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Work Samples

The following is a small sampling of Stu Slayen's work as an employee and as a freelance consultant.

Corporate Brochure (Editor/Design and Printing Coordinator)

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future (Boston University)

"Welcoming the World's Agricultural Talent to Manitoba" (Writer)

Manitoba Co-operator (advertorial for the Internationally Educated Agrologists Program)

"Getting Newcomers Ready for the Workforce" (Writer)

Manitoba Co-operator (advertorial for the Internationally Educated Agrologists Program)

"PET Scans Offer a Different Way to Look at Cancer" (Writer)

Cancer Talk (published by CancerCare Manitoba)

IISD Annual Report (2009–2010) (Publication Consultant/Guest Writer)

"Reflections on a Decade at the IISD Helm" (Writer, pp. 12–13)
"Early Memories of IISD: Celebrating a 'seed that took root'" (Writer, pp. 16–17)

Advancing Sustainable Development in Canada: Policy issues and research needs (Editor)

Policy Research Initiative, Privy Council Office, Government of Canada, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development
ISBN 0-662-67783-8

IISD Annual Report

IISD Annual Report (Editor/Project Leader)

"The Art of Sustainable Development" (Writer)

IISD Annual Report

"Short but Sweet: Dahl Scales Opera Heights" (Writer)

Financial Post

"Keanu Shines as Hamlet" (Writer)

What! A Magazine (reproduced at whoaisnotme.net)

"Licence to Quill" (Writer)

Ryerson Review of Journalism (reproduced at the website of The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists)

Sustainable Agriculture: From Common Principles to Common Practice (Editor)

Swiss College of Agriculture and the International Institute for Sustainable Development
ISBN 978-1-894784-05-4

Exploring the Links: Human Well-being, Poverty and Ecosystem Services (Editor)

United Nations Environment Programme and the International Institute for Sustainable Development
ISBN 1-895536-86-3

Realizing Opportunities: Emissions Trading in Manitoba (Editor)

Report of the Task Force on Emissions Trading and the Manitoba Economy

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