BULLETIN

• Colin Soskolne delivered a lecture on Declining trends in health and survivability: hope through the Earth Charter movement as part of a plenary panel on EcoHealth, with discussion at the international conference "Transcending Borders Towards Global Health: Discovering Pathways from Local to Global" organized by the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Office of Global Health, London, Ontario, Canada — April 27 – 29, 2012.

• The Occupational Health & Safety Certificate Program at the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension, heard Dr. Soskolne present on April 24, 2012 on the topic of "Canada's 'Rogue Nation' Position on Asbestos: industry-government influence on policy". The PPT presentation with live links to video footage is located in the Archive section of this website.

• WeCanada, on its youthful cross-Canada tour of "Dialogue & Action for Earth Summit 2012", stopped in Edmonton on March 14, 2012 to talk to Canadians about the Earth Summit 2012, also known under its formal name "United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development" or "Rio+20". The Earth Summit will take place in Rio de Janeiro in June, 2012. Dr. Soskolne's lecture is accessible in the ARCHIVE section of this website. The appended introduction to the Edmonton event was prepared with Dr. Soskolne's responses to 10 relevant questions linking sustainability to the Earth Charter. More information announcing the event is available here, and at the WeCanada site.

• Forthcoming ... to be published in May 2012 by Earthscan (Routledge-Taylor & Francis) "Human Health and Ecological Integrity: Ethics, Law and Human Rights", a co-edited collection by Laura Westra, Colin Soskolne and Donald Spady.

• Published in hard copy "Strategic thinking on sustainability: challenges and sectoral roles" by Ahmad W, Soskolne CL and Ahmed T, in Environment, Development and Sustainability (2012) 14:67–83. The article can be accessed here by subscribers only on the Springer website.

• On November 22, 2011, Dr. Soskolne, together with Kathleen Ruff, delivered a public lecture through the Environmental Research and Studies Centre of the University of Alberta at the TELUS World of Science on "Canada's 'Rogue Nation' Position on Asbestos". The deck of Power Point slides used in this lecture, along with all live links, is accessible here.

• Dr. Soskolne gives an interview to CTV's Alberta Prime Time on October 11 2011 on the topic of Canada's continuing lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men; accessible here.

A webinar was delivered by Dr. Soskolne and remains online:

• November 9, 2010. The American Medical Student Association (AMSA). Health Equity Scholars Program on Health Equity and Health Disparities. Global Perspectives on Health Disparities/Health Equity. (1.5 hours).

• As of September, 2011, Dr. Soskolne has been relieved of his Accreditation Coordinator responsibilities as leader of the self-study document in pursuit of the School of Public Health's accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). Dr. Soskolne had successfully carried the process through the initial application and the consultation visit stages. Owing to his pre-existing commitments later in 2011 and the delays experienced in meeting earlier expected deadlines within the School of Public Health, other faculty were called in to assume this role.

• New book released in June, 2011: Globalisation and Ecological Integrity in Science and International Law.

• In June 2011, Dr. Soskolne received the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB) Distinguished Service Award. It was presented at the Third North American Congress of Epidemiology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. See the following link at the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

• Note to Aspiring students: With approaching retirement, Dr. Soskolne is not available to supervise any new students or post-docs.