4th Annual Urban Issues Film Festival

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Friday, February 5th, 2010
3:00 PM to 10:00 PM

For the fourth year in a row, the Department of Geography at Vancouver Island University – in tandem with the North Island chapter of the Planning Institute of BC, the Geographic Students' Union, SOLUTIONS: A Network for Sustainability, and the New City Institute – present the Annual Urban Issues Film Festival.

Featured films will include “The Street,” “How to Boil A Frog,” and a number of short films on energy, transportation, and building alternatives. In addition to panelists on local initiatives on sustainability, the featured speaker and Don Stone lecturer on Urban Issues will be Dr. Andrew Weaver, one of the world's leading experts on climate change, and one of the lead authors of several of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that have helped focus global world opinion on the severity of global warming. As a result the organization was awarded, along with former vice-president Al Gore, a Nobel Prize for its efforts. Dr. Weaver is also the author of the recently published book, “Keeping Our Cool.”

Dr. Weaver of the University of Victoria, who will be speaking at the film festival venue at 6:30, will address the aftermath of the Copenhagen negotiations, Canada's role, and the lessons for cities as major agents of climate change.

The films themselves will start at 3:00, and will continue after Dr. Weaver, to conclude with a brief panel discussion by local sustainability practitioners. ADMISSION IS FREE and complementary pizza, popcorn, and beverages will be served at 6:00. THE FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD IN BUILDING 200, ROOM 203. To ensure adequate food quantities, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. To register, contact viu.geo.union@gmail.com

For more informatrion, contact, Don Alexander at don.alexander@viu.ca

ACCESS FROM 5TH STREET VIA OPGAARD DRIVE FOR METER PARKING OR VIA 4TH STREET FOR TICKET PARKING. TICKET PARKING IS $1.00 FOR 2 HOURS, $2.00. FOR 4 HOURS, AND $3.00 FOR NINE HOURS.