Archived Content
Thursday, April 16
Location: Founders Assembly Hall, Room 152, Founders College, York University
Panel 1: Brazil
Chair: Professor Ellie Perkins
| 8:30 - 9:00am | Registration & Coffee |
| 9:00 - 9:15am | Opening Remarks - Dr. Sheila Embleton, Vice-President Academic & Provost |
| 9:15 - 10:00am | Miriam Duailibi, Director of the ECOAR Institute for Citizenship, Brazil |
| 10:00 - 10:45am | Paulo Cunha, Technical Consultant on Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change, Brazil |
| 10:45 - 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00 - 11:45am | Eduardo S. Quartim, Project Coordinator of the ECOAR Institute for Citizenship, Brazil |
| 11:45 - 12:15pm | Panel 1 Q&A |
| 12:15 - 1:30pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:30 - 1:30pm | Weather Report - A film directed by Brenda Longfellow. Introduced by Professor Kaz Higuchi, Environment Canada |
Panel 2: India
Chair: Professor Martin Bunch
| 1:30 - 2:15pm | Vivek Jha, Area Convenor, Rural Extension Activity, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India |
| 2:15 - 3:00pm | Chaitanya Kumar, Indian Youth Climate Network, India |
| 3:00 - 3:15pm | Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00pm | Dr. Joyashree Roy, Coordinator, Global Change Program at Jadavpur University, India |
| 4:00 - 4:30pm | Panel 2 Q&A |
| 4:30 - 5:45pm | “Meet the Speakers” Local/Global Networking in Founders Junior Common Room, Room 024E |
Friday, April 17
Location: The Underground, Student Centre, York University
Panel 3: South Africa
Chair: Professor Richard Saunders
| 8:30 - 9:00am | Registration & Coffee |
| 9:00 - 9:45am | Adele Arendse, Co-Director: SSN A; Project Manager: Adaptation to Climate Change, South Africa |
| 9:45 - 10:30am | Bettina Koelle, Executive Director Indigo Development & Change, South Africa |
| 10:30 - 10:45am | Break |
| 10:45 - 11:30am | Dr. Rhoda Malgas, Lecturer, Department of Conservation, Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| 11:30 - 12:00pm | Panel 3 Q&A |
| 12:00 - 1:30pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:30 - 1:00pm | Who Cares if Bangladesh Drowns? - A film directed by Afsan Chowdhury. Introduced by Professor Kaz Higuchi, Environment Canada |
Panel 4: The Arctic
Chair: Professor Dawn Bazely
| 1:30 - 2:00pm | Chief Joe Linklater, Chief of the Vuntut Gwich’in First Nation, Yukon, Canada |
| 2:00 - 2:30pm | Andy Norwegian, Language Specialist, Deh Cho Divisional Educational Council, Northwest Territories, Canada |
| 2:30 - 3:00pm | Aaju Peter, Inuit Lawyer, Inuit Rights Activist, Iqaluit, Canada |
| 3:00 - 3:15pm | Break |
| 3:15 - 4:30pm | Panel 4 Q&A |
| 4:30 - 6:00pm | Synthesis, Discussion and Closing Remarks Chaired by Professor Dawn Bazely and Afsan Chowdhury Closing Remarks - Professor Adrian Shubert, Associate Vice-President International |
