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Join other delegates at the Vancouver Aquarium for an exclusive behind the scenes tour: Connecting with Conservation. There is so much more to the Vancouver Aquarium than what you see in the galleries. Gain a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes workings of the Aquarium and see what it takes to care for 70,000 amazing animals. Learn about the Aquarium’s research and conservation efforts. Some other highlights include walking through Tropical Hallway, BC Treasures Hallway and Jelly Hallway. Delegates will go on a private one hour behind the scenes tour that spotlights conservation and than have as much time as they would like to explore the aquarium.

The tour is $65.00 USD. Reserve your spot now as space is limited!

To those of you that joined us at the 2011 Sustainability Conference in Hamilton, New Zealand, or if you’ve participated in a previous conference, please share your photos of the conference with your friends and colleagues that you met while at the conference. Pictures of the conference sessions, dinner, tours and ‘down time’ are all welcome!

Join our Sustainability Conference Flickr group here, and upload your pictures to easily share. Once you’ve joined, simply click on ‘Add something?’, and upload your photos or videos of the conference.

Eva Collins and Veronica Dujon will speak at the 2011 Sustainability Conference at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand.

Eva Collins is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato, New Zealand (BS Hons, Portland State; MA, Essex; PhD, George Washington University). Her area of research and teaching is business strategy related to sustainability. She is an award-winning writer of sustainability case studies. In 2009, she and her research team received a prestigious Marsden Grant for a 3-year study examining the vulnerability of New Zealand’s global environmental positioning.

Veronica Dujon is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Portland State University, in Portland, Oregon, USA. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995. She publishes in the area of natural resource use and Third World Economic Development. Her latest publication is the edited volume Understanding the Dimensions of Social Sustainability (2009) with colleagues Prof. Mary King and Jesse Dillard.

Prof. Dujon teaches courses in environmental sociology, sociology of globalization, social sustainability, and the sociology of women. One of her major research interest areas is the role of women in the global economy and how to build socially sustainable societies.

Prof. Dujon is a three-time winner of the John Eliot Allen Teaching Award. In 2005 she was nominated for the U.S. Professor of the Year Award. In 2008 Prof. Dujon received the PSU Distinguished Faculty Award.

For more information please visit the 2011 Sustainability Conference Web-Site.