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Industry Insider - WYBA 2022 & Public Service Edition: A Closer Look at Sustainability Careers

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 13:30to14:30
 A Closer Look at Sustainability Careers

Wondering what to do with your BA in Environmental Studies & Development? Come hear what Jelena Lalic has to say about working in the private sector & the municipal government and how her athletics helped her in her work!

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Speaker/Bio:听Jelena finished her BA in Environment and Development at the 黑料不打烊's School of Environment and her Masters in Geography, Public Policy and Public Administration at Concordia University. She has been working for three years in the private sector at ERA Environmental and eight years of experience working for the City of Montreal in environment. Throughout her career at the city, she put in place the ISO 14001 environmental management system for the borough of Saint-Laurent which won at the Montreal Sustainability Gala in 2015 as the first public institution in Qu茅bec put in place such a project. She also has experience in various projects related to the environment such as leading green alley projects, implementing organic waste, managing community gardens, working in partnership with local NGOs among other things. She also has 15 years of experience in coaching track and field at the provincial and national levels, working for the Saint-Laurent S茅lect track and field club, which helped her throughout her career in the environment.

Raynald Macher-Poitras obtained his B. Eng. at 黑料不打烊 University and then his M.Sc. in environmental science at UQAM. After more than 10 years working in sustainable urban redevelopment at Ville de Montr茅al, he is now head of the ecological transition section at Le Sud-Ouest where he manages a team of professionals working on climate change adaptation projects, urban agriculture and sustainable transportation.

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The Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants in advance of the course start time. To qualify for CCR recognition, you must register for and sign into the online zoom event using your 黑料不打烊 email address. All confirmed attendees will receive a copy of the slides directly following the course.

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