The fair showcases a diverse range of vendors selling fair and sustainable products, including arts and crafts, clothing, coffee and chocolate. The event also serves as a forum for faculty, staff and students who are interested in learning more about fair trade. 聽

What is fair trade?

On its website, describes fair trade as a 鈥渨ay for all of us to identify products that meet our values so we can make choices that have a positive impact on the world.鈥�

Over the years,聽the University has pursued a number of fair trade endeavours. 聽聽

91亚色's own Las Nubes coffee (fair trade, organic and shade grown) is served at聽nine locations on both campuses. To know more about the Las Nubes project, visit the 飞别产蝉颈迟别.听

Right:聽91亚色's Las Nubes coffee is聽shade grown in Costa Rica

Fair trade coffee and Rainforest Alliance tea is served at most coffee shops at 91亚色 and can be ordered for catering. A number of campus locations serve fair trade coffee. The locations are:聽the Central Square Cafeteria, TEL Building Caf茅, Winters Cafeteria, Stong Cafeteria, Freshii, the Osgoode Bistro, Glendon Caf茅, Glendon Eurobaguette, and the Graduate Student Lounge.

The 91亚色 Bookstore now sells fair trade 91亚色 t-shirts (which is a first for Canadian universities).聽The bookstore will be selling t-shirts at the fair.聽To learn more about the Bookstore's fair trade t-shirt initiative,聽see YFile, Oct. 11, 2011.

Left: The 91亚色 Bookstore sells fair trade t-shirts

91亚色 students have also demonstrated leadership in fair trade. The 91亚色 Federation of Students Is committed to the Canadian Federation of Students Students for Sustainability campaign and is an active participant in many social justice and sustainability events and campaigns. As well, the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) is a co-sponsor of聽Thursday's Fair Trade Fair and can be contacted by sending an e-mail to opirg@yorku.ca.

Coming in early 2012, 91亚色聽 University will also be launching its聽new Sustainability Ambassadors program. To learn more, visit the President's Sustainability Council website or e-mail sustainability@yorku.ca.

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For more than 50 years, Prof. Durlak worked on applied research and development projects internationally. He introduced innovations ranging from hybrid corn in Costa Rica to agricultural television programs in Guatemala and connected intelligence in education in Maderia to聽 symmetrical broadband networks in Canada.

Right: Jerry Durlak

He also created and taught more than 20 courses at 91亚色 in the faculties of education and environmental studies, including courses in urban studies, communications studies and for the Graduate Program in Communications & Culture. Prof. Durlak was a faculty member in the Interactive Art & Entertainment Group in the Canadian Film Centre鈥檚 media lab and director of 91亚色鈥檚 Digital Media Lab.

From 1987 to 1990, he was the editor of Minds in Motion, a collaborative publication between 91亚色 and Apple Canada that explored leading edge software developments in Canada. Throughout his career, Prof. Durlak wrote extensively on interactive media, communication networks, new communication technologies, machine mediated learning, computer gaming and simulation, distance learning and urban design.

Prof. Durlak leaves his wife Reccia Mandelcorn and children Alex, Caitlin and Meagan Durlak and step-daughter Rachel Rosen.

A service of meditation and remembrance will take place tomorrow at 11am at The Simple Alternative, 275 Lesmill Road, Toronto. In lieu of flowers, Prof. Durlak鈥檚 family requests that memorial donations be made to聽.

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