne Dale and May Conference in Vancouver.
Concerns and encouragement
Encouragement: Women working
together; the urgent need for action.
Changes needed
Changes Needed: community consensus -- building
with more and more activists, having training to help people cooperate and act
together FOR something rather than against someone.
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