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 Community Invited to Lunch with Trent ExpertsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Our Water; Our Future Topic of Discussion for Free November 13 Event Wednesday, November 5, 2008, Peterborough All members of the community are invited to attend Inside Trent: Lunch with the Experts 2008 scheduled for Thursday, November 13 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Peterborough Waterfront.
The Inside Trent: Lunch with the Experts series was launched in 2007 as a community outreach event, designed to bring Trent’s experts to the community to facilitate a sharing of knowledge on topical subjects. The event is held on an annual basis and is sponsored by the Trent University Legacy Society. -30- For more information, please contact: |
At the event, three experts from Trent will discuss the topic of “Our Water; Our Future”. The experts are: Dr. Marguerite Xenopoulos, an associate professor in the Biology Department at Trent and a recognized expert in global change biology; Dr. Derek Mueller, a renowned polar scientists and the inaugural Roberta Bondar Postdoctoral Fellow in Northern and Polar Studies at Trent; and Mark Dzurko, a Ph.D. candidate in the Trent-Queen’s graduate program in Chemistry, studying trace metal biogeochemistry. 
“Water, in one way or another, is of interest to us all. We are made of it, we cannot survive without it, we live in a region of rivers and lakes and in a country that has more water as ice than most,” says Peter Adams, professor emeritus and former Peterborough MP, who will act as emcee for the event. “We are fortunate that Trent has so many national and international authorities on water. I encourage everyone to come out and listen to a few of them at this exciting event.”
All members of the community are welcome at this free event. Lunch will be provided. Limited seating is available. To reserve a seat, contact Sherry Booth at (705) 748-1011 ext. 7593 or sbooth@trentu.ca by Monday, November 10, 2008.