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SUMMARY:March 29\, 2022 Recording - Global Food Security and the Ukraine Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Event Summary: \n\n\n\nCorporate concentration has become a dominant feature of the modern industrial food system. In nearly all stages of global food supply chains\, from farm inputs\, to production\, to trade\, to food processing and food retail\, a common pattern is that just a handful of transnational firms tend to dominate markets and wield significant power. What does this concentrated power mean for food security and food system sustainability\, especially for the world’s poorest people and countries? \n\n\n\nThis talk examines the implications of concentrated corporate power in the global food system in the context of the current climate and COVID crises\, and the current war in Ukraine\, and maps out potential policy options to rein in corporate power in the sector. \n\n\n\nJennifer Clapp is a Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability and Professor in the School of Environment\, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo. She has published widely on the global governance of problems that arise at the intersection of the global economy\, food security and food systems\, and the natural environment. Her recent books include Food\, 3rd Edition (Polity\, 2020)\, Speculative Harvests: Financialization\, Food\, and Agriculture (with S. Ryan Isakson\, Fernwood Press\, 2018)\, and Hunger in the Balance: The New Politics of International Food Aid (Cornell University Press\, 2012. Jennifer is the Vice-Chair of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the UN Committee on World Food Security and a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems. \n\n\n\nDownload Event Pdf
URL:https://group78.org/event/corporate-concentration-and-power-in-the-global-food-system/
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SUMMARY:March 15\, 2022 Event Slides - The Nature Revolution: Global trends in the fight against species collapse
DESCRIPTION:03.22 – Group 78 – Graham Saul PresentationDownload\n\n\n\nEvent Summary: \n\n\n\nClimate Change and mass extinction have emerged as the twin existential environmental crises of our time. In response\, movements and decision-makers are increasingly advocating for new approaches and bold commitments that reflect the scale of the problem. In this talk\, Graham will cover many of the emerging trends related to nature conservation and reflect on how we can help put big new ideas into action in Canada. \n\n\n\nGraham Saul has more than 25 years of experience working on social and environmental justice issues. He has a strong background in the climate and environmental movements\, including work with Oxfam in Mozambique\, with various multilateral development banks\, as an international programme director for Friends of the Earth and Oil Change International\, as Executive Director of Climate Action Network and as a founding member of Ecology Ottawa. He brings this rich diversity of experience to his leadership of the remarkable and inspiring staff and volunteers that make up the Nature Canada team.
URL:https://group78.org/event/the-nature-revolution-global-trends-in-the-fight-against-species-collapse/
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SUMMARY:March 3\, 2022 Recording - From Climate Laggards to Leaders: Transforming Public Pension Funds
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSlides-Climate-Legacy-PSP-Webinar-Mar-9-2022Download\n\n\n\nClimate Legacy\, in partnership with SHIFT\, is hosting an online workshop for working and retired federal public servants on the Public Service Pension Investment Board (PSP) and the climate crisis. The workshop will: \n\n\n\ninform PSP beneficiaries about the urgency of the climate crisis and the concept of carbon lock-in;explain to PSP beneficiaries why the investment decisions of their $205 billion pension fund matter;describe the financial risks of climate change to public service pensions;provide a summary of how PSP is managing these risks\, and an overview of its risky investments in fossil fuels and other high-carbon projects and companies;compare PSP’s approach to climate change and fossil fuels to that of the Canada Pension Plan ahd the Quebec Pension Planshow how working and retired federal public servants have the power to take action and demand better from their pension fund managers.\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\nAdam Scott is a climate change expert with extensive domestic and international experience in policy\, energy and finance\, as well as campaign design and execution. He has a lifelong commitment to supporting the transition to a zero carbon economy in Canada. At Shift\, he works with wide-ranging stakeholders to bring international climate leadership into Canada’s financial sector. Previously\, Adam was Senior Advisor to Oil Change International and manager of Environmental Defence Canada’s Climate & Energy program. Adam has advised governments\, communicated through national and international media\, and published numerous reports focused on various aspects of the low carbon transition. \n\n\n\nPatrick DeRochie has wide-ranging experience in policy\, research\, government relations\, digital engagement\, campaigning\, organizing and stakeholder relations with environmental and labour organizations. At Shift\, he is focused on tracking and analyzing the fossil fuel and climate-related investments of Canadian pension funds and building a network of pension beneficiaries to invest their retirement savings in a zero-carbon future. Previously\, Patrick was Climate and Energy Program Manager with Environmental Defence Canada and Political Organizer with SEIU Healthcare\, one of Canada’s largest healthcare labour unions. Patrick has been deeply involved in developing federal and provincial climate and energy policy and regulations and acts as a regular commentator in national media. \n\n\n\nLaura McGrath is Shift’s Pension Engagement Manager and the lead on Shift’s work on OMERS and HOOPP. Laura has extensive experience building and supporting networks to work for meaningful change. At Shift\, she works with networks of pension beneficiaries who want to understand and communicate to their pension funds the financial risks that climate change poses. Previously\, Laura was Network Engagement Manager at Green Economy Canada. With expertise in coaching\, facilitation\, and training design and delivery\, she is especially interested in the intersection of climate change and psychology. Laura and her family live in Toronto. \n\n\n\nDr. Tessa Hebb is a Distinguished Research Fellow and past Director of the Carleton Centre forCommunity Innovation\, Carleton University\, Canada. She is working with Ceres to expand itsfootprint in Canada. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Policy andAdministration and the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. She has publishedmany books and articles on responsible investing and impact investing including the volumes theRoutledge Handbook of Responsible Investmentand SRI in the 21st Century: Does it make a Difference to Society.
URL:https://group78.org/event/from-climate-laggards-to-leaders-transforming-the-public-service-pension-funds/
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SUMMARY:February 23\, 2022 Recording - CACOR EVENT - International Cooperation to Align Fossil Fuel Production with Paris Goals: A Bold New Idea
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThe Canadian Association for the Club of Rome is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \n  \nTopic: Tzeporah Berman | International Cooperation to Align Fossil Fuel Production with Paris Goals: A Bold New Idea \nTime: Feb 23\, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) \n  \nSummary: \nWhile the world has known for decades that emissions from fossil fuels must decline\, the Paris Agreement and most domestic policy focuses on reducing demand for fossil fuels and not supply. The United Nations Production Gap Report shows clearly that we are now on track to produce over 100% more oil\, gas and coal than the world can burn and stay under 1.5C.  What needs to happen to align fossil fuel supply with Paris goals? How can we fast track progress while ensuring equity and addressing energy poverty? \nBio: \nTzeporah Berman is the International Program Director at Stand.earth and the Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Committee. She is an Adjunct Professor at York University Faculty and in 2021 she gave a widely-viewed TED \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83916511294?pwd=VjRNK0FZVHcyNWNFN0poeTNudlpKZz09 \n  \nMeeting ID: 839 1651 1294 \nPasscode: 756352 \n  \n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://group78.org/event/cacor-event-international-cooperation-to-align-fossil-fuel-production-with-paris-goals-a-bold-new-idea/
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SUMMARY:February 22\, 2022 Recording - The Impossible Dream:  Bending the long arc of growth and profit toward social benefit at a time of climate emergency
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nSpeaker: Merle Lefkoff\, Phd\,\nFounding Director\, Center for Emergent Diplomacy Santa Fe\, New Mexico \nEvent Summary: \nDr. Lefkoff will examine the reasons why “sustainable investing” (sometimes called impact investing or environmental\, social\, and governance investing\, ESGs) is hastening the exponential race toward global climate collapse\, even as CEOs like Larry Fink of BlackRock\, the most prominent investment leader in the world\, promotes companies like BlackRock as the best hope for a more sustainable version of capitalism.  Here’s the question she will address:  Is it possible to be a good socially responsible citizen\, while at the same time carrying out the fiduciary responsibility to make the most profit possible for the shareholders of a corporation? \n   \nMerle Lefkoff\, PhD  \nRecently returned from facilitating a workshop at COP26\, Merle is a social change entrepreneur whose passion and practice is devoted to the application of nonlinear complex systems thinking to surviving climate change on a much-altered planet.  Merle holds a doctorate in Political Science from Emory University and has been a mediator\, facilitator\, and leadership trainer in active conflict zones around the world. She received a research appointment as Guest Scientist and Affiliate of the Center for Nonlinear Studies\, at Los Alamos National Laboratory\, where she worked on computer simulations exploring a range of negotiation strategies in the search for coexistence among competing adversaries.  She led the planning group of NGO leaders at the United Nations launch of the Gross National Happiness index and is a member of the Integrative Peacebuilding Network in Ottawa\, Canada. \n  \nA year earlier\, former chief of the Australian Defense Force Admiral Chris Barrie\, in his Forward to a policy paper analyzing climate-related security threats in Australia wrote\, “our intelligence and security services have a vital role to play\, and a fiduciary responsibility\, in accepting this existential climate threat\, and the need for a fundamentally different approach to its risk management\, as central to their considerations and their advice to government. The implications far outweigh conventional geopolitical threats.” \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/the-impossible-dream-bending-the-long-arc-of-growth-and-profit-toward-social-benefit-at-a-time-of-climate-emergency/
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SUMMARY:January 16\, 2022 Recording - Economic Sanctions: Legal and Policy Implications
DESCRIPTION:This webinar was hosted by The Rideau Institute\, in cooperation with the Human Rights Research and Education Center\, Univ of Ottawa and the Group of 78. It will explore the legal and policy implications of non-UN authorized economic sanctions\, a policy tool that is increasingly favoured by Canada\, other western states and regional organizations like the EU and the African Union. \nEconomic sanctions have become an increasingly favored tool of international relations over the last several decades\, but they have also become increasingly controversial. \nSpeakers:\nProfessor Craig Martin\, inaugural RI Senior Fellow\, and author of the RI report\, Economic Sanctions Under International Law\, a Guide for Canadian Policy and EU sanctions expert\, Professor Clara Portela\, will be joined by moderator and RI President Peggy Mason for this timely discussion. \nCraig Martin is a Professor of Law at Washburn University School of Law\, and the Co-Director of the Washburn International and Comparative Law Center. A graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada (B.A. Hons. His.)\, Osaka University\, Graduate School of Law and Politics\, (LL.M)\, and the University of Toronto\, Faculty of Law (J.D.)\, he teaches public international law\, the law of armed conflict\, international human rights law\, international climate change law\, and both comparative and U.S. constitutional law. \nClara Portela holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) and an MA from the Free University of Berlin (Germany). She is a professor of Political Science at the University of Valencia (Spain)\, having previously served at Singapore Management University (Singapore) and the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) in Paris (France). She received the THESEUS Award for Promising Research on European Integration for her monograph European Union Sanctions and Foreign Policy. She has been a visiting scholar at Carleton University and a visiting professor at the University of Victoria.
URL:https://group78.org/event/economic-sanctions-legal-and-policy-implications/
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SUMMARY:November 23\, 2021 Recording - Religious Leader Engagement - An Emerging Contribution to Peacebuilding
DESCRIPTION:Speakers \n\nLieutenant-General The Honorable Roméo A. Dallaire (retd)\nDr. Steve Moore\nBrigadier General Guy Belisle\n\nModerator \n\nDr. Sylvie Lemieux\n\n  \nOutline: \nDr. Moore will speak to the origins of Religious Leader Engagement\, inclusive of both Bosnian and Afghan operational environments (OEs). Chaplains were drawn to ministries of conciliation where building relationships and establishing trust with local/regional religious leaders led to enhanced communication and understanding within local populations. Brief overviews of operational anecdotes will demonstrate how chaplains aided Command and their Whole-of-Government partners alike. On completion of his doctoral studies\, Moore joined the Concept Cell of what is now the Canadian Army Land Warfare Centre where the concept of RLE emerged—an operational adaptation to the Public Space (JIMP) of local populations in OEs and critical contribution to the Comprehensive Approach. Later endorsed by the Army Capabilities Development Board as a chaplain operational capability\, padres now advise Command on the religious terrain (Religious Area Assessment) of an Area of Operation and\, security permitting and under the Commander’s direction\, engage local religious leaders in OEs at home and abroad. \nBrigadier General Guy Belisle will speak of RLE and Religious Area Assessment (RAA) in the context of Canadian Armed Forces current operations. He will highlight the successful application of the respective capabilities within training systems and operations\, both expeditionary and domestic. He will address the challenges that have been encountered with not only socializing the concepts of RLE/RAA\, but also about the unique demand placed upon chaplains with reference to time and perception. He will conclude on the opportunities that exist for developing the capabilities and how they may be used in the chaplain service of the future. \nGeneral Roméo Dallaire comes to Religious Leader Engagement with an appreciation of the value-added of such an operational capability. The Royal Canadian Chaplain Service and the Dallaire Institute for Children\, Peace and Security are presently developing collective training for chaplains\, expanding their capacities to aid in the prevention and reintegration of child soldiers in local communities within operational environments. In his role of Commissioner with the Principles for Peace Initiative\, General Dallaire will speak to the potential for RLE to assist in the reframing of present approaches to resolving conflict and establishing a sustainable peace\, achievements that have remained elusive to the international community. Religious leaders of moderate voice within local populations offer an available means of better comprehending the historical\, deep-rooted grievances indicative of intractable conflict with a view to ensure sustainable stabilization and security. Deemed as trusted community figures\, their engagement in\, what are often\, nascent peace processes\, serves to enhance ‘local ownership’\, an essential component to the receptivity of other associated endeavours. \nSpeaker Bio: \nLieutenant-General The Honorable Roméo A. Dallaire (retd) \nGeneral Roméo Dallaire is founder of the Dallaire Institute for Children\, Peace\, and Security\, a global partnership with the mission to end the recruitment and use of children in conflict and violence. A celebrated advocate for human rights\, General Dallaire is also a respected author\, government and UN advisor\, and former Canadian Senator. Throughout his distinguished military career\, General Dallaire served most notably as Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. He continues to work tirelessly to bring national and international attention to situations too-often ignored\, whether the prevention of mass atrocities\, the struggle that he and many other military veterans face with post-traumatic stress disorder\, or the recruitment and use of children as weapons of war.  \nS.K. (Steve) Moore\, PhD a Padre in the Canadian Armed Forces for 22 years\, with operational tours to Bosnia during the war (92-93)\, Haiti (97-98) and doctoral research in Kandahar\, Afghanistan (2006). His post-doctoral work led to the chaplain operational capability\, Religious Leader Engagement (RLE)\, now being integrated into military training. He has advanced RLE within NATO and the Commonwealth\, increasingly assimilating a whole-of-government application—concepts now being adapted to the civilian sector. A member of the Editorial Board of the Canadian Army Journal\, his publications include Military Chaplains as Agents of Peace: Religious Leader Engagement in Conflict and Post-conflict Environments (Rowman & Littlefield\, 2013) and Religious Leader Engagement as an Aspect of Irregular Warfare: the dénouement of a chaplain operational capability (CANSOFCOM\, 2020).  \nBrigadier-General Guy Bélisle\, Chaplain General of the Canadian Armed Forces\, is one of those rare individuals in uniform\, having served as an Infantry officer prior to rebadging as a Roman Catholic Pastoral Associate and chaplain. His knowledge and experience as a Combat Arms Officer accounts for much of his effectiveness as a padre with Command and service members alike. Having served with the Royal 22e Régiment for 12 years\, he deployed to Bosnia during the war (1992) and as a Padre with the troops both to Haiti\, following the 2010 earthquake\, and to Afghanistan a year later (2011). Padre Bélisle has held a series of senior positions within the Royal Canadian Chaplain Service prior to being promoted and appointed Chaplain General in June 2021. It is due to his keen grasp of the operational environment that he promotes Religious Leader Engagement\, a chaplain operational capability now employed both domestically and internationally. \nDr. Sylvie Lemieux is a retired Lieutenant-Colonel Army Engineer and formerly an executive with the Public Service of Canada who\, on two occasions\, represented the Green Party of Canada (2008 and 2011). She is a graduate in Civil Engineering from Polytechnique\, and holds a Master of Arts degree in Globalization and International Development as well as a Doctorate in Conflict Studies from Saint-Paul University. She is active as a member of peace and foreign policies NGOs and is presently the co-chair of CNANW.
