<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class="">Announcing an online tutorial mini-series from the Center for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)...</b></font><br class=""><div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></div><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class="">From: </b>Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger<br class=""></font><div class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><span style="" class=""><b class="">Subject: I</b></span><b class="">nvitation to share a Special Free Online Learning / Networking Opportunity</b><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><span style="" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span>July 6, 2020 <br class=""></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div id="response_container_BBPPID" dir="auto" contenteditable="false" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica; text-decoration: none; width: 1214px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class="">Dear friends</font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica; text-decoration: none; width: 1214px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width: 1214px;" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: "times new roman"; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><span class="" style="margin: 0px;">We hope that you are well, and have found our recent international law, policy and sustainable development research and events interesting over the past year. </span><span class="" style="margin: 0px;">This note asks you to help us reach out to young people in any countries interested in human rights, law or the sciences, whose studies have been affected by the global pandemic, and who might benefit from a special, free online learning and networking opportunity.</span></font></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: "times new roman"; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span class="" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: "times new roman"; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><span class="" style="margin: 0px;">This past April, with t</span><span class="" style="margin: 0px;">he kind contributions of colleagues from Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Harvard, McGill and other universities,</span><span class="" style="margin: 0px;"> and the support of the University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Prof Stephen Toope, the Bennett Institute for Public Policy and the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, together with partners, helped a network of keen secondary school students to host a free online tutorial mini-series connecting students whose studies had been disrupted due to the global pandemic. World-renowned experts joined groups of 20-60 students online for brief, fascinating 60 minute learning sessions on emerging issues in their cutting-edge science and humanities research. The mini-series ran for 8 sessions, twice a week, over the Easter holidays, and was a significant success - helping to inspire and engage bright students. </span></font></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="margin: 0px;">For three weeks of July summer holidays, we are excited to invite all interested young people in any secondary or early post-secondary studies to join a second online tutorial mini-series. </span></b></font></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="margin: 0px;"><br class=""></span></b></font></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="margin: 0px;">Please see the details below of t</span>hese short free ‘taster’ tutorial sessions which will consider current challenges and future directions in public law, policy and science. </b></font></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class="">If you know of any bright, keen young people interested in learning and connecting with world class experts, please pass this opportunity to them, and encourage them to register online today:</b> </font></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/current-challenges-and-future-directions-tutorial-series-tickets-111893598766" class="" style="margin: 0px;"><font class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/current-challenges-and-future-directions-tutorial-series-tickets-111893598766" class="" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="margin: 0px;">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/current-challenges-and-future-directions-tutorial-series-tickets-111893598766</span></a><span class="" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">. </span></font></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span class="" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span class="" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class="">We hope it will prove a unique, inspiring opportunity for many youth whose studies have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, to open doors and learn about emerging fields. </b></font></span></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span class="" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></span></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span class="" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class="">As places are limited, please do encourage them to register through this link as soon as possible, to receive invitations to the session(s) that might interest them.</b></font></span></div></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica; text-decoration: none; width: 1214px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica; text-decoration: none; width: 1214px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class="">Very warmest,</font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica; text-decoration: none; width: 1214px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class="">Marie-Claire </font></div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica; text-decoration: none; width: 1214px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; width: 1214px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class="">Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, DPhil (Oxon), MEM (Yale), BCL&LLB (McGill), BA Hons</font></div></div><div id="_original_msg_header_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class=""></div><div name="BB10" dir="auto" contenteditable="false" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; line-height: initial; outline: none;" class=""><div id="ssc38782" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class="">These short free ‘taster’ tutorial sessions will consider current challenges and future directions in public law, policy and science, and are led by a mix of well-known and emerging academics and practitioners from Cambridge, Oxford, MIT, Yale and other universities who lead top research institutes or projects. </b></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class="">Examples of invited speakers include:</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class="">Professor Nandini Ramanujam</b><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""> </span>(McGill University) will be presenting during the first tutorial on human rights, focusing on poverty and inequality. She is the Executive Director and Director of Programs at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University.</font></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class="">Professor Tim Palmer</b><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""> </span>(University of Oxford) on the physics of weather and climate change, a highly regarded scientist who has contributed to many of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports.</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><b class="">Dr. Maya Prabhu<span style="margin: 0px;" class=""> </span></b>(Yale University) on understanding global pandemics, both an international lawyer and a doctor who specializes in law and psychiatry.</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><b class="">Professor Mar</b></span><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><b class="">tin Maiden<span style="margin: 0px;" class=""> </span></b>(University of Oxford)</span><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""> </span>on </span><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="">population effects of vaccines and vaccinations. He is a Senior Proctor at the University of Oxford, as well as a <span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 20.5042px; background-color: white; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;" class="">Wellcome</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 20.5042px; background-color: white; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;" class="">Trust</span><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 20.5042px; background-color: white; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class="">Senior Research Fellow and </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="">Royal College of Pathologists fellow.</span></span></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class="">Online tutorials will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5 PM BST/1-2PM EST/12-1 ADT over the month of July, starting on July 14th until July 30th 2020. Over Zoom, the expert(s) will provide a 20-minute introduction to critical issues in the area, then keen students can ask questions and discuss interactively for 30 mins, followed by a 10-minute round-up. To follow up, the expert provides their personal recommendations of the top 5 current online resources for any students to pursue the field further.</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class="">If you are interested, or know a young person who may be interested, please register for the tutorials online through this link to be added onto an email list for updates:</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/current-challenges-and-future-directions-tutorial-series-tickets-111893598766" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class="">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/current-challenges-and-future-directions-tutorial-series-tickets-111893598766</span></a><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><font face="Arial" size="4" class="">Please note: Youth participate with permission under supervision of parents/guardians from their homes.</font></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class="">Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class="">DPhil (Oxon), MEM (Yale), BCL&LLB (McGill), BA Hons,</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class=""> Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge, UK and Senior Director, CISDL</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class="">Professor Alexandra Harrington, <span style="margin: 0px; font-weight: 300; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="">J.D., LL.M., D.C.L. (McGill),</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class="">F</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class="">ulbright Special Fellow and Chair in Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada and Research Director, CISDL</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class="">Cassandra Hayward, MA Cand. (Waterloo), BA Hons (Dalhousie/Kings College)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class="">Programme Coordinator and </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class="">Associate Fellow, CISDL</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: cambria, georgia, serif;" class=""><font size="3" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Ira Feldman</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class="">founder & managing director</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Sustainability Curriculum Consortium</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class="">1-202-669-1858</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><a href="mailto:ira@curriculumforsustainability.org" class="">ira@curriculumforsustainability.org</a></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><a href="http://www.curriculumforsustainability.org/" class="">www.curriculumforsustainability.org</a></span></font><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><font size="3" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="47B72064-EB31-4EF0-942A-0EC449A457EF" class="" src="cid:22194186-8175-4F5B-866A-84845613E9F4@hsd1.nj.comcast.net"></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>