Institute News
Fundraisers for JGI hit the streets in Toronto and Vancouver
21-09-2009
From September 21st - November 21st, JGI will be testing face-to-face fundraising in the Toronto and Vancouver markets. Our mission? To recruit donors for Team Goodall, our monthly giving program. In order to help us do this, JGI has engaged Public Outreach, a professional firm of fundraisers, chosen because of their excellent reputation, as well as their respectful and meaningful approach to donor recruitment. All of the canvassers were selected because of their interest in and passion for the work of JGI.
If you see them on a street near you, we invite you to quiz them about JGI. Please drop us a line and let us know how they did. The Public Outreach fundraisers will be wearing dark brown vests with the JGI logo on the front and back, and holding a binder with a picture of Dr. Goodall with a chimpanzee on the cover.
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Chimpanzee returned to forest after surgery
01-09-2009 - New Vision
Tom Achidri (JGI Uganda maintainence & security staff) and the 15 kg mantrap that caught Amaanyi's leg.
Amaanyi receving care from Dr. David Hyeroba at UWEC vet clinic |
A six-year-old chimpanzee called Amaanyi was returned to her home in Rweshama Forest Reserve in Masindi district on Sunday after being hospitalised in Entebbe for over a month. |
Click here to read the entire article.
An update on ChimpanZoo
07-08-2009 - JGI USA
As of July 1, 2009, JGI USA is temporarily scaling back the activities of the ChimpanZoo Research, Education and Enrichment Program. ChimpanZoo’s website will continue to operate and the program’s database and files are being relocated to the Institute’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
In the coming months, the Institute’s senior management and board will conduct a thorough assessment to determine the best structure for ChimpanZoo’s sustainable continuation into the future. Dr. Virginia Landau, vice president and director of ChimpanZoo for the past 21 years, will retire from her position, but will continue in an advisory capacity. In addition, she will be planning the 2010 ChimpanZoo conference and aiding in the celebration of Dr. Goodall’s career and the 50 years of continuous research of the wild chimpanzees at Gombe National Park in Tanzania. In September 2009, Dr. Landau will also speak at the Association of American Zoos and Aquariums meeting in Portland, Oregon. Erica Grimm, ChimpanZoo assistant director, will be leaving to pursue other opportunities.
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JGI Canada launches new campaign with Roots
August 2 - October 31, 2009
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Roots recently selected JGI, and specifically the Roots & Shoots program, as its charity of choice for the Roots Cares employee engagement program. |
In September, Roots employees will also be joining other Roots & Shoots groups for a hands-on conservation activity at the TD Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up (GCSC) - where people will join forces and pick-up garbage along shorelines in their community.
So if you are thinking about back-to-school shopping, think about a visit to Roots and help support JGI and Roots & Shoots at the same time. And while you're there, please let staff know that you appreciate their support. We want Roots to know they made an excellent choice in working with JGI!
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Jane Goodall named one of the top ten female scientist of all time!
July 2, 2009 - Telegraph.co.uk
Dr. Jane Goodall was named one of the top ten female scientists of all time. Goodall was among only two modern- day scientists who made the list; the other was astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell. The survey was commissioned by L'Oreal and administered by New Scientist magazine to 800 scientists and members of the general public.
The L'Oreal UNESCO For Women In Science awards programme is designed to promote and highlight the critical importance of ensuring greater participation of women in science, by awarding promising female scientists with fellowships to help them further their research.
Read the complete article.
Canadian and Ugandan teachers work together for the environment
July 2009
Due to the success of the past two trips to Uganda, two more teams of teachers travelled to Uganda in July! The purpose of the trip was to facilitate interactive workshops about teaching environmental education to primary school-aged children. Read more. Chris Wright from the Mabin School, April McGrath from Carleton University, Ingrid Giesinger from Loretto Abbey, Patricia Brown from St. Christopher’s Montessori School, and Monica Regan from the York House School were part of the adventure with the JGI Uganda Team.
Read the July team's blog. |
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Call for submissions
June 2009
Dr. Goodall is writing a new foreword for "In the Shadow of Man" and she needs your help.
"In the Shadow of Man," originally published in 1971, has had an amazing influence on many people around the world, of all ages and in differing situations. Over the years Dr. Goodall and JGI staff have received many comments about the way the book changed lives; this is why she would like to include some of them in the new foreword.
Dr. Goodall is asking those of you who have read "In the Shadow of Man" to let her know how the book affected you. Did you make any changes after reading it? What were they? Some of the submissions collected will be included in the new chapters. The other comments will be included in a special section on the JGI website.
Please send your submissions to info@janegoodall.ca
Dr. Jane Goodall takes Rotary by Storm
June 24, 2009
Dr. Jane Goodall addressed over 20,000 Rotarians from nearly 120 countries during her keynote address at the 100th International Rotary Convention in Birmingham, UK on June 24th.
Speaking against a backdrop of flags from around the world, Dr. Goodall shared her message that every individual matters and that every individual can make a difference each day. She highlighted how similar Rotary and Roteract are to her international youth service program, Roots & Shoots, and how collaboration in service is possible between the two organizations.
“That's what Rotarians are all about: seeing that appeal for help and doing something about it. We need teamwork, we need a network -- that’s what you have, that’s what we have," Dr. Goodall said. "Let's put the networks together, and together make this a better world. Together, let's create the change we must create if we care as we do about our children and grandchildren and theirs. Together we can help more young people to realize their dreams.”
Dr. Goodall is pleased to welcome Rotarians to learn more about the work of the Jane Goodall Institute and Roots & Shoots.
To become involved with Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots please visit: www.rootsandshoots.ca.
To learn more about the work of the Jane Goodall Institute please visit: www.janegoodall.ca.
Learn more about Dr. Goodall’s Rotary speech here and here.
Jane Goodall and Robert Bateman urge British Columbia to End Trophy Hunting of Bears
08-05-2009 - Pacific Free Press
| World renowned primatologist, environmentalist and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodall and internationally acclaimed artist Robert Bateman have joined the growing list of globally recognized voices calling for an end to the trophy hunting of bears in BC’s Great Bear Rainforest. “People from around the world believed that B.C. had protected the Great Bear Rainforest,” said Dr. Goodall. “To learn now that the B.C. government continues to allow the sport hunt of grizzly bears, and even the rare coastal black bear that carries the recessive gene that allows the Spirit bear to exist, is shocking.” |
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