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SUMMARY:October 20\, 2021 Recording - Putting your money where it can fight climate change
DESCRIPTION:Outline: \nThis webinar will examine how your retirement savings can help defuse the growing climate crisis and pave the transition to a sustainable planet. It will discuss investment products such as impact funds\, mutual funds\, green bonds and exchange-traded funds claiming to decarbonize the economy\, and how financial advisors can be engaged in the conversation. \nThe webinar is being brought to Ottawa Branch of the National Association of Federal Retirees by Climate Legacy who seek to involve seniors in climate action and the Group of 78 an informal association of Canadians seeking to promote global priorities for peace and disarmament\, equitable and sustainable development\, and a strong and revitalized United Nations system. \n  \nYour registration confirmation with instructions on how to participate via Zoom will arrive by e-mail one day and 5 min prior to the event start time. \n  \nNote: This webinar will not provide investment advice regarding specific investments\, and the NAFR Ottawa Branch takes no responsibility for any investment decisions that participants may make. Participants will be asked to sign a waiver to this effect. \n  \nOttawa Branch Disclaimer: The Ottawa Branch provides information on issues\, products and services of general interest to our membership. It does not endorse a particular position or an issue\, product or service\, as being suitable for individual members\, but brings them to the members’ attention so that they can make up their own minds. \n  \nIf you would like to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt. You can also donate and see other activities of the Group of 78 and Climate Legacy by visiting our websites. Thank you for your support and participation. \nSpeakers: \n \nTim Nash is the founder of Good Investing\, an investment planning firm with a focus on sustainable investing. Tim’s blog The Sustainable Economist has inspired thousands of Canadians to invest according to their values with model portfolios to reflect different definitions of sustainable investing. Tim writes a bi-weekly column for The Toronto Star\, and is regularly featured in publications such as CBC’s The National\, BNN Bloomberg’s Market Call\, and the Globe and Mail. \n \nSue-May (Sue) Talbot is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Genus Capital and has over 30 years of experience in the investment industry. In her role as Portfolio Manager\, Sue works with individuals\, families and organizations to help create impactful portfolios that align with their values. She also serves on the Leadership Team and Product Committee at Genus. Outside of work\, Sue enjoys gym workouts (pre-COVID)\, exploring hiking trails and family vacations. \nClick here to Register online (Free)
URL:https://group78.org/event/putting-your-money-where-it-can-fight-climate-change/
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SUMMARY:September 23-30 Recording - 2021 Annual Policy Conference - Adaptation: Building Resilience in the Global Climate Emergency
DESCRIPTION:Download Outline and Program pdf\n\n\n\nSpeakers and Committee Bio pdf\n\n\n\n\n \n \nOutline\n\n\n\nIt is abundantly clear that the climate is changing with profound impacts on our environment\, economy\, society and our security. The main cause is human activity\, primarily as a result of two centuries of greenhouse gas emissions from the production and consumption of fossil fuels. It will take a generation or more to transition fully to a non-fossil fuel world. As a result\, future impacts are inevitable and will continue until\, and even after\, the world achieves net-zero emissions and re-balances the carbon cycle. The inescapable conclusion is that adaptation\, primarily through enhanced resilience\, is imperative if we and the environment on which we depend are to survive. \n\n\n\n The aim of this year’s Policy Conference is to help enhance the national and global dialogue on the role of adaptation in addressing the threats of climate change. The conference will examine policies that will not only help to shield us from the impacts of climate change but provide ancillary benefits that will make our lives\, our communities\, our economies and our environment more sustainable. The conference will build on previous studies such as the Council of Canadian Academies’ Experts Panel on Climate Change Risks and Adaptation Potential\, and other initiatives such as the Flagship Report of the Global Commission on Adaptation. \n\n\n\n The conference will examine a range of potential climate change impacts in Canada\, for example on food and agriculture\, community infrastructure\, and health. The range is large and we will be forced to make choices. Fortunately\, there is a rich base of research which we will distill for the conference. We plan to have representation from municipal\, provincial and federal governments as well as subject experts. We will choose three or four sectors and explore\, through a series of “what if” scenarios\, potential adaptation responses to mitigate the climate change impacts. For each set of responses we will explore the possible conflicts and ancillary benefits for greenhouse gas reductions. \n\n\n\n The most devastating impacts of climate change\, in terms of lives lost and property damage\, will be inflicted on developing countries. Since developing countries are low emitters of greenhouse gases\, they are the least responsible for climate change\, yet bear its worst consequences. There is thus a moral obligation on the rich countries to support their adaptation efforts. In addition to a focus on Canada\, the conference will explore a range of impacts of extreme weather on these developing countries as well as actions and resources required to build their resilience. \n\n\n\n Participants will help generate a report with clear conclusions and recommendations to be forwarded to political leaders and to be shared widely as a contribution to public discourse of this critical issue. The Group of 78 will continue to advocate to governments on these recommendations in the years ahead. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPROGRAM\n\n\n\nAll times are EDT\, UTC -4 \n\n\n\nThursday\, Sept. 23\, 10:00 a.m. OPENING\n\n\n\nAcknowledgement of the Land/Prayer with Elder Verna McGregor\, Algonquin Nation. \n\n\n\nWelcome to the Conference – Why Adaptation: Roy Culpeper\, Chair\, Group of 78. \n\n\n\n40th Anniversary of the Original Statement that launched the Group of 78 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThursday\, Sept. 23\, 10:30 a.m. Keynote Address\, Jayati Ghosh: Global Adaptation Challenges\n\n\n\nReforms to the global economic architecture are urgently needed to mobilize the necessary resources for Adaptation in the developing world. \n\n\n\nSpeaker:  Jayati Ghosh\, Development Economist\, University of Massachusetts at Amherst\, USA. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFriday\, Sept. 24\, 1:00 p.m. PANEL ON INFRASTRUCTURE ADAPTATION\n\n\n\nRegardless of climate change\, governments and businesses will continue to spend significant amounts of money building new and maintaining existing physical infrastructure in order to provide services and create products. What are the ways in which this infrastructure can also shield Canadians from the now inevitable impacts of climate change? \n\n\n\nModerator:  John Stone\, former member IPCC. \n\n\n\nSpeaker:  Paul Kovacs\, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction/University of Western Ontario. \n\n\n\nSpeaker:  Adam Fenech\, Climate Change & Adaptation\, University of Prince Edward Island. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMonday\, Sept. 27\, 1:00 p.m. PANEL ON FOOD ADAPTATION\n\n\n\nHow do we redesign current food systems\, in Canada and globally\, to ensure equitable production and distribution of healthy food while preserving and restoring ecosystems? \n\n\n\nModerator: Bruce Currie-Alder\, Canada’s International Development Research Centre\, Program leader climate resilience. \n\n\n\nSpeaker:  Sophia Murphy\, Executive Director\, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Darrin Qualman\, National Farmers Union/Author. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Sandra Yeboah & Nii Adjei Sowah\, University of Ghana. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTuesday\, Sept. 28\, 1:00 p.m. PANEL ON HEALTH ADAPTATION\n\n\n\nWith an increase in disease\, heat deaths\, mental stress and physical risk because of climate change\, what needs to change with health policies and systems to build resilience to meet these challenges?  \n\n\n\nModerator: Christopher Huggins\, Associate Professor\, International Development and Global Studies. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Janet Hatcher-Roberts\, University of Ottawa; Former Executive Director\, Canadian Society for International Health. \n\n\n\nSpeaker:  Nicholas Robinson\, Environment Prof. Emeritus\, Pace University\, NYC; Former Legal Advisor\, International Union for the Conservation of Nature. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Didacus Namanya\, Geographer\, Ministry of Health\, Uganda. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nWednesday\, Sept. 29\, 12:00 p.m. KEYNOTE Address\, Bob Rae: Why Climate Adaptation is Such a Critical Issue\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Bob Rae\, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWednesday\, Sept. 29\, 1:00 p.m. Communities Fit for the Future:  Municipal Leadership\, Doughnut Economics and adapting to a changing Climate.\n\n\n\nA presentation on how municipalities can take leadership in meeting the challenges of the 21st century through adopting frameworks that track environmental and social outcomes and focus on action to tackle the greatest challenge of our time\, climate change. \n\n\n\nModerator:  Susan Tanner\, VP Group of 78; Secretary\, OREC; Chair Conference Organizing Committee. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Ben Geselbracht\, Councillor\, City of Nanaimo. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Tyler Brown\, Councillor\, City of Nanaimo. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThursday\, Sept. 30\, 10:00 a.m. KEYNOTE Address\, Rachel Bezner Kerr : Adaptation\, food security and the challenge of financing Adaptation in Africa\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Rachel Bezner Kerr\, Professor of Global Development\, Cornell University. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThursday\, Sept. 30\, 1:00 p.m. FINANCE AND SUSTAINABLE CLIMATE ADAPTATION.\n\n\n\nFinancing for adaptation to global warming are grossly inadequate; developments in multilateral finance\, food and agriculture are reshaping the multiple challenges involved. \n\n\n\nModerator: Sara Alvarado\, Executive Director\, Institute for Sustainable Finance (ISF) \n\n\n\nSpeaker:  Jomo Sundaram\, Jomo K. Sundaram\, Senior Adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute\, Malaysia. Multilateral finance\, food systems\, and sustainable climate Adaptation. \n\n\n\nSpeaker:  Blair Feltmate\, INTACT Centre on Climate Adaptation\, University of Waterloo\, Adaptation policy and practice in Canada. \n\n\n\nSpeaker:  Art Hunter\, Developer of a major project demonstrating how an Ottawa home has adapted to not relying on fossil fuels or grid power by using solar power and geothermal energy using private financing. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTuesday\, Oct. 5\, 1:00 p.m. Wrap Up WEBINAR: CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS\n\n\n\nA final session for all full conference participants to comment on a draft set of conclusions and recommendations emerging from the conference presentations and discussions\, prepared by the conference planning committee. \n\n\n\n \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite\n\n\nSpeaker Bios in Order of Appearance & Conference Committee\n\n\n\nThursday\, Sept. 23\, 10:00 a.m. OPENING\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nSusan Tanner\, Vice-Chair Group of 78; Secretary\, OREC; Chair Conference Organizing Committee \n\n\n\n\n \nSusan Tanner\, L.L.B.\, M.E.S.\, L.L.M While holding senior positions in both Federal and Ontario governments Susan has maintained an active role in the non-profit community. In 1982\, Susan was the founding chairperson of LEAF (Legal Education and Action Fund) to promote the rights of women under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In 1995\, Friends of the Earth (FoE) Canada accepted a UN Environmental Prize for work on the Montreal Protocol done under her leadership. Susan continues to be actively involved with organizations such as Ottawa Renewable Energy Coop\, Women for Nature (Nature Canada) and Group of 78. \n\n\n\n\n \nGovernment positions included: Senior Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Justice on Gender Equality and Diversity; Forum Lead\, WUF Habitat Jam; Member of the Ontario Environmental Assessment Board; Vice Chair\, Social Assessment Review Board; and mediator for the Ontario Grievance Settlement Board. \n\n\n\n\n \nShe holds a Masters of Environmental Studies and a Masters of Law. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoy Culpeper\, Chair\, Group of 78 \n\n\n\nRoy Culpeper is an Honorary Senior Fellow of the University of Ottawa’s School of International Development and Global Studies\, Adjunct Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs\, Carleton University\, and a Fellow of the Broadbent Institute. He is Chair of the Group of 78\, and founding Chair of the Coalition for Equitable Land Acquisitions and Development in Africa (CELADA). From January until May 2011 he was Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington\, D.C. Previously he was President and Chief Executive Officer of The North-South Institute\, Ottawa. Earlier in his career he was an official at the World Bank in Washington\, the federal Departments of Finance and External Affairs in Ottawa\, and the Planning Secretariat of the Government of Manitoba in Winnipeg. \n\n\n\nRoy Culpeper obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Toronto. He has published widely on the issues of international development\, finance and global governance. \n\n\n\nThursday\, Sept. 23\, 10:30 a.m. Keynote Address\, Jayati Ghosh: Global Adaptation Challenges\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJayati Ghosh\, Development Economist\, University of Massachusetts at Amherst\, USA \n\n\n\nHer research interests include globalisation\, international trade and finance\, employment patterns\, macroeconomic policy\, gender issues\, poverty and inequality. She has authored and/or edited a dozen books and around 200 scholarly articles. Recent books include Demonetisation Decoded: A critique of India’s monetary experiment and India and the International Economy\, (Oxford University Press 2015). She has received several national and international prizes\, including the M. Adisheshaiah Award for distinguished contributions to the social sciences in India in 2015\, and the International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work Research Prize for 2010. She has advised governments in India and other countries. She was the Chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Commission on Farmers’ Welfare in 2004\, and Member of the National Knowledge Commission reporting to the Prime Minister of India (2005-09). She is the Executive Secretary of International Development Economics Associates (www.networkideas.org)\, an international network of heterodox development economists. She has consulted for several international organisations including ILO\, UNDP\, UNCTAD\, UN-DESA\, UNRISD and UN Women and is member of several international commissions. She writes regularly for popular media like newspapers\, journals and blogs. \n\n\n\nFriday\, Sept. 24\, 1:00 p.m.          