| Time |
Event |
Location |
| 8:45 - 9:20 a.m. |
Registration, coffee / tea |
Outside Grand Hall |
| 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. |
Welcome and territorial acknowledgement |
CAC, Grand Hall |
| 9:45 - 10:00 a.m. |
Introduction, Douglas Booth, LCCC II Steering Committee |
CAC, Grand Hall |
| 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. |
Keynote Address: Kevin Loring, All My Relations: How the Global Climate Catastrophe Affects Everyone and How Indigenous Ways of Being Can Save Us All Introduction and Chair, Robin Nicol, Theatre Program, Faculty of Arts. |
CAC, Grand Hall |
| 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Roundtable 1: Local policy initiatives on sustainability and resilience. Chair, Dr. Robin Westland, Geography & Environmental Studies, TRU
- Gwynne Dyer: freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs; author of Climate Wars (2009) and Intervention Earth (2024)
- Dinyar Minocher, TRU Wildfire Research
- Josie Howitt, Community Energy Association
- Purvez Irani, Transportation Manager, City of Kamloops
- Ashley Ekelund, Social and Community Development Supervisor, City of Kamloops.
|
CAC, Mountain Room |
| 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. |
Lunch |
CAC, Grand Hall |
| 13:15 - 14:30 |
Roundtable 2: Food systems and food security. Chair, Professor Emeritus Tