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R E S I D E N T I A L S U M M E R C O U R S E 2 0 0 9 Applying You can apply online at www.newuniversity.ca. Registration deadline is July 5th 2009. A $100 dollar deposit is required, and there are only 15 spaces available, so register soon. Who should apply? The Residential Summer Course Program is a rigorous academic program, designed to be compatible with university level education, and applicants should be prepared for intensive academic inquiry. The program is nondiscrimanitory, and there are no required qualifications related to age, race, culture, previous educational experience, etc, that are needed in order to apply. Tuition/costs? Costs are based on a sliding scale from $400 to $600. The program include fair trade, local and organic foods, accommodation, and transportation during the full month of the residency. Please note: As part of our policy of accessibility, applicants with demonstrable need will be eligible for full scholarships. w

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Ted Rutland is a PHD Wilma Van Der Veen is a academic activist and a candidate at the University of British Columbia. He has professor at Okanagan lectured at several College. Wilma serves on Canadian universities, and the Board of Directors of writes frequently on issues the New University of economic and Cooperative. environmental justice.

C O N T A C T 11 Alex Cox rd. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia B0K 1V0 p: 902 657 2532 [email protected] www.newuniversity.ca

2 0 0 9 Re s i d e n t i a l S u m m e r S h o r t C o u r se Pr o g r a m August 1 -28 2009

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The 2 0 0 9 R E S I D E N T I A L S U M M E R S H O R T C O U R S E P R O G R A M is the New University Cooperative's first major course offering. The theme of program is Sustainability and Social Justice; Capacity for Social Transformation. The course combines a range of learning experiences to help students develop the skills and understanding necessary to be involved in movements for social transformation. C O R E C O U R S E content seeks to provide students with a foundation in various subthemes, including nonviolence, movements for economic and environmental justice, ecological lifestyle and community development, sustainability and social justice. Open space learning processes will be undertaken at the beginning of the program to allow students to develop a project to complete over their period of study, and to give direction to their own learning. Directed by two resident educators, and enlivened by frequent guest lectures, field trips, community service learning, and workshops, the course also provides opportunities for hands-on learning in such areas as gardening/farming, carpentry, renewable energy, pottery, green building, art and music. T H E F A R M H O U S E : During the month of study, students will live cooperatively in a large, traditional Nova Scotia house, and share the tasks of cooking, cleaning and self governance. The residential component of the program is an important part of the course philosophy, designed to engage students in inquiries into collaboration in community tasks and practices of minimizing one’s ecological footprint. Please visit www.newuniversity.ca, and consider registering for this rigorous residential short course offering.

ABOUT THE NEW UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE The New University Cooperative is a non-profit, grassroots, federally incorporated Solidarity Cooperative, dedicated to building a New University in Canada. Founded in 2005, the New University Cooperative embraces a transformative style of education, grounded in an ethos of sustainability, social justice, inclusive and accessible to all. The Cooperative is born of the impetus of concomitant and dire ecological and social crises such as climate change, biodiversity loss, war and growing social inequalities, with the mission of analysing and developing new paradigms towards a sustainable and just future. D O N AT E Donate online at www.newuniversity.ca, or mail a cheque to: 11 Alex Cox Rd. Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia B0K 1V0 Please make cheques payable to the New University Cooperative. BECOME A MEMBER

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Membership in the New University Cooperative is 25/year, and includes quarterly newsletters and an opportunity to participate in the decision making process of the New University. To become a member of the New University Cooperative please visit www.newuniversity.ca.