Panel on Infrastructure Adaptation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Stone\, Past IPCC Vice-Chair \n\n\n\nJohn Stone is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University\, Canada. He received a Ph.D. in Chemical Spectroscopy (1969) from the University of Reading\, UK. \n\n\n\nHis experiences since retiring from the Canadian Public Service in 2005 include: Visiting Fellow\, International Development Research Council. He was a Member of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and most recently a Lead Author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. He is Board member of the Pembina Institute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Kovacs\, executive director\, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction; University of Western Ontario \n\n\n\nPaul Kovacs is founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction at Western University. ICLR has been designated by the International Council for Science as an international centre of excellence for integrated research on disaster risk. \n\n\n\nFor more than 20 years Paul was a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change\, the world’s leading forum for the study of climate issues. The Panel won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change”. He is Canada’s leading authority on insurance and climate extremes\, and has been a contributing author to numerous international and Canadian reports on reducing the risk of loss from earthquakes\, flood and severe wind to achieve disaster resilience. \n\n\n\nPaul was appointed Chair of Ontario’s Advisory Panel on Climate Change in 2019. He was elected Chair of the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes in 2021. For more than thirty-five years Paul has been a popular commentator on disaster science and economic policy. He has written more than 200 publications and is a passionate champion for insurance\, disaster resilience and adaptation to climate extremes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdam Fenech\, Climate Change & Adaptation\, University of Prince Edward Island \n\n\n\nDr. Fenech has worked extensively in the area of climate change since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change First Assessment Report in 1988. He has edited 8 books on climate change\, most recently on Global Climate Change\, Biodiversity and Sustainability in the Middle East.  Dr. Fenech has worked for Harvard University researching the history of the science/policy interfaces of climate change. He has represented Canada at international climate negotiating sessions; written climate policy speeches for Canadian Environment Ministers; and authored Canadian reports on climate change to the United Nations. Dr. Fenech has taught at the University of Toronto as well as the Smithsonian Institution for over 20 years\, and lectures regularly at universities across Canada and around the world. Dr. Fenech shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is presently the Associate Dean of the School of Climate Change and Adaptation at the University of Prince Edward Island. He is also the Director of the University of Prince Edward Island’s Climate Research Lab that conducts research on the vulnerability\, impacts and adaptation to climate change\, where his virtual reality depiction of sea level rise has won international awards including one from MIT for communicating coastal science. He maintains the largest fleet of drones at a Canadian university including the largest drone in the country with a four-metre wingspan. \n\n\n\nMonday\, Sept. 27\, 1:00 p.m.      Panel on Food Adaptation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBruce Currie-Alder\, Canada’s International Development Research Centre\, Program leader climate resilience \n\n\n\nBruce Currie-Alder leads on climate resilience at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) investing in evidence that contributes to adaptation across Africa\, Asia\, and Latin America. IDRC partners with the UK Government to enable poor and marginalized communities in the global South to be more resilient to climate change in the near and longer term\, and with the Government of the Netherlands to support the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). Bruce’s expertise spans environmental science and international development\, and he holds a PhD in public policy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSophia Murphy\, Executive Director\, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy \n\n\n\nSophia Murphy is the executive director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). Sophia is a food systems and international economy expert with 30 years of professional experience\, including as a board chair\, program director\, policy analyst and published writer. A policy expert and advocate who has focused on resilient food systems\, agriculture and international trade\, Sophia has worked primarily with civil society organizations\, as well as with government\, intergovernmental organization and universities. \n\n\n\nSophia originally came to IATP in 1997 as a senior associate to work on trade. She directed IATP’s trade and global governance program from 2000 to 2006\, and later served as a senior advisor until 2018. She joined IATP from Geneva\, where she had worked for two years with the United Nations Nongovernmental Liaison Service. For over a decade\, she operated a successful independent consultancy business. Most recently\, she served as research director and advisor on agriculture\, trade and investment within the Economic Law and Policy Program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). She served two consecutive terms as a member of the steering committee of the High-Level Panel of Experts to the United Nations Committee on World Food Security. \n\n\n\nSophia has a BA in Politics\, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University and a MSc from the London School of Economics in Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries. She is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDarrin Qualman\, National Farmers Union/Author \n\n\n\nDarrin Qualman is Director of Climate Crisis Policy and Action for Canada’s National Farmers Union.  He is the author of the 2019 report Tackling the Farm Crisis and the Climate Crisis\, the 2019 book Civilization Critical: Energy\, Food\, Nature\, and the Future\, and the 2021 report Imagine If: A Vision of a Near-Zero-Emission Farm and Food System for Canada.  His research\, writing\, and educational pursuits over the past 20 years have all aimed at creating a big-picture\, long-term view of how humans turn nature\, energy sources\, and technologies into cities\, food supplies\, manufacturing systems\, and cultures.  He has academic degrees in history\, biology\, and political studies.  He farmed for many years in Saskatchewan\, raising grains\, oilseeds\, pulse crops\, and specialty crops.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSandra Yeboah\, University of Ghana \n\n\n\nSandra Obiri-Yeboah is a final year PhD candidate at the Centre for Migration studies at the University of Ghana. She is currently working on her PhD theses in the area of climate change impact\, psychological wellbeing and migration with special emphasis in Northern Ghana. She is currently a graduate assistant at Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy at the University of Ghana. She is a Queen Elizabeth Scholar under climate change and societal transformation. She also participates in seminars and conferences which has enhanced her scope and knowledge base in gender and societal discourse. She holds a degree in M.A. Population Studies from University of Ghana. After her Master’s\, she joined the National Population Council\, Ghana\, working in the Research\, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNii Adjei Sowah\, University of Ghana \n\n\n\nAlexander Nii Adjei Sowah holds a PhD from the Institute for Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)\, University of Ghana and an MPhil degree in Sociology. His PhD examined the influence of inheritance and land tenure arrangements on adaptation to climate variability impacts by smallholder farmers in the Savanna and Transition zones of Ghana. He focuses his research on adaptation to social and environmental changes through the perspectives of Gender and Development\, Social Exclusion\, Adaptation to Social Systems and Education. These interests have been shaped and fostered by his desire to explore as well as understand how social systems\, institutions and other forms of social arrangements influence gender relations and their implication on access to and control of resources. His interest in climate adaptions was triggered by his hands-on practical work experience working on the USAID-ADVANCE program in the Upper East Region as a Business facilitator. He is a recipient of a DAAD doctorial fellowship award\, an experiential learning grant on the Sustainable Climate Adaptation component of the Building Stronger Universities (BSU II) program funded by DANIDA and a Doctoral Grant from the University of Ghana Pan-African Doctoral Academy. He is currently a Queen Elizabeth Scholar on the Societal Transformation and Climate Change component. \n\n\n\nTuesday\, Sept. 28\, 1:00 p.m.      Panel on Health Adaptation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristopher Huggins\, Associate Professor\, International Development and Global Studies \n\n\n\nChris Huggins is an associate professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa\, Canada. His research focuses on agricultural development\, rural livelihoods\, and natural resource management in Africa. He has consulted for major United Nations agencies and international non-governmental organizations\, worked with Human Rights Watch\, and was for several years a Research Fellow at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)\, Nairobi. He has researched climate adaptation in Rwanda\, as an extension of research published in his book\, Agricultural Reform in Rwanda: Authoritarianism\, Markets\, and Zones of Governance\, with Zed Books in October 2017. His interest in climate change adaptation and health lies in the nexus between food systems and public health\, which is a key component of his teaching on food security and international development. He has also developed an online course (in collaboration with a colleague at Carleton University)\, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food Systems\, Environment\, and Public Health. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanet Hatcher-Roberts\, University of Ottawa; Former Executive Director\, Canadian Society for International Health \n\n\n\nJanet Hatcher Roberts has over 30 years experience in bridging communities\, evidence and policy both nationally and internationally.  Currently\, Janet is the Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Knowledge Translation\, Technology Assessment for Health Equity at Bruyere Research Institute\, University of Ottawa. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine\, School of Epidemiology and Public Health\, at the University of Ottawa. Through her work at the WHOCC and the university she teaches courses on health systems and global governance and carries out research focussing on equity\, health systems and global health. \n\n\n\nFrom 1998-2013\, she was the Executive Director of the Canadian Society for International Health where she oversaw the design and implementation of global health systems strengthening projects in Africa\, Asia\, Latin and Central America and Eastern Europe funded by CIDA\, IDRC\, World Bank\, WHO and PAHO. She served as the technical representative for PAHO in Canada from 1998-2002. She spent 2007-2008 in Geneva where she was Director of the Migration Health Department with the International Organization for Migration\, now UN Migration. \n\n\n\nIn her volunteer time\, Janet was the Chair of the Board for Action Canada for Population Development and was a Board member and Past Treasurer of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research. She was a Board member of the US-based Council of Graduate Foreign Nurses (CGFNS)from 2007- 2016. From 2009-2019\, she was appointed by an Order in Council as Board member to Public Heath Ontario (PHO) where she also sat on the Strategic Planning Committee and Governance Committee. From 2018 to 2020\, she has served as an ex-officio member and now board member of the Ottawa Centre Liberal EDA. She also served for four years on the National Board of Make Poverty History. Since January 2021 she has served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the newly formed Pegasus Institute and is a member of the newly formed Transition committee for the new Canadian Association for Global Health\, an amalgamation of the Canadian Society for International Health and the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNicholas Robinson\, Environment Prof. Emeritus\, Pace University\, NYC; Former Legal Advisor\, International Union for the Conservation of Nature \n\n\n\nNicholas A. Robinson’s endeavors to establish and advance environmental law began in the 1960s. He participated in the 1972 United Nations Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment\, where is joined the Environmental Law Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).  He specializes in international and comparative environmental law. Through IUCN\, he participated in the drafting of the 1982 UN World Charter for Nature (UN General Assembly Resolution 37/7) and the drafts of the 1992 UN Convention on Biological Diversity. He edited the traveaux preparatoires for the UN Conference on Environment & Development\, the “Earth Summit” (Agenda 21 & The UNCED Proceedings\, 6 volumes). He established the environmental legal education program for the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in New York\, and led the creation of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law\, with 210 university law school members world-wide. He taught the international and comparative environmental law courses for Yale University for two decades\, and at University College London  and the National University of Singapore. He has lectured in universities throughout Brazil\, China\, Canada\, Kenya\, Egypt\, The Gulf\, Russia and Europe and the USA. IUCN twice elected him to chair its Commission on Environmental Law and he served for 8 years as IUCN Legal Advisor. AT IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in Marseille\, 3-11 September 2021\, he participated in establishing IUCN’s first policies on zoonosis and measures needed to cope with further emerging infectious diseases.  He is currently the Executive Governor of the International Council for Environmental Law (Spain)\, serves on the Board of the Environmental Law Institute (Washington\, DC) and is the Gilbert & Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law\, and University Professor for the Environment at Pace University. He is a graduate of Brown University (1967) and Columbia University School of Law (1970).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDidacus Bambaiha Namanya\, Geographer\, Ministry of Health\, Uganda \n\n\n\nMr. Namanya is a skilled senior health geographer\, with over 20 years experience working at the Ministry of Health Uganda. In this role he is the focal person for climate change and human health\, in charge of public health mapping and geospatial analysis. With this role he has spearheaded articulation of climate change adaptation in national health policy and strategies and intersectoral collaboration with health-related ministries and agencies. \n\n\n\nHe holds an MPH from Clarke International University\, a BA Geography from Makerere University Kampala\, Uganda\, and a Post Graduate    Diploma in Education (MuK). He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Climate Change Adaptation from Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) in Sweden. He is currently pursuing a PhD in public health at Uganda Martyrs University. \n\n\n\nOver the years Mr. Namanya has been involved in several health and climate related research projects at national and international levels e.g. Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change (IHACC) supported by IDRC\, HEALTHY FUTURES supported by European Union and the East Africa Vulnerability\, Impacts\, and Adaptation assessment (VIA) undertaken by the East African Community (EAC)\, with support from the USAID/Kenya and East Africa Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy\, Adaptation\, Research\, and Economic Development (PREPARED) Project. These have resulted in numerous publications. \n\n\n\n Mr. Namanya has also presented lectures related to climate change and health at Makerere University\, Uganda\, McGill University and University of Ottawa in Canada and University of Angers in France among others. \n\n\n\nWednesday\, Sept. 29\, 12:00 pm.   Keynote Address\, Bob Rae: Canada’s Role in the Global Context\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBob Rae\, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations \n\n\n\nBob Rae is the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York. \n\n\n\nMr. Rae served as Premier of Ontario from 1990-1995\, and interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2011-2013. He was elected to federal and provincial parliaments 11 times between 1978 and 2013. \n\n\n\nMr. Rae received his Honours B.A. in Modern History from the University of Toronto\, an M.Phil. in Politics as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University\, and graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1977. He was named a Queen’s Counsel in 1984. \n\n\n\nMr. Rae’s return to Parliament for the constituency of Toronto Centre in 2008 led to his appointment as Foreign Affairs spokesman for his party\, and to his election as interim Leader in 2011. \n\n\n\nMr. Rae is also a Senior Fellow at Massey College\, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. He served as the Chief Negotiator for the 9 First Nations that are members of the Mattawa Tribal Council in Northern Ontario between 2013 and 2018. \n\n\n\nIn October 2017\, Mr. Rae was appointed as Canada’s Special Envoy to Myanmar. In this role\, he engaged in diplomatic efforts to address the crisis in the country’s Rakhine State and wrote the report “Tell Them We’re Human” in 2018. In March 2020\, he was named by Prime Minister Trudeau to be Canada’s Special Envoy on Humanitarian and Refugee Issues. This led to his report “A Global Pandemic Requires a Global Response”\, which was made public shortly before his appointment as Ambassador to the UN. \n\n\n\nBob Rae is a Privy Councillor\, a Companion of the Order of Canada\, a member of the Order of Ontario\, and has numerous awards and honorary degrees from institutions in Canada and around the world. \n\n\n\nWednesday\, Sept. 29\, 1:00 p.m.           Communities Fit for the Future:  Municipal Leadership\, Doughnut Economics and adapting to a changing Climate.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBen Geselbracht\, Councillor\, City of Nanaimo \n\n\n\nBen Geselbracht is a Nanaimo city councillor and Regional District director.  He is currently the 2nd Vice President of the Association of Vancouver Island Coastal Communities.   Ben is passionate about developing the green circular economy of the future.  He worked hard in getting the Nanaimo region to adopt an ambitious target of diverting 90% of its waste from landfill by 2030 and has since been stewarding implementation of the plan to achieve this as chair of the Nanaimo Regional Solid Waste committee.   Mobilizing local government to be more effective in supporting a resilient economy that is environmentally sustainable and meets the needs of all community members is a central focus of his work.  Ben believes strongly that we must address head on the challenge of climate change and that in order to do this successfully issues of social inequity must also be addressed.”   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTyler Brown\, Councillor\, City of Nanaimo \n\n\n\nChair of the Board of Directors at the Regional District of Nanaimo. \n\n\n\nHe holds a M.Sc. in Urban Policy and Practice at University of Glasgow (2011) and Certificate\, Principles and Practice of New Urbanism (2014)\, \n\n\n\nThursday\, Sept. 30\, 10:00 a.m. KEYNOTE Address: Adaptation\, food security and the challenge of financing Adaptation in Africa\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRachel Bezner Kerr\, Professor of Global Development at Cornell University \n\n\n\nRachel Bezner Kerr is a Professor in Global Development at Cornell University. She does participatory research in Africa on agroecology\, gender\, climate change adaptation\, food and nutrition security. She has published over 70 scientific articles\, in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\, and Agriculture\, Ecosystems and Environment. She is a Coordinating Lead Author for Chapter 5 (the ‘food chapter’) for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change upcoming report on climate change impacts\, vulnerabilities and adaptation. In 2019 she was co-author of a report on agroecology for the United Nations Committee for World Food Security. Her long-term participatory research is in collaboration with a farmer-led organization in Malawi\, the Soils\, Food and Healthy Communities organization. Rachel was born in Kitchener\, Ontario\, Canada and maintains close ties with Canadian family and colleagues. \n\n\n\nThursday\, Sept. 30\, 1:00 p.m.    FINANCE AND SUSTAINABLE CLIMATE ADAPTATION.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSara Alvarado\, Executive Director\, Institute for Sustainable Finance (ISF) \n\n\n\nSara Alvarado is Executive Director\, Institute for Sustainable Finance\, which fuses academia\, private sector and government to shape Canada’s sustainable finance. She is former Head of Risk\, Canada Infrastructure Bank\, where she built the inaugural ERM function. Prior to the CIB\, she was Senior Officer\, Infrastructure New Products & Special Transactions at the European Investment Bank (EIB) based in Luxembourg\, focusing on catalysing private sector investments into green infrastructure in policy priority sectors with support from the EU. Before moving to the EU\, Sara spent combined 15 years in Private Placements and Infrastructure as Managing Director at Manulife and Director at Sun Life\, plus 10 years at Scotia Capital. \n\n\n\nSara is current Co-Chair at the World Economic Forum’s Infrastructure 4.0 Initiative. She is Board Member at Cambridge Memorial Hospital and past Board Member at CFA Society Toronto. She is a CFA charterholder and an MBA from Edinburgh Business School. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJomo Sundaram\, Economist; Senior Adviser\, Khazanah Research Institute\, Malaysia \n\n\n\nSenior Adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute. He was a member of the Economic Action Council\, chaired by the seventh Malaysian Prime Minister (2018-20)\, and the 5-member Council of Eminent Persons appointed by him\, Professor at the University of Malaya (1986-2004)\, Founder-Chair of International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs\, www.networkideas.org) \, UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development (2005-2012)\, Research Coordinator for the G24 Intergovernmental Group on International Monetary Affairs and Development (2006-2012)\, and Assistant Director General for Economic and Social Development\, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (2012-2015). He received the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlair Feltmate\, INTACT Centre on Climate Adaptation\, University of Waterloo \n\n\n\nDr. Blair Feltmate: Blair is the Head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation\, University of Waterloo. Previous positions he has held include Vice President\, Sustainable Development\, Bank of Montreal; Director\, Sustainable Development\, Ontario Power Generation; Partner\, Sustainable Investment Group/YMG Capital Management.  Blair has written textbooks on Sustainable Banking and Aquatic Ecology. \n\n\n\nHe is on the Advisory Table\, National Adaptation Strategy\, Canada.  He is Sustainable Finance Council member\, Global Risk Institute\, and he is a member of Climate Proof Canada (Insurance Bureau of Canada).  Blair is Expert Member\, International ISO Strategic Advisory Group\, ESG.  He is Chair\, Adaptation Council\, Canadian Institute for Climate Choices (Environment and Climate Change Canada). He is on the Climate Advisory Board\, Minister of Environment (Ontario). He was Chair\, Federal Government of Canada Expert Panel on Climate Adaptation. \n\n\n\nBlair was an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow\, University of Waterloo.  He holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Ecology (University of Toronto)\, Master’s in Arts (Wilfrid Laurier University)\, Master’s in Zoology (University of Toronto)\, and Hon. Bachelor’s Biology (University of Toronto).  He is generally interviewed by the media 100 times per year on climate change/ESG related issues. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArt Hunter\, \n\n\n\nDeveloper of a major project demonstrating how an Ottawa home has adapted to not relying on fossil fuels or grid power by using solar power and geothermal energy using private financing\, Dr. Art Hunter is a graduate from the Royal Military College (Mechanical)\, Imperial College (U of London – Aeronautical)\, and the National Defence College (XXXVIII). He was a member of Telesat Canada’s spacecraft design team for Anik A\, Deputy Manager mechanical systems for the Communications Technology Satellite (Hermes) and Project Manager for the Canadarm project at the National Research Council of Canada. Later\, as a Project Manager for the Industrial Development Office\, he did the design\, development\, test and evaluation of the electronics network CA*Net (now part of the Internet).  For over 30 years he has worked with about 100 Canadian companies as an Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) Senior Project Manager and as President of Drex Engineering Consultants.  \n\n\n\nHe wrote an investing book the “Taxation Investment Engine”\, has developed energy efficient home construction techniques\, and has undertaken the financing and development of the Fossil Energy Freedom Project.  Its Mission Statement is “Retrofit an Ottawa home to live a near autonomous lifestyle”.   \n\n\n\nAs a member of the Board of Directors\, he was awarded the first Canadian Association for the Club of Rome “Exceptional Service Award” on 30 September 2020. \n\n\n\n2021 Conference Committee \n\n\n\nSusan Tanner\, Chair (See bio above); Roy Culpeper\, (See bio above); John Stone\, (See bio above) \n\n\n\nAdam Fenech\, (See bio above) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Harmston \n\n\n\nRichard has worked in international development for more than 40 years\, nearly all of it in civil society organizations. He directed the International Student Movement for the United Nations (Geneva)\, the Canadian Council for International Cooperation\, and South Asia Partnership Canada (the latter two in Ottawa). He has served on numerous boards of directors of other international and Canadian organizations\, including as a founding director of the North South Institute\, the Group of 78\, and UNIFEM Canada. The scope of this service has included emphasis on community development\, international relations\, peace and security\, gender equality\, South Asian issues\, and strengthening of civil society. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeter Meincke \n\n\n\nPeter Meincke\, B.A.Sc. (Queen’s)\, Ph.D. (physics UofT)\, D.Sc. (RMC). Vice Provost UofT (1972-76)\, President UPEI (1978-1985). He taught and did research at RMC\, Bell Labs\, UofT and UPEI. During the 70’s\, he became deeply concerned about the role of technology and developed courses on “Energy\, Environment and the Economy” and” Technologies for Sustainable Development”. He continues to write about how small islands can show how to use existing technologies to adapt to climate change and develop sustainably. He has served on many boards and councils and belongs to many NGO’s such as Canadian Pugwash\, Science for Peace\, CACOR. He was a founding member of the Group of 78. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGerald J Schmitz \n\n\n\nGerald Schmitz holds a doctorate in political science from Carleton University and has a deep background in international issues. He was a policy analyst with the Parliamentary Information and Research Service from 1981-2011\, including as principal analyst for international affairs and as research director for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade/Development from 1994 to 2008. In 1991-93 he was a program director at the North-South Institute\, and in 2003 a special advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The author of numerous publications\, in 2013 he was named an “alumnus of influence” by the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Arts and Sciences. Currently a G78 Board member\, he is also president of One World Arts which annually puts on the One World Film Festival.
URL:https://group78.org/event/2021-annual-policy-conference/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:September 14\, 2021 Recording - A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\n\nSeth Klein will presented insights from his new book\, “A Good War”.\n\n\n\n\nEvent Outline:\n\n\n\n\n\nThe world is not on a path to meet greenhouse gas emission targets to hold global warming to a 1.5 degree increase and avoid climate catastrophe. How are we ever to do this–is it even possible? We need radical systemic change to the way we live and work–during this decade. The world climate conference to be held in November (COP26) will be a crucial test of the world’s willingness and ability to meet this huge challenge. To tackle this enormous issues Seth Klein will present insights from his new book\, “A Good War”.\n\n\n\n\n\nBio:\n\n\n\n\n\nSeth Klein is the Team Lead and Director of Strategy with the Climate Emergency Unit. Prior to that\, he served for 22 years as the founding director of the British Columbia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)\, Canada’s foremost social justice think tank. He is now a freelance policy consultant\, speaker\, researcher and writer\, and author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. Seth is a columnist with the National Observer\, an adjunct professor with Simon Fraser University’s Urban Studies program\, and remains a research associate with the CCPA’s BC Office.\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt. Thank you for your support and participation. https://group78.org/
URL:https://group78.org/event/a-good-war-mobilizing-canada-for-the-climate-emergency/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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SUMMARY:August 10\, 2021 Recording - NATO: Solution or Problem?
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\nSpeaker \n\n\n\nPaul Robinson\n\n\n\nModerator \n\n\n\nRobin Collins\n\n\n\nThe Taliban are advancing in Afghanistan; Libya remains in a state of chaos; and NATO enlargement has heightened tensions on Europe’s eastern borders – NATO’s record in the past two decades is not looking particularly good. Nonetheless\, at its most recent summit\, the alliance broadened its horizons\, speaking in terms of containing China – a state far removed from the North Atlantic. In light of these developments\, Professor Paul Robinson of the University of Ottawa will discuss whether NATO is a solution to problems of international security or whether it is itself one of the problems. \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\nPaul Robinson is a professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of numerous works of Russian and Soviet history\, international security\, military history\, and military ethics. Professor Robinson writes regularly for the international press\, and is the author of the Irrussianality blog. \n\n\n\nRobin Collins has been active in supporting disarmament\, global governance\, peace and peacekeeping for more than 30 years. He is currently co-chair of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons\,  and secretary of Canadian Pugwash Group where he has presented on NATO nuclear policy\, and peacekeeping success and failure. Collins is past  chair of the Group of 78 working group on peace and security. He is also secretary of the World Federalist Movement – Canada\, where he focuses on UN peacekeeping\, UN Emergency Peace Service\, Responsibility to Protect and UN reform. \n\n\n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation. https://group78.org/
URL:https://group78.org/event/nato-solution-or-problem/
CATEGORIES:Luncheon,Special Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:July 6\, 2021 Recording - Community Owned Renewable Energy
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Notice (Pdf)July 6th\, 2021 at 1:00pm EDT (GMT -0400) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nAaron ThornellDick Bakker\n\n\n\n Moderator:  \n\n\n\nRieky Stuart\n\n\n\nOutline: \n\n\n\nWe don’t have to wait for government\, private industry\, or institutional investors to finance the transition to renewable energy and green technology. Citizens and local communities can act by pooling their money and facilitate the climate action we need.The Ottawa Renewable Energy Cooperative (OREC) is a proven local for-profit energy cooperative that has a track record of building new generation  assets\, attracting growing membership while paying regular dividends. This webinar will discuss the experience of OREC as an alternative model to help us achieve Canada’s zero net carbon target. \n\n\n\n Speakers: \n\n\n\nDick Bakker One of the original founders of OREC in 2010\,  three terms on the board\, most recently as President. Founder of CoEnergy in 2018 (so that the OREC ‘Community Capital’ model could be extended to energy retrofit projects as the FIT program was ending.  Regulations required a new entity to address ‘ non-generation’ activities). For the last 17 years has operated an importation retail store in Manotick Station. For the first 25 year of his career\, had working in various telecommunication and computer firms. \n\n\n\nAaron Thornell is the Customer & Member Manager of both OREC and CoEnergy Co-operative. In this role he is responsible for member & investor management\, project development\, and overall operations of both co-operatives. Born and raised in Ottawa\, Aaron is passionate about the role that the co-operative model can play in addressing climate\, social\, and economic challenges and inequities. Aaron has a bachelor’s degree from St. Francis Xavier University in Community Development. \n\n\n\nModerator \n\n\n\nRieky Stuart is a part-time consultant on organizational change and gender equality with UN organizations\, governments and NGOs. Her last staff position was as Executive Director of Oxfam Canada\, and she also worked as Deputy Director of the Canadian Council for International Cooperation and taught at St. Francis Xavier University’s Coady Institute. She has been a volunteer teacher\, consultant and Board member\, and is currently affiliated with Gender at Work and with Climate Legacy. \n\n\n\nDisclaimer \n\n\n\nThe Group of 78 and Climate Legacy do not in any way offer financial or investing advice.  This webinar and the information in the presentation are provided for educational purposes only. Investing involves risk. Any personal investing decisions should be made only after individual due diligence and/or with the assistance of a registered financial adviser or broker. The Group of 78 and Climate Legacy takes no responsibility for any investment decisions that participants may make.  By attending this webinar\, you are signifying that you understand and agree to this disclaimer. \n\n\n\nPlease note that The Group of 78 and Climate Legacy provides information on issues\, products and services of general interest to its membership. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you would like to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt. You can also donate and see other activities of the Group of 78 and Climate Legacy by visiting our websites. Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/community_owned_renewable_energy/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Special Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:June 16\, 2021 Recording - Global Vaccine Inequity: a Tale of two pandemics
DESCRIPTION:Event Summary:\n\n\n\nCOVID19 has shone a harsh light on the pre-existing social and economic inequities among and within countries.  It has also used in the defining challenge of our time: vaccine equity.  This can be addressed with dollars\, dose sharing\, and domestic manufacturing.  Ultimately COVID-19 vaccine sustainable equity and regional security will depend on domestic production supported by sharing of technology\, know-how and intellectual property.  This is the world’s Mandela moment:  it always seems impossible until its done! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBio:\n\n\n\n\nDr Peter Singer is Special Advisor to the Director General\, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, and Assistant Director General of the World Health Organization. He supports the Director General to transform WHO into an Organization sharply focused on impact at the country level. Dr Singer co-chaired the transition team; was the architect of WHO’s strategy and its “triple billion” target; supports colleagues to guide consistent strategy implementation of WHO’s programme budget\, results framework\, delivery stock-takes\, investment case\, and innovation strategy; and provides leadership to the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing to strengthen collaboration among 13 multilateral agencies to accelerate the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBefore joining WHO\, Dr. Peter Singer co-founded two innovative\, results driven\, social impact organizations. From 2008-2018 Singer was Chief Executive Officer of Grand Challenges Canada. During this period Grand Challenges Canada raised CAN $450M to support 1000 innovations in more than 90 countries\, which have the potential to save 450\,000-1.6 million lives and improve 11-35 million lives by 2030. From 1996-2006 he was Sun Life Financial Chair and Director of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. He is also Professor of Medicine at University of Toronto. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nIn 2007\, Dr. Singer received the Michael Smith Prize as Canada’s Health Researcher of the Year in Population Health and Health Services. In 2011\, Singer was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to health research and bioethics\, and for his dedication to improving the health of people in developing countries. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (where he was Foreign Secretary)\, U.S. National Academy of Medicine\, and The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAs a researcher\, Dr. Singer published over 300 articles\, received over $50 million in research grants\, and mentored hundreds of students. He studied internal medicine at University of Toronto\, medical ethics at University of Chicago\, public health at Yale University\, and management at Harvard Business School. He served his community as Board Chair of Branksome Hall\, an internationally minded school for girls. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation. https://group78.org/
URL:https://group78.org/event/global-vaccine-inequity-a-tale-of-two-pandemics/
CATEGORIES:Luncheon,Special Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210608T130000
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SUMMARY:June 8\, 2021 Recording - Public Funding for Fossil Fuels: From Part of the Problem to Part of the Solution
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Notice (Pdf)\nJune 8\, 2021 at 1:00pm EDT (GMT -0400) \n\n \nSpeakers: \n\nVanessa Corkal\nMitchell Beer\n\n Moderator:  \n\nRieky Stuart\n\nOutline: \nWe will be discussing the nature and extent of funding from governments in Canada (federal and provincial) for fossil fuel production. Funding comes in different guises—including direct financing\, loan insurance\, subsidies and tax breaks. Our contention is that these various sources of financing should be identified and phased out as quickly as possible and reallocated to green technology and renewable energy. \nSpeakers: \nVanessa Corkal is a policy analyst with the International Institute for Sustainable Development\, where she focuses on fossil fuel subsidies\, just transition\, and green recovery. She combines her expertise in climate change mitigation with over nine years of documentary\, journalism and non-profit experience. Previous work experiences include climate change research\, communications and project management for the Prairie Climate Centre (University of Winnipeg) and the First Nation Adapt program (Crown-Indigenous Relations & Northern Affairs\, Government of Canada). She holds a Master of Climate Change from the University of Waterloo. \nMitchell Beer is Publisher of The Energy Mix\, a thrice-weekly e-digest on climate change\, energy\, and a carbon-free future. He traces his work on renewable energy to 1977\, on climate change to 1997\, and gave a TEDx Ottawa talk in October 2019 on how to build wider public demand for rapid decarbonization. A proudest moment was building a model wind turbine out of wood stir sticks with his then-11-year-old daughter\, and improv comedy practices are often the best part of his week. \nModerator \nRieky Stuart is a part-time consultant on organizational change and gender equality with UN organizations\, governments and NGOs. Her last staff position was as Executive Director of Oxfam Canada\, and she also worked as Deputy Director of the Canadian Council for International Cooperation and taught at St. Francis Xavier University’s Coady Institute. She has been a volunteer teacher\, consultant and Board member\, and is currently affiliated with Gender at Work and with Climate Legacy. \n  \n\nIf you would like to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt. You can also donate and see other activities of the Group of 78 and Climate Legacy by visiting our websites. Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/public-funding-for-fossil-fuels-from-part-of-the-problem-to-part-of-the-solution/
LOCATION:Webinar
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SUMMARY:May 25\, 2021 Recording - Religious Soft Diplomacy and the UN – Dialogue with the Editors
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Notice (Pdf)\nMay 25\, 2021 at 1:00pm EDT (GMT -0400) \n \nSpeakers:\n \n\nSherrie M. Steiner\nJames Christie\n\nEvent Summary: \nThe engagement of religious diplomacy with the United Nations systems has become increasingly important for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The editors argue that effective religious diplomacy must reflect the great diversity of religious and spiritual expressions within human communities. Religious engagement in the United Nations systems has been understandably constrained by limited and formal organizational structures and conventions. The editors discus how increased engagement with marginalized voices of religion or belief contributes to a more inclusive public discourse. \n  \nBios \nSherrie M. Steiner\, PhD\, is assistant professor of sociology at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Dr. Steiner’s research focus is on religious soft power\, environmental sociology and improvement of public health. This research is conducted transnationally in relation to the G20 Interfaith Forum and at the community level through collaborative relationships with public not-for-profit organizations. Dr. Steiner teaches courses on religion\, development\, social movements\, and the environment. \n  \nJames Christie\, The Rev. Prof. Dr. James Christie is an ordained minister of The United Church of Canada and Ambassador-at-Large of The Canadian Multifaith Federation. Professor Christie’s career encompasses: Professor of Whole World Ecumenism and Dialogue Theology at The University of Winnipeg; Dean of Theology\, University of Winnipeg; President of The Canadian Council of Churches; General Secretary of the 2010 G8 World Religious Leaders Summit; an executive member of the G8 and G20 Interfaith Fora; Chair\, World Federalist Movement; Chair\, Project Ploughshares; and former co-chair of The Group of 78. His most recent publication on Religious Diplomacy is Religious Soft Power and The United Nations\, co-edited with Dr. Sherrie Steiner of Purdue University\, to be released by Lexington N.Y.\, Spring\, 2021. \nDownload/view PDF flyer with book details  \nand the code to get 30% off purchase price \n \n\n  \n\n\nRELIGIOUS SOFT DIPLOMACY AND THE UNITED NATIONS: RELIGIOUS ENGAGEMENT AS LOYAL OPPOSITION \nEdited by Sherrie M. Steiner and James T. Christie \n“In this important and timely book\, the editors and contributors set out persuasively why and how religion is an essential component of—and that it should be valued for—its past and present influence on our global polity\, especially as a constructive challenge to the discharge of international politics. It is encapsulated in the concept of a loyal opposition\, tracing its origins and emphasis on peace and unity\, including religious freedom\, applying fundamental truths\, rights of women\, and how these can be more integrated into the way in which increasingly we need to govern our world in transnational ways.” \n—  Sandra Coyle\, Executive Director\, World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy\n  \n“When we say that North Americans are secular\, we do not mean that they are not religious. The degree of religiosity is much higher here than in Europe\, but there is no official state religion. This volume is much needed\, and helps us to better understand both the political and the religious.” \n—  Amir Hussain\, Loyola Marymount University\n  \nABOUT THIS BOOK \nThe engagement of religious diplomacy within the United Nations systems has become increasingly important for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The editors argue that effective religious diplomacy must reflect the great diversity of religious and spiritual expressions within human communities. The editors argue that this can best be achieved through a worldview shift within the United Nations systems. Religious engagement in the United \nNations systems has been understandably constrained by limited and formal organizational structures and conventions. However\, the existing patterns of engagement mitigate against the very goals they seek to achieve. The editors argue that expanded\, yet measured\, religious inclusion will strengthen social cohesion in the global community. Contributors demonstrate how communities become stronger when marginalized minority voices are included in public discourse. The editors further argue that governance has a responsibility to ensure a safe environment for this interaction. The editors propose that the United Nations adopt the posture of “loyal opposition”\, that is inherent in parliamentary democracies\, to serve as a guideline for expanded religious engagement. The contributors advance this proposal with illustrations from multiple contexts that address a diverse array of social problems from perspectives rooted in theory and practice. \nABOUT THE EDITORS \nSherrie Steiner is assistant professor of sociology at Purdue University Fort Wayne. \nJames Christie is ambassador-at-large for The Canadian Multifaith Federation. \n  \n\n\n\nHardback:\nISBN 978-1-4985-9735-7\nApril 2021\nRegular price: $120.00\, £92.00 After discount: $84.00\, £64.40\n\n\nebook:\nISBN 978-1-4985-9736-4\nApril 2021\nRegular price: $45.00\, £35.00 After discount: $31.50\, £24.50\n\n\n\n*eBooks can only be ordered online. \n  \nEASIEST WAY TO ORDER WORLDWIDE: USE OUR WEBSITE \nhttps://Rowman.com/Lexington \n  \nIn North\, Central\, and South America and the Caribbean you can also\n\nCall Toll Free: 1-800-462-6420\nCall: (717) 794-3800\n\nOutside the Americas and Caribbean\, you can also\n\nCall: +44 (0) 1752 202301\n\n  \n*All orders from individuals must be prepaid. Prices are subject to change without notice. Shipping charges and sales tax will be added where applicable. Discount applies to these ISBNs only and may not be combined with other offers. eBooks can only be ordered online and must be purchased separately from print books at www.rowman.com/ebooks. For online purchases\, apply the promotion code during the checkout process. For email or phone orders\, provide the promo code LEX30AUTH21 for the 30% discount in your communication.
