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Project Contract
To develop a six (6) hour Conference on Trade
Issues from a Labour Perspective
The Canadian Labour Congress is accepting
applications from individuals intersted in developing a six (6) hour conference
on issues in trade talks at the WTO.
The successful candidate will work with a very
small steering committee of representatives from the Canadian Labour Congress,
the Ontario Federation of Labour, and Affiliates to plan a one day
conference.
The conference will use workshops and other
activities to:
provide information on
international organizations like the WTO and other bodies, and information on
ongoing trade talks
involve activists in analysis fo
what could be affected by trade talks,
involve activists in developing
alternatives,
involve participants in
developing activities to pressure the Canadian government and to support ongoing
campaigns on issues like health care, privatization, genetically modified foods,
workers' rights.
The successful applicant will have a solid
background in popular education techniques and will use these techniques in
designing the conference. He/she will also run a one-day
"train-the-trainer" session with conference organizers and to complete the
contract will provide organizers with a written outline of the conference,
workshops and activities for use in subsequent conferences in other areas of the
country.
The conference design and the train-the-trainer
session will be complete by April 7th, 2000.
Contract value: $5,000
Please send the letters of application with a
sample of recent work to Mary Rowles, Assistant to the President, Canadian
Labour Congress, 2841 Riverside Drive, Ottawa.
Application Deadline: Tuesday, February 29th,
2000
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Len
Bush
Research Officer
National Union of Public and General Employees
15 Auriga Dr., Ottawa, K2E 1B7
(613) 228-9800 (phone) / (613) 228-9801
(fax)
lbush@nupge.ca
www.nupge.ca
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