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Ulrych, Miriam

Ryane Consulting

2726 Wallace Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6R 3V7

Work Phone: 604-224 2284
Fax: 604-224 2284
Vocation Activist

SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development, planning

SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups (youth, women, First Nations)

Biographical information

Education: M.A. , M.S.W. Experience/
Employment: Community development as executive director of the Weaver Institute and founder of Street Angel Project in NorthEast of Brazil. 25 years in family therapy, management consulting, teaching, and 10 years in voluntary community development in Brazil.
Languages; other skills: English

Your publications related to SD
Ulrych, M. (1994) Bitchiness and Boundaries; Street Angels. Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference, U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.

Urrutia, Maria Eva

Apt 101, 1877 E. Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5L 5B4 Canada

Vahlas, Vasso

140 McDermid Drive
Prince George, British Columbia, V2M 4T7 Canada

Home Phone: 604-562 8004
Fax: 604-561 8378

Vainio-Mattila, Arja

Position Conference Researcher

3779 Beatrice Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5N 4H4 Canada

Home Phone: 604-873 1450
Fax: 604-873 1450
Vocation Academic;Activist

SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development, planning

SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups (youth, women, First Nations)

Biographical information
Interested in impact of aid on existing systems of natural resource management.
Education: M.Phil. in Geography (University of London) English, Finnish, Swedish, Nepali, Swahili; Gender analysis; Participating processes; Communication skills.
Employment: Consultant on community development and gender analysis. Ten years of experience in international development (Africa and Asia).
Memberships: Various geographical societies. Women's organizations.

Your publications related to SD
Vainio-Mattila, A. (1994) "Poster: Women and Sustainable Development: A Canadian Perspective." Published by the Sustainable Development Research Institute, U.B.C. Wild, V. and Vainio-Mattila, A. (1994) "FAO: International Training Package on Forestry and Gender Analysis." Community Forestry United. FAO, Rome (being published).

Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspiration: 1985 UN Conference on Women in Nairobi, Mary Daly's ' Gyn/Ecology'

Concerns and encouragement
I am concerned about addressing the issue of power in our society and its institutions and changing institutions so that they recognize and thrive on social/political/cultural diversity in the society.

Changes needed
List of factors we need to address in order to reach sustainability: patriarchy; reverence of old unchanging institutions; hierarchical decision making; we need to know what happens to power in consensus decision making.

Van Bers, Caroline

419 West 19th Ave.,
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Y 2B8

Home Phone: 604-757-6868
Work Phone: 604-872-2016
Fax: 604-757-6868

Vargas, Auxiliadora G.

CEFEMINA

Apdo 5355
1000 San Jose, , Costa Rica

SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Law and policy

SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development, planning

Your publications related to SD
Vargas, A. (1994) "Alternative Economic Policies for the Wolrld and Canada." Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., May, 1994.

Vermette, Maryse

Municipalité régionale de Lajemmerais

609 Marie Victorin
Verchéres, Quebec, J3X 1E9 Canada

Home Phone: 514-652 5421
Work Phone: 514-583-3301
Fax: 514-583-3592
Vocation Bureaucrat

SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development, planning

SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Ecology, environment, resources

Biographical information

Education: Titulaire d'un baccalauréat en urbanisme de l'Université de Montréal et d'une maétrise en analyse et gestion urbaines de l'Uqam.
Experience/Employment: depuis 1988, le poste de directrice générale de la MRC de Lajemmerais. Elle fut l'instigatrice du ler service de collecte sélective implanté au Québec l'échelle d'une municipalité régionale de comté.
Memberships: membre du conseil d'administration de Collecte sélective Québec.depuis 1989 et siége au conseil exécutif du méme organisme depuis mars 1994.
Languages; other skills: French

Your publications related to SD
Vermette, M. (1994) "Femmes et Communauteé: La Gestion de nos Resources Secondaires." Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.

Villalobos, Maria Eugenia

CARE Costa Rica

Apartado 3571, Correro Central 1000
San Jose, , Costa Rica

Work Phone: 253 9689, 253 9702, 253 9325
Fax: 506-224 4625
Biographical information

Languages; other skills: English

Your publications related to SD
Villalobos, M.E. (1994) "CARE International in Costa Rica: Incorporating Gender Perspectives Into a Rural Project." " Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.

Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspiration: people from rural communities; development.

Concerns and encouragement

Concerns, the opportunity to learn that our self esteem can be increased and that we have a voice and wisdom and that that our ideas are worth while for the development of everybody as a community.

Changes needed
List of changes needed in order to approach S.D. : reduced energy use; listening to women; participatory decision making; economical power and control by women; awareness of gender differences.

Villasin, Fely

Position Vice President of NAC

Toronto Organization for Domestic Workers' Rights

489 College Street
Toronto, Ontario, M6G 1A5 Canada

Work Phone: 416-324 8751
Fax: 416-328-8751
Vocation Activist

Vitelli, Rossana

Gropos de Mujeres Rurales

Blanes 1299 Apt. 5
11.200 Montevideo , , Uruguay

Work Phone: 499-998
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development, planning

SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups (youth, women, First Nations)

Your publications related to SD
Vitelli,R. (1994) "Women, Production and Community Development (Mujeres, Produccion Y Desarrollo Local )" Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.

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