URL:https://group78.org/event/religious-soft-diplomacy-and-the-un-dialogue-with-the-editors/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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SUMMARY:May 6\, 2021 Recording - Conflict in Ethiopia and Rising Tensions in the Horn of Africa
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Notice (Pdf)\nMay 6\, 2021 at 1:00pm EDT (GMT -0400) \n \n  \nTicket options: \n\nFree\n$10.00 – Suggested\n\nSpeakers:\n \n\n Samuel Getachew\nWorku Aberra \nAnn Fitz-Gerald\n \n\n\nOutline: \nThe conflict in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray is being fought on two interconnected fronts. The first is physical and on the ground\, while the second is a dangerous information campaign projected via social media to influence\, draw in and even direct international reaction. At the same time\, the geopolitical interests of various major powers\, such as the US\, China\, the UK and France\, remain largely hidden. The evolving strategic interests and decisions of these global actors\, and those of regional actors such as Egypt\, Sudan\, Eritrea and Somalia\, will play a role either in reaching an equitable and sustainable solution to the violent dispute\, or in escalating it. \nSpeakers: \nSamuel Getachew is an Ethiopian Canadian journalist based in Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia. He has written for CNN\, Quartz Africa\, the Globe and Mail\, the Reporter in Ethiopia\, the National UAE and others.  \nHaving studied in Canada\, Dr. Worku Aberra credits Canada with launching his academic career. Dr. Aberra taught economics at McGill University in the late 1980s and has been professor of economics at Dawson College for more than 28 years. He is the Chair of Department of Economics at Dawson College\, Quebec\, Canada.  \nAnn Fitz-Gerald is the Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs and a Professor in Wilfrid Laurier University’s Political Science Department. Ann’s research focuses on national security and the governance of the security sector. She has extensive experience in teaching\, research and consultancy capacities in Ethiopia and the wider Horn of Africa region\, where she has also supported internationally-sponsored peace talks.  \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation. www.group78.org
URL:https://group78.org/event/conflict_in_ethiopia/
LOCATION:Webinar
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SUMMARY:April 27\, 2021 Recording - Our Way or the Norway: Comparing Canada and Norway's Climate Actions
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Notice (Pdf)\nMarch 30\, 2021 at 1:00pm EDT (GMT -0400) \n  \n \n  \nTicket options: \n\nFree\n$10.00 – Suggested per webinar\n\n  \nSpeakers\n \n\nBruce Campbell\nNathan Lemphers\n\n  \nOutline: \n  \nThe event will compare and contrast the petroleum and climate policies\, performance and records of Norway and Canada. Both countries are major oil exporters\, close to major markets. It will examine their different systems of governments\, electoral systems and cultures. Discussion will include the most recent carbon commitments of each country in advance of COP 26\, Including Canada’s latest 2030 emission reduction target and the measures in the April 19 budget to reach this target. Finally. it will outline lessons for Canada from the Norwegian experience\, and also how Norway can build on its strengths. \n  \nSpeakers: \n  \nBruce Campbell  is former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He is adjunct professor\, York University\, Faculty of Environmental Studies; and Senior Fellow\, Ryerson University\, Centre for Free Expression. He is the author of The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster: Public Betrayal Justice Denied\, James Lorimer\, 2018. He is the author of The Petro-Path Not Taken: Comparing Norway with Canada and Alberta’s Management of Petroleum Wealth\, CCPA\, January 2013\, and a recent commentary comparing the two countries on climate action. \n  \nNathan Lemphers is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Smart Prosperity Institute. His current book project\, based on his dissertation\, examines the climate politics of Canada\, Norway and Australia. At Smart Prosperity\, Nathan is studying the regional political economy of electric vehicles. He obtained his PhD in political science from the University of Toronto where he was a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Scholar and Junior Fellow at Massey College. \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation. www.group78.org
URL:https://group78.org/event/our-way-or-the-norway/
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CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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SUMMARY:April 21\, 2021 Recording - Hot Takes on the Federal Budget:  Where are we going with the Feminist Foreign Policy?
DESCRIPTION:Free Webinar April 21\, 2021\, 3:00 – 4:00 pm EDT\n \nOn April 19\, the Canadian government will release its first budget in two years. We’ve lined up five foreign policy experts to share their quick reactions on what the budget says – or fails to address – in the fields of environment\, trade\, aid\, defence and diplomacy. The panellists will also briefly reflect on what the implications are for Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy\, to be followed by a Q&A period.  \nIntro\nDiana Rivington enjoyed a long career at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). She is a former member of the Equality Fund Board and the Independent Review Committee of GAVI. \nModerator\nGauri Sreenivasan is Policy and Campaigns Director at Nature Canada\, where she advocates on issues of biodiversity\, climate and equity. She worked for many years also on international cooperation\, trade and human rights policy and on Parliament Hill. \nTopics and Speakers\nTrade\nLaura Macdonald is a Full Professor in the Department of Political Science and is a member of the McLeod Group. \nAid\nStephen Brown is Professor of Political Science at the University of Ottawa and a member of the McLeod Group. He has published widely on foreign aid\, including Canada’s. \nDiplomacy\nBianca Mugyenyi is the Director of the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (www.foreignpolicy.ca). She is an author and former Co-Executive Director of The Leap. \nDefence\nPeggy Mason is a former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament to the UN and\, since 2014\, is the President of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs. \nEnvironment\nAngela Keller-Herzog is a former Green Party Candidate and Co-coordinator of CAFES. \nQuestions and answer period\nWrap up \nRoy Culpeper is an economist who has devoted his career to social justice issues. His work has focused on development in Canada and internationally. \n  \nThis event is co-hosted by The Group of 78 and The McLeod Group
URL:https://group78.org/event/hot-takes-on-the-federal-budget-where-are-we-going-with-the-feminist-foreign-policy/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Special Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:April 15\, 2021 Recording - Potentials and Pitfalls of Climate Responsible Investment
DESCRIPTION:A forum for individuals seeking to do good with their investment choices\nWebinar \nApril 15th\, 2021 \n11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT (GMT -0400) \n\nOutline: \nThis webinar will discuss “responsible investing”. For anyone interested in greening their investment portfolio\, it will delve into the challenges and opportunities of ensuring that their savings are actually aligned with the goals of protecting the environment and the climate. \n\nModerator:\nDr. Tessa Hebb \nSpeakers:\nTim Nash  \nMary Robinson \n \nTim Nash is the founder of Good Investing\, an investment planning firm with a focus on sustainable investing. Tim’s blog The Sustainable Economist has inspired thousands of Canadians to invest according to their values with model portfolios to reflect different definitions of sustainable investing. Tim writes a bi-weekly column for The Toronto Star\, and is regularly featured in publications such as CBC’s The National\, BNN Bloomberg’s Market Call\, and the Globe and Mail. \n  \nMary Robinson is Director of Research\, Policy & Collaboration with the Responsible Investment Association (RIA). In this role\, Mary promotes awareness of responsible investment in Canada through research and analysis\, advocates for policies that support responsible investment\, and facilitates collaboration among the RIA’s membership. Mary is a CFA® charterholder with more than 20 years of experience working with institutional investors\, including pension funds\, endowments and foundations\, in consulting and relationship management roles. Mary also holds the Responsible Investment Professional Certification (RIPC) designation. Mary believes that incorporating ESG factors in investment decision-making is consistent with the goal of achieving positive financial outcomes for the long term. She is keen to advance the understanding of RI among Canadian investors and to help the industry move towards full adoption of RI. \n  \nDr. Tessa Hebb is a Distinguished Research Fellow and past Director of the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation\, Carleton University\, Canada. She is working with Ceres to expand its footprint in Canada. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration and the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. She has published many books and articles on responsible investing and impact investing\, including the volumes the Routledge Handbook of Responsible Investment and SRI in the 21st Century: Does it make a Difference to Society. \n  \n  \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support Group of 78 and Climate Legacys’ ongoing activities\, any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt. Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/potentials-and-pitfalls-of-climate-responsible-investment/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Luncheon,Special Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:March 30\, 2021 Recording - Paying their due: reforming international corporate taxation in the global recovery.
DESCRIPTION:Webinar\nMarch 30\, 2021 at 1:00pm EDT (GMT -0400)\n \nTicket options:\n\n\nFree\n\n\n$10.00 – Suggested per webinar\n\n\n  \n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\nEdmund Valpy Fitzgerald\nToby Sanger\n\n  \nOutline:\n  \nMultinational companies\, particularly the ‘digital giants’\, avoid effective taxation of their profits and thus undermine fiscal provision of essential public services\, particularly in developing countries. Despite G20 mandated multilateral negotiations at the OECD since 2012\, progress has been slow – particularly during the Trump administration. In consequence a number of countries have recently introduced their own conflicting ‘digital levies’.\n  \nThe Independent Commission on the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT http://www.icrict.com/ ) is a significant actor in this debate\, lending technical expertise to civil society advocacy on progressive tax reform. The Commission has led international debate with four key precepts: (i) corporation tax is the best instrument to reduce inequality\, both within countries and between developed/developing countries; (ii) tax on pure profit (economic rent) is not a disincentive to productive investment and employment; (iii) multinationals must be taxed on global income and apportioned according to where profits are generated; and (iv) tax havens could be eliminated by ensuring an effective minimum tax rate worldwide.\n  \nThis February the EU adopted ‘country by country’ profit reporting by multinationals; US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin told G20 finance ministers that US “will engage robustly to address … the tax challenges of digitisation and a robust global minimum tax”; and the United Nations supported minimum tax rates and a new global tax forum. Prof. Valpy Fitzgerald will summarise the process of international tax negotiations at the OECD and explain how ICRICT has become an effective advocate for progressive reform and assess the potential for real progress in 2021 on progressive taxation of profits and wealth.\n  \nWhere does Canada stand? For too many years\, Canada has been a laggard in taking action on reforms to make multinationals pay their fair share of taxes\, waiting for a consensus to develop instead of taking any leadership or action outside of the OECD minimum. It was only in the last election that the Trudeau government committed to make sure that multinational tech giants pay corporate tax on the revenue they generate in Canada and make other reforms to reduce international corporate tax dodging. We still haven’t seen any action in this area since then\, but Toby Sanger is hopeful that\, with Chrystia Freeland in the Finance portfolio and a more positive administration in the US\, Canada will finally take more meaningful action.\n  \nSpeakers:\n  \nEdmund Valpy Fitzgerald\, from the United Kingdom\, is Emeritus Professor of International Development Finance\, Oxford University\, Fellow of St Antony’s College\, Oxford and an ICRICT Commissioner. Until recently\, he served as Head of the Department of International Development\, Oxford University. Engaged in research and publication on global capital flows\, open economy macroeconomics\, emerging market economies and international tax cooperation\, Professor Fitzgerald has acted as adviser to a number of governments (including the UK and Mexico)\, international institutions (including the UN and the OECD) and civil society agencies (including Oxfam and TJN).\n  \nToby Sanger has been director of Canadians for Tax Fairness since October 2018. Prior to that\, he worked as the economist for the Canadian Union of Public Employees\, chief economist for the Yukon government\, lecturer in economics\, principal economic policy advisor to the Ontario Minister of Finance\, economic researcher at the House of Commons and as a consulting economist. He has a B.A. in economics from McGill and M.A. in Economics from Dalhousie University. \n He has written many reports\, articles and commentaries on various taxation and economic issues and frequently appears in the media\, on panels\, providing presentations and as an expert witness to parliamentary committees. He is currently on the council of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice\, the steering group of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation\, and the board of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. \nMore Information about Canadians for Tax Fairness www.taxfairness.ca/
URL:https://group78.org/event/paying-their-due-reforming-international-corporate-taxation-in-the-global-recovery/
LOCATION:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Blended Finance and the Sustainable Development Goals
DESCRIPTION:WEBINAR: Friday\, March 12\, 10h00-11h20 Via Zoom\nCo-hosted by:\nthe School of International Development and Global Studies\,\nand the Institute of the Environment\,\nUniversity of Ottawa\nLink to Register:\nhttps://blended-finance-and-sustainable-development-goals.eventbrite.ca/\nLa version française\nEVENT PDF: DVM8111_BlendedFinance_Bilingue\nDescription\nThe Canadian government has embraced ‘blended finance’ as a way to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. Blended finance entails the strategic use of development finance to mobilize additional sources of finance. Participants in this panel discussion will focus on answering two questions : What problems is this approach to development financing trying to solve? What are the risks and opportunities involved with ‘blended finance’?\nPanelists:\n1. Roy Culpeper\, Senior Fellow\, School of International Development and Global Studies\n2. Angella MacEwen\, Senior Economist\, Canadian Union of Public Employees\n3. Syed Sajjadur Rahman\, Senior Fellow\, School of International Development and Global Studies\n  \nModerators:\n1. Susan Spronk\, Director\, School of International Development and Global Studies\n2. Geoff McCarney\, Assistant Professor\, School of International Development and Global Studies\, and Director of Research\, Institute of the Environment.\nRegistration required. This event will be in English and delivered online through Zoom. Call-in details will be shared with registrants before the event date.\nIf you have any questions\, please contact events@smartprosperity.ca\n 
URL:https://group78.org/event/blended-finance-and-the-sustainable-development-goals/
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SUMMARY:February 23\, 2021 Recording - The Global Ascendency of China
