Jun Borras, editor of The Journal of Peasant Studies, Canada Research Chair in Development Studies, Professor at Saint Mary’s University, activist and author, has convened a massive conference on land grabs. You can find out more here, and you can download the dozens of incredibly thoughtful papers from the same site, as well as finding Jun’s own contribution among these free articles here. No idea how he manages to do it all, but I want what he’s on.

King’s University conference on Sustainability. More details here.

Alumni Auditorium, 75 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa. Free and open to the public. More details here.