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Oakville Beaver, 21 Feb 2013, p. 16

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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, February 21, 2013 · 16 PEO hosting forum at Holy Trinity The Oakville chapter of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) is inviting the general public and students to its sustainable engineering event on Saturday, March. 2. Engineering A Sustainable Future will take place at Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School. Admission is free. The event celebrates March as National Engineering Month. There will be speed engineering, a human interaction workshop or activity, lunch, demonstrations and networking, and design challenge. Registration deadline is on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Register at www.eventbrite.ca/event/5374316726. Children under eight must be accompanied by an adult. The event runs from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The school is at 2420 Sixth Line. Shae to speak in Toronto Anti-human trafficking activist Shae Invidiata of Oakville will be among the speakers at this year's Alliance Against Modern Slavery Conference taking place in Toronto this weekend. The event will be at the Toronto Central YMCA on Saturday (Feb. 23). The day-long event will include survivors, law enforcement members, non-government organizations, students, community members, musicians, researchers and others. Invidiata, founder of free-them, along with Stan Burditt, of Men Against Sexual Trafficking, will provide a summary of findings and next steps at the conference. They will speak from 1:30 p.m. until the event ends at 3 p.m. It is estimated there are 27 million slaves around the world, while Canada is not immune to these human rights atrocities, according to freethem. Canada is a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking for the purposes of forced sex, forced labour and forced marriage, according to the organization. For conference information, visit www. allianceagainstmodernslavery.org. Special Sale! iPad with Retina display $50 off! iPad with Retina display 4th generation 32GB WiFi + Cellular - Black * CCAMRE hosts Bond-themed fundraiser The Oakville-based Canadian Central American Relief Effort (CCAMRE) is holding its 007 Grand Latin Evening, a James Bond-themed fundraising party, on Saturday, March 2. The event is at Westmont Art Gallery, 88 Advance Rd., Etobicoke and will feature entertainment, silent auction and live Latin music. Proceeds support CCAMRE's continuing Guatemalan Projects. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $75. For tickets, contact Hilda Rossi at 905-8498350 or hildarossi@canadiancamre.org. Hard to find iPad mini? All models now in stock! Follow us on twitter Foll @core1ca @c @cor 249 9 Lakeshore Lake kesh East or call us at 905.849.0737 www.Core 1 .ca Downtown Oakville * Ask our sales team for details. While quantities last.

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