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Joan.Russow
on Wed, 01/30/2019 - 18:51
General Information
Resolution
44255
IUCN Constituent
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2017-2020
Period covered
Country/Territory
Canada
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Dr Fred Knelman, in Global issues in Sustainable Development, in the Environment Program, University of Victoria, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Eugenia Ampofor, Doctoral Canadidate. from Ghana,Global Compliane,David White,
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Expanding on my Masters degree in Education in Curriculum development- Principle-Based Education Education[human Rights linked with Peace, human rights, ecology, and social justice; Sessional Lecturer in Global issues in Sustainable Development, in the Environment Program, University of Victoria, author of the Charter of Obligations -350 pages of the draft Beijing Platform in the context of obligations incurred through international Treaties Covenants, Conventions; and commitments
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
In 1994, I received a $50,000 grant from CIDA to developed the proposed charter and to establish a international network of women which became the Global Compliance Project. I applied for a second grant from CIDA to expand the project and it was declined. Ironically, at my presentation on principle - based education, a representative from CIDA, was interested in it But i think CIDA had realized
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
In 1994, at the IUCN CONGRESS, I was invited to give a presentation on Principle based education,The Charter of Obligations was officially distributed in English and French to the delegates at the 1995 Beijing Conference, to remind them of what they had agreed to so there would be no regression.
III. Additional Information
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PRINCIPLE-BASED EDUCATION.pdf
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Report status
Published