DESCRIPTION:Webinar pdf\nFebruary 23rd\, 2021\n1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST (GMT -0050) \nOnline Registration\n Ticket options:\n\nFree\n$10.00 – Suggested per webinar\n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\nGar Pardy\n\nModerator\n\nJames Christie\n\nSeminar Theme\nSince the death of Mao in 1976\, China has re-emerged as a global power.  In the process\, other countries are adapting their own policies and actions in order to maintain and further their own interests especially in economic and trade matters.  In a significant way\, most countries have seen considerable benefit from their economic relations with China and in the coming years that is likely to remain a dominant force in their relations with China.\nThere is every indication China intends to use its position as a global power to ensure\, initially\, its dominance in the Asia-Pacific region. Already\, there are strong indications that most countries of the region are inclined to accept that role for China especially as questions increase as to the reliability of the continuing United States role in the region.\nTaiwan will remain as the single most important issue in the coming months.  Should it decide to declare it is an independent country and seek international support then there can be every expectation China will respond economically and militarily.  Just how far it would go militarily\, remains as the key question and to a large extent that will be determined by how robust the United States will be in its support of Taiwan.  It is doubtful that other countries of the region\, except for Australia\, will want to engage in any significant way in direct support for a threatened Taiwan.\nTo some extent my book\, China in a Changing World\, provides a backdrop to this issue.  The book provides considerable material on the role of other countries in any direct confrontation with China and as we have seen by their actions\, most do not and will not engage in anti-China actions.  At the same time China will continue to promote a cooperative international environment for its own policies and actions.\nAs for Canada\, our China policy is dead in the water.  The continuing detentions of Mme Meng and Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor and the inability or unwillingness of Ottawa to take action that would bring the matter to a conclusion remains as a rock preventing little to no flexibility for Canada to play any significant role.\n  \n Bios\nGar Pardy is a son of the Rock who for the last sixty years has travelled the world observing and dealing with its dangerous and wonderous manifestations.  First in Newfoundland\, and then on to Labrador\, Frobisher Bay\, India\, Kenya\, the United States and Central America and places in between\, Mr Pardy has dealt with large and small issues many of which were headlines in the daily reporting.  He is a graduate of Acadia (honours and valedictorian) and McMaster (Masters) Universities.  Since his retirement from the Department of Foreign Affairs in 2003 he has been a key witness in the work of commissions of inquiry on a variety of security matters.  He has written extensively on his experience and knowledge and his articles have appeared in numerous papers and he has appeared on the full range of radio and television news programs in Canada and beyond.  He has published two books\, Afterwords From a Foreign Service Odyssey (2016) and China in a Changing World (2020) and has contributed chapters in The Human Rights of Anti-Terrorism (2008) and Omar Khadr Oh Canada (2012).  He lives in Ottawa with Laurel Pardy\, also a writer.  \n\nJames Christie\, The Rev. Prof. Dr. James Christie is an ordained minister of The United Church of Canada and Ambassador-at-Large of The Canadian Multifaith Federation. Professor Christie’s career encompasses: Professor of Whole World Ecumenism and Dialogue Theology at The University of Winnipeg; Dean of Theology\, University of Winnipeg; President of The Canadian Council of Churches; General Secretary of the 2010 G8 World Religious Leaders Summit; an executive member of the G8 and G20 Interfaith Fora; Chair\, World Federalist Movement; Chair\, Project Ploughshares; and former co-chair of The Group of 78.  His most recent publication on Religious Diplomacy is Religious Soft Power and The United Nations\, co-edited with Dr. Sherrie Steiner of Purdue University\, to be released by Lexington N.Y.\, Spring\, 2021.\n \n  \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/pandemic-relief-recovery-and-reshaping-the-world-economy-2/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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SUMMARY:Panel 5: Conclusions and Recommendations
DESCRIPTION: Download Event Pdf \nWednesday\, February 3\, 2021\, from 3:00 – 4:30 pm EST\n  \nWe are delighted to announce the details of our grand finale webinar in the Group of 78 six-session series of Webinars on the Future of UN Peacekeeping in the Transition to a More Peaceful World: Why UN peace operations are critical and need to be expanded. \n  \nThe focus\, as promised\, will be on key recommendations for action by governments – especially our own\, by parliamentarians and by civil society. We promise a lively\, thought provoking\, action-oriented discussion and question time! \n  \nThe five previous webinars in this series are all available on YouTube  \n  \nPanellists:\n\n Jane Boulden\, Professor\, Dept of Political Science\, Royal Military College of Canada\, with a particular focus on UN efforts to manage conflict (Speaking from Kingston\, Ontario)\n Walter Dorn\, RMC and Canadian Forces College professor\, author\, and a leading Canadian expert on UN peacekeeping including new technologies (Speaking from Toronto)\n Howard Peter Langille\, Author and lead expert on UN Emergency Peace Service and “sustainable common security”. (Speaking from Ottawa)\n\n  \nModerator:\n\nPeggy Mason\, President of Rideau Institute\, former Amb for Disarmament to the UN\, former peacekeeping trainer (1995-2014)\, (Speaking from Ottawa)\n\n  \nTicket options:\n\n$10.00 for general admission (register through Eventbrite)\nFull pass holders do not need to register; you have been automatically registered.\nFree General Admission\n\nOnline Registration \n  \nThank you to our co-sponsors!\n \n 
URL:https://group78.org/event/panel-5-conclusions-and-recommendations/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Pandemic Relief\, Recovery\, and Reshaping the World Economy
DESCRIPTION:Webinar\nJanuary 13th\, 2021\n9:00-10:15 am Ottawa time; 2:00-3:15 pm UK time; 10:00-11:15 pm Malaysia time\nOnline Registration\n Ticket options:\nFree\n$10.00 – Suggested per webinar\nSpeakers \nJomo Kwame Sundaram\nSir Richard Jolly\nModerator\nRoy Culpeper\nSeminar Theme\nOur webinar will address the interrelated issues of short-term pandemic relief\, medium-term  recovery and\, in the long term\, reshaping the world economy. There are choices at every stage\, with implications for distributional equity among and within countries. There can be no return to the “old normal”–the world has changed\, and the climate crisis has intensified. Are there fundamental opportunities to reshape policy at the national level? And can the international rules of the game\, affecting trade\, investment and finance\, be reshaped to build a more equitable and sustainable world?\n  \n Bios\n Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Senior Adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute. He was a member of the Economic Action Council\, chaired by the seventh Malaysian Prime Minister (2018-20)\, and the 5-member Council of Eminent Persons appointed by him\, Professor at the University of Malaya (1986-2004)\, Founder-Chair of International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs)\, UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development (2005-2012)\, Research Coordinator for the G24 Intergovernmental Group on International Monetary Affairs and Development (2006-2012)\, and Assistant Director General for Economic and Social Development\, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (2012-2015). He received the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.\n\nSir Richard Jolly is Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the IDS (Institute of Development Studies) at the University of Sussex. Richard Jolly was Deputy Executive Director(Programmes)in UNICEF 1982-95 and co-author of the widely-acclaimed Human Development Report from 1996-2000. In 2001\, he was knighted by the Queen for services to the UN and International Development.\n\nHe co-directed the UN Intellectual History Project with Louis Emmerij and Tom Weiss\, the summary volume of which is UN Ideas That Changed The World (details on www.unhistory.org.He has written or co- written many articles and books on development\, the latest of which is UNICEF: Global Governance That Works\, to be published by Routledge in May 2014.\n \n  \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/pandemic-relief-recovery-and-reshaping-the-world-economy/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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SUMMARY:Israel and Palestine: Future Directions in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Webinar \n\nJanuary 13th\, 2021 \n1200 Ottawa / 1700 UK / 1800 Geneva / 1900 Ramallah \n  \nDownload Event Pdf\n  \nSpeakers \n\nDr Alaa Tartir\, \nInès Abdel Razek\, \nDr Shir Hever and \nDr Jeremy Wildeman \n  \n  \nModerator \n\nDr Ruby Dagher \n  \n  \nTicket options: Free or $10.00 (Suggested)\nOnline Registration \n \n  \nSeminar Theme\n  \n  \nThe resource rich Middle East and North Africa region is at a nadir following two tumultuous decades of localised crises\, regional power struggles and interventions from abroad. Multiple shattered states and societies\, from Libya to Syria\, Yemen and Iraq\, lie in their wake. Yet\, one contested region\, Israel and Palestine\, remains central to regional peace and stability. It remains in as regressive and dangerous a state as ever\, too. \n  \n  \nThis online seminar will explore the regional outlook of Israel\, Palestine and the broader Middle East. It takes into consideration four years of the Trump administration siding firmly with the Netanyahu government in Israel\, including support for de jure annexation of further Palestinian land. \n  \n  \nIt also offers insight onto peace agreements signed between Israel and Arab states\, for the first time since 1994; the further deterioration of Palestinian well-being\, which includes de facto West Bank land annexations and dystopian life conditions in Gaza; and Canada’s own current policy\, which such as includes renewing funding to Palestinian refugees and voting at the UN for the Palestinian right to self-determination while simultaneously voting against nearly every other Palestinian resolution and facilitating the sale of Israeli settlement goods in Canada. This forms the backdrop of this panel. \n  \n  \nOur panel of regional specialists will provide their analysis through an update on the politics of the Middle East (Dr Alaa Tartir)\, political trends and life in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Inès Abdel Razek)\, political currents in Israel (Dr Shir Hever)\, and Canada’s relationship with the Palestinians and Middle East Peace Process (Dr Jeremy Wildeman). \n  \n  \n  \nBios\n  \n  \n  \nDr. Alaa Tartir is a Researcher and Academic Coordinator at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva\, a Global Fellow at The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)\, and Program and Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka\, the Palestinian Policy Network. Tartir is the co-editor of Palestine and Rule of Power: Local Dissent vs. International Governance (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2019)\, and the co-editor of Political Economy of Palestine: Critical\, Interdisciplinary\, and Decolonial Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2021). Tartir’s publications can be accessed at www.alaatartir.com\, and he tweets at @alaatartir \n  \n  \nInès Abdel Razek is the Advocacy Director of the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy\, A Palestinian independent organization based in Ramallah. Prior to joining the PIPD in 2019\, Inès has held advisory positions to high-level diplomats and officials of the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona\, the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi and the Palestinian Prime Minister’s Office in Ramallah\, mainly working on multilateral governance and development cooperation policies. Inès is also a policy member at the think-tank Al-Shabaka and an Advisory board member of the social enterprise BuildPalestine. Inès holds a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from Sciences-Po\, Paris. Twitter: @InesAbdelrazek \n  \n  \nDr. Shir Hever is an independent economic researcher and journalist. He is currently living in Germany\, and is a graduate of the Freie Universität in Berlin. His second book: Privatization of Security in Israel\, was published by Pluto Press in 2017. \n  \n  \nDr Jeremy Wildeman is a research analyst of global and Middle East politics\, human security and “development” aid. His specialisations include the impact of foreign aid/intervention on the Palestinians\, and Canada’s relationship with the Middle East. Since 2010\, he has explored in-depth (at the universities of Exeter\, Bath and Ottawa) the humanitarian\, development\, security and peacebuilding nexus of foreign aid in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. These resulted in numerous peer-reviewed publications and policy analysis. He has published several major works on Canada’s relationship with the Palestinians\, too. His scholarly work is supported by extensive field experience delivering humanitarian and development aid in the city of Nablus (from 2002 to 11)\, and afterward in multiple regions in crisis in the Middle East and Balkans. He is also a Fellow with HRREC-CREDP at the University of Ottawa and his Twitter is @jeremywildeman \n  \n  \nDr. Ruby Dagher has studied and taught at both Carleton and Ottawa Universities and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies\, University of Ottawa. Ms. Dagher has worked and consulted with the Canadian International Development Agency\, the Caribbean Development Bank\, the University of Central Asia\, and Global Affairs Canada. She has a doctorate in Public Policy and Administration Development from Carleton University and is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships.  She is trilingual in English\, French and Arabic. \n  \n  \nMs. Dagher has written widely in books\, journals and newspapers\, has presented in many media broadcasts and has organized and moderated many conferences\, workshops and panels. Among her academic and personal interests are international development and its many dimensions\, Middle East politics\, conflict\, social movements and power relations. \n  \n  \n_____________________________________________________________________________ \n  \nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation. \n  \nPhoto Credits Wikimedia: Flag of Palestine.svg \, Flag-of-Israel(boxed).png
URL:https://group78.org/event/israel-and-palestine-future-directions-in-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Special Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era\, by Douglas Roche\,
DESCRIPTION:The Hon. Douglas Roche\, O.C. will discuss his newly released book\, Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era.\n \nThis event is hosted by Group of 78\, in collaboration with PeaceQuest\nSpeakers:\n\n\nWelcoming remarks by Roy Culpeper\, Chair\, Group of 78\n\n\nModeration by Steve Staples\, Chairperson\, PeaceQuest Leadership and Education Initiative \n\n\nPresentation by Senator Douglas Roche (ret.)\, Canada’s former UN Ambassador for Disarmament and author of Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era\n\n\nAudience questions and discussion\nOrder your advance copy of\, Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era\, by Douglas Roche:\n $9.99 Kindle | $14.99 Paperback \nAvailable from: https://amzn.to/3oaEHLC\nHumanity faces a triple emergency: the global problems of climate change\, nuclear weapons\, and the coronavirus are monumental. Cooperation between governments and peoples has never been so necessary for common survival. The election of Joe Biden as U.S. president opens a new path for world cooperation for peace. In this up-to-the-minute book\, former Senator Douglas Roche\, a leading Canadian advocate for peace\, points to a new basis for hope in the urgent agenda for human security. The world – and Canada – must: \n\n\nspur development \n\n\ncurb global warming \n\n\ncut nuclear arms\n\n\n advance human rights\n\n\n\n“As our world begins to recover\, we will need the guidance of learned peacemakers. Recovery brings. Joe Biden and Douglas Roche together\, providing critical insights for years to come.” -Lieutenant-General (ret) The Honourable Romeo Dallaire\n\n“Extremely timely\, thoughtful\, deeply informed analysis of Joe Bidon the man and the president he may be.” -ElizabethMay M.P.\, former Leader\, Green Party of Canada\n\n“Brimming witJ1 political practically and generous humanity.” -Ernie Regehr\, former Executive Director; Project Ploughshares\n\nHon. Douglas Roche\, O.C.\, has specialized throughout his 40-year public career in peace and human security issues. Mr. Roche was a Senator\, Member of Parliament\, Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament\, and Visiting Professor at the University of Alberta. He was elected Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Committee at the 43rd General Assembly in 1988.Mr. Roche was the founding Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative. In 2010\, the City of Hiroshima named him an Honourary Citizen. He was awarded the Calgary Peace Prize in 2017. The author of 23 books\, his latest is Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era.
