Photo: Earth Day joins up with Chez Doris at the IPY conference

At Montreal’s Palais des congrès, volunteer Anna Maria Polonia sells t-shirts for the International Polar Year conference now underway at the convention centre. She holds up a sign to show participants where they can gather for a morning side-trip to Chez Doris, the downtown Montreal day shelter for women. There, they will spend a couple of hours doing chores at the shelter, part of the Earth Day side-activities for April 22 at the conference. (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE)