The 2010 Berlin Conference will be the 10th conference in the well established series of European Conferences on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. This year’s conference will adress the “Social dimensions of environmental change and governance”.

A panel discussion on the preservation of human rights during war and on Canada's position on these issues as it relates to the Afghanistan conflict. Segments from the film "Torturing Democracy" will be shown, an award-winning documentary about how and why the U.S. response to 9/11 came to include the wholesale embrace of torture, in spite of its illegality, inhumanity and essential uselessness as an information-acquiring strategy.

This is a workshop intended to give participants the opportunity to explore their current practice with others, and to be exposed to ideas derived from the complexity sciences. We will consider a range of methods, and in particular the importance of reflection and reflexivity in research. This is an experiential, participative workshop rather than skills training as such.

Tickets are $10/per person and are available at the door. Open to the Public. A Chilean judge uncovers long buried secrets during a six year investigation of former dictator Augusto Pinochet and, in the process, must confront his own role in that dark past. Nominated for a 2009 Emmy.