URL:https://group78.org/event/book-launch-recovery-peace-prospects-in-the-biden-era-by-douglas-roche/
LOCATION:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Dec. 1st\, Part 2 of 2: Finance\, Climate Risk\, and How to Make your Pension Fund Climate-Friendly
DESCRIPTION:Registration through Eventbrite\nTicket options:\n\n\nFree \n\n\n$10.00 – Suggested per webinar\n\n\nOnline Registration \n  \nWebinars are co-hosted by the Climate Legacy and Group of 78\n In partnership with SHIFT and the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa\nDownload Event PDF\n  \nThe crucial importance of shifting finance to address the climate crisis (webinar 1)\nNovember 24\, 2020. 1-2 pm ET \n\nWhere money is being invested in the global economy is an often overlooked\, but critical piece of the puzzle in solving the climate crisis. Join climate expert Adam Scott\, Director of Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health for the first of two workshops exploring why shifting finance is essential for addressing the climate emergency and protecting investments from growing climate risks.\n  \nHow to engage those managing your retirement savings on climate (webinar 2)\nDecember 1\, 2020. 1-2 ET\nLearn how to take action to ensure your retirement savings are being invested in the solutions to the climate crisis\, not the causes. Join climate expert Adam Scott\, Director of Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health for part two of our series exploring ways to effectively engage your pension fund and shift your personal investments to protect your savings while leaving a lasting climate legacy for future generations.\n  \nAdam Scott\, Director\, Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health\nAdam is a climate change expert with more than 15 years of domestic and international experience in climate policy\, energy and finance. As Director of Shift\, he works with a broad range of stakeholders to bring international climate leadership into Canada’s financial sector. Previously\, Adam was Senior Advisor to international climate research and advocacy organization Oil Change International and was manager of Environmental Defence Canada’s Climate & Energy Program. Adam has advised governments\, provided expert media commentary\, and published numerous reports on the zero-carbon transition.\n\nClimate Legacy – About Us\nClimate Legacy is a project to engage and mobilize older Canadians in climate action\, through their voice\, their time\, and their money. Our vision is that Canada move steadily and effectively towards a zero net carbon economy in the next decade through actions at municipal\, provincial and federal levels. Seniors comprise a significant force in combatting climate change and are often overlooked in current mobilizing efforts\, which is why we are establishing a climate action platform and resource dedicated to Older Canadians. Please contact climatelegacycanada@gmail.com to get in touch.\n\n  \nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/finance-climate-risk-and-how-to-make-your-pension-fund-climate-friendly-2/
LOCATION:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Nov. 24th\, Part 1 of 2: Finance\, Climate Risk\, and How to Make your Pension Fund Climate-Friendly
DESCRIPTION:Registration through Eventbrite\nTicket options:\n\n 	\nFree \n\n 	\n$10.00 – Suggested per webinar\n\n\nOnline Registration \n \nWebinars are co-hosted by the Climate Legacy and Group of 78\n In partnership with SHIFT and the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa\nDownload Event PDF\n \nThe crucial importance of shifting finance to address the climate crisis (webinar 1)\nNovember 24\, 2020. 1-2 pm ET \n\nWhere money is being invested in the global economy is an often overlooked\, but critical piece of the puzzle in solving the climate crisis. Join climate expert Adam Scott\, Director of Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health for the first of two workshops exploring why shifting finance is essential for addressing the climate emergency and protecting investments from growing climate risks.\n \nHow to engage those managing your retirement savings on climate (webinar 2)\nDecember 1\, 2020. 1-2 ET\nLearn how to take action to ensure your retirement savings are being invested in the solutions to the climate crisis\, not the causes. Join climate expert Adam Scott\, Director of Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health for part two of our series exploring ways to effectively engage your pension fund and shift your personal investments to protect your savings while leaving a lasting climate legacy for future generations.\n \nAdam Scott\, Director\, Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health\nAdam is a climate change expert with more than 15 years of domestic and international experience in climate policy\, energy and finance. As Director of Shift\, he works with a broad range of stakeholders to bring international climate leadership into Canada’s financial sector. Previously\, Adam was Senior Advisor to international climate research and advocacy organization Oil Change International and was manager of Environmental Defence Canada’s Climate & Energy Program. Adam has advised governments\, provided expert media commentary\, and published numerous reports on the zero-carbon transition.\n\n\n\nClimate Legacy – About Us\nClimate Legacy is a project to engage and mobilize older Canadians in climate action\, through their voice\, their time\, and their money. Our vision is that Canada move steadily and effectively towards a zero net carbon economy in the next decade through actions at municipal\, provincial and federal levels. Seniors comprise a significant force in combatting climate change and are often overlooked in current mobilizing efforts\, which is why we are establishing a climate action platform and resource dedicated to Older Canadians. Please contact climatelegacycanada@gmail.com to get in touch.\n\n\n\n \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/finance-climate-risk-and-how-to-make-your-pension-fund-climate-friendly/
LOCATION:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Why hasn’t Canada signed the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty?
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the webinar: November 19th\, 6:30PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n  \n\n\n\nJoin a webinar on the need for Canada to sign the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty\, featuring Liberal MP Hedy Fry\, NDP MP Heather McPherson\, Green Party MP Elizabeth May\, Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe as well as Setsuko Thurlow\, survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima who jointly accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. \n  \nCanada has not joined 122 countries represented at the July 2017 UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons\, Leading Towards their Total Elimination. It has also declined to sign the resulting UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons\, which recently garnered its 50th state signatory meaning it will enter into force in 90 days. \n  \nNuclear weapons constitute one of the most serious threats facing humanity. Nuclear explosions over cities could quickly kill tens of millions. 1% of the 13\,400 nuclear weapons in the world could disrupt the global climate and threaten billions with starvation in a nuclear famine. \n  \nCanada’s 2017 defence policy ignores the threat nuclear weapons pose to human survival (North Korean nuclear weapons are mentioned once). But\, the defence policy\, “Strong\, Secure\, Engaged” makes two dozen references to Canada’s commitment to the nuclear-armed NATO alliance. \n  \nThe Trudeau government asserts it cannot ratify the UN Ban Treaty because of Canada’s membership in NATO\, which has a nuclear weapons first-strike policy. \n  \nThe NDP\, Greens & Bloc Québécois have all called on Canada to adopt the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Some Liberal & Conservative MPs\, as well as thousands of Canadians\, have also called on Canada to adopt the Treaty. \n  \nAs the UN Ban Treaty is about to become international law\, this discussion on Canada’s policies on nuclear weapons with Members of Parliament is more urgent than ever. \n  \nGUESTS:\n  \nSetsuko Thurlow was thirteen years old when she witnessed the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. She has been a leading anti-nuclear weapons activist in Canada and globally and jointly accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in 2017. \n  \nDr. Hedy Fry\, first elected as Liberal MP in Vancouver Centre in 1993\, is a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. She is the co-chair of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Canada. \n  \nAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe is the Bloc Québécois MP for Lac-Saint-Jean. He is Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development as well as of the Standing Committee on National Defence. \n  \nHeather McPherson\, the NDP MP for Edmonton Strathcona\, is the Deputy House Leader of the New Democratic Party\, NDP Critic for International Development\, and Deputy Critic for Foreign Affairs. \n  \nElizabeth May has been the Green Party MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands in B.C. since 2011 and is the Green Party Parliamentary Leader in the House of Commons. \n  \nHOSTS:\nOrganizers: The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and The Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition (Toronto) \nCo-sponsors: PeaceQuest\, Science for Peace\, Les Artistes pour la Paix \nMedia Sponsor: Canadian Dimension \n\nENDORSED BY:\nAhmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada \nLes Artistes pour la Paix   \nCanadian Federation of University Women\nCanadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons\nCanadian Pugwash Group\nCanadian Voice of Women for Peace   \nCoalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick\nEdupax\nFriends of Rotary (FOR) Prevention of Nuclear War\nGreater Toronto Chapter\, National Association of Japanese Canadians\nGroup of 78\nHamilton Coalition to Stop the War \nHiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition (Toronto)   \nInternational Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Canada  \nInter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Co-operative\nJust Peace Advocates\nManitoba Peace Council\nMcGill Students for Peace and Disarmament\nMines Action Canada\nMouvement Québécois pour la Paix\nNational Association of Japanese Canadians\nNational Council of Women of Canada  \nNikkei Voice\nOttawa Peace Council\nPaul Maillet Centre for Ethics \nPax Christi Toronto\nPeace Magazine\nPeaceQuest\nPeace Quest Cape Breton\nPivot to Peace \nProject Ploughshares\nProject Ploughshares Saskatoon\nProject Save the World\nRegina Peace Council\nReligions for Peace Canada\nRideau Institute\nSaskatoon Peace Coalition\nScience for Peace\nTao Sangha Global Community\nToronto Article 9\nVOICES for Sustainable Environments and Communities\nWomen’s International League for Peace and Freedom (Vancouver)  \nWorld Beyond War\nINDIVIDUAL ENDORSEMENTS:\nJohn Polanyi\, Nobel Laureate\nJoy Kogawa\, poet\, novelist\, author of Obasan and Gently to Nagasaki.\nINTERNATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS:\nInternational Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) International Peace Bureau\nFRENCH POSTING:\nPlease see Les Artistes pour la Paix/Artists for Peace website.\nSHARE ON FACEBOOK:\nFacebook event.\nRESOURCES:\nArticle: Why Won’t Canada Back a Nuclear Weapons’ Ban? | The Tyee | By Bianca Mugyenyi\nArticle: Legacy of Canada’s role in atomic bomb is felt by northern Indigenous community| The Conversation | By Geoffrey Bird\nArticle: No Shelter from the Storm|Cape Breton Spectator | by Sean Howard \nhttps://capebretonspectator.com/2020/08/05/nuclear-threat-hiroshima-bomb/\nPierre Jasmin\, “Appel de Mme Setsuko Thurlow au Premier ministre” http://www.artistespourlapaix.org/?p=19078\nPierre Jasmin http://lautjournal.info/20201102/armes-nucleaires-deux-bonnes-nouvelles\nJohn Polanyi https://pugwashgroup.ca/let-reason-guide-our-actions-in-the-atomic-age/\nElizabeth Renzetti https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-a-new-global-treaty-bans-nuclear-weapons-but-why-didnt-canada-sign/\nMotoko Rich\, “Witnessing Nuclear Carnage\, Then Devoting Her Life to Peace\,” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/world/asia/hiroshima-japan-setsuko-thurlow.html\nDouglas Roche https://pugwashgroup.ca/75-years-after-hiroshima-i-wonder-if-the-goal-of-abolishing-nuclear-weapons-is-just-a-dream/\nMichael Swan\, “Nuclear Arms and Canada” https://www.catholicregister.org/item/32339-nuclear-arms-and-canada\nSetsuko Thurlow https://pugwashgroup.ca/canada-must-acknowledge-our-key-role-in-developing-the-deadly-atomic-bomb/\nSetsuko Thurlow’s June 2020 appeal to Prime Minister Trudeau http://hiroshimadaycoalition.ca/data/uploads/to-the-right-honourable-justin-trudeau.pdf\nAnton Wagner\, “Canada and the Atom Bomb” http://hiroshimadaycoalition.ca/data/uploads/canada-and-the-atom-bomb.pdf\nAnton Wagner\, “Mackenzie King Opens the Atomic Pandora’s Box” http://nikkeivoice.ca/mackenzie-king-opens-the-atomic-pandoras-box/
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SUMMARY:WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Coalition for Equitable Land Acquisitions and Development in Africa (CELADA) invites you all to a virtual panel discussion\n\nModerated by:  Chris Huggins\, University of Ottawa\n\nFeaturing:\n\n\nAgnes Apusigah\, Regentroopfen College\, Ghana\n\n\nAma Appiah-Acheampong\, Ghana Irrigation Development Agency\, Ghana\n\n\nBayush Tsegaye\, Freelance Consultant\, Ethiopia Mamy Rakotondrainibe\, Collective for the Defence of Madagasy Land-TANY\, Madagascar\n\n\n\nPlease join us on\nThursday\, November 12\, 2020\, 10:00 -11:30 EST\nPlease register through this link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4FyqtL-zQgqs8Y2iq16KAA\n\nRegistration is free but CELADA will welcome any donations to support the webinar and other related CELADA activities (You can send by e-transfer to celadacanada@gmail.com)\n  \nPhoto Informaiton\nWorking the land in Uganda: women make up more than half of Africa’s farmers but face the biggest barriers to owning land. Photo: Jonathan Torgovnik/Reportage by Getty Images
URL:https://group78.org/event/womens-land-rights-and-food-security-in-africa/
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