Laurentian University's Let's Talk Science Partnership Program

SUMMER TIME, 2010

In 2009-2010, 31 volunteers in LU’s Let’s Talk Science Partnership Program shared science and engineering activities with 9,086 Youth, 1,945 Adults and 80 educators in 130 outreach events. We achieved these impressive results in partnership with over 40 community partners on campus, in Sudbury, nationally and internationally.

The Battery Contest: Congratulations go to esc Champlain. Ten high schools collected two and half tons of batteries (2500 pounds) for proper disposal .. so I guess we all won in the end!

Cathy Orlando was nominated for a CBC Champions of Change award by a third party, Christine Penner Polle who lives in Red Lake, Ontario, 17 hours north of Sudbury. She feels that "Being nominated for this national award is a victory for science outreach, climate change and our community of Sudbury. I did not do this alone but have been supported by a vast web of people connected to the Let's Talk Science Partnership Program, The Climate Project and Laurentian University".

The program will officially start up September 8, 2010

Recruiting sessions will take place Tuesday - Thursday the week of September 7, 2010 in Room FA 181, Fraser Building, to the left of the Fraser Auditorium in the same wing as the Media Centre. Please tell your friends. Look for the really cool posters on campus this year too.

Look for an article about Laurentian University's Let's Talk Science Partnership Program in LAMBDA's September 2010 edition

We are looking for volunteers to help out in a Booth on Parking Day, September 17, 2010. GreenSudbury is organizing a day to celebrate sustainable mobility options .

Proposed and Goals for 2010 include:

Creating a day long Science Fair workshop for students on the PD day in November to help them get started on their science fair projects and possibly facilitate the creation of mentor-mentee relationships for science fair projects
A food sustainability day in early February that brings together the Food Sustainability Leaders in the Sudbury area and youth interested in food sustainability
Our program is committed to working on at least two science outreach projects with each department in the Faculty of Science and Engineering and at least one project with as many departments on campus that request our science outreach services
Cathy will be continuing to give custom made climate talks ... Cathy believes we are going to create a better world because of all the crises facing the planet in our lifetime .. It's all good :)
strategizing to find grants to fund this program. This is the first time this responsibility will fall upon the coordinators shoulders and will comprise a 30% time commitment
Day long workshops with The Sudbury Manitoulin Workforce and their partners for young people at risk for underperforming in high school school including: The Women of the Future Partnerships Board and Men in Motion

starting a chapter of Al Gore's Inconvenient Youth for youth ages 14-18, need university students to mentor the up and coming climate allies

	Please start thinking about 10-10-10 ... An Incredible day of 350.org day action for Climate Change. In FACEBOOK Sudbury are already has 75 members for this weekend of October 10, 2010. Stay tuned but we have movies, vegan fundraisers, pirate-gardening, off the grid concerts and bike tuning possibly happening this weekend

Projects Cathy has been working over the summer include:

Good Green Town Hall for Sudbury's 2010 Municipal Elections.

Want a green economy? Then create one. Please take the survey that was collaboratively created by September 11,

Sudbury's 10 / 10 /10 Work Party: the next 350.org event on the weekend of October 10, 2010. Find us in Facebook.

She is the Canadian Coordinator of The Climate Summit. We have been developing a FREE videoconfercing website and software for Climate Activists. We have small Facebook group for Canadians herebut big plans for the Fall.

A Global Day of Climate Justice October 12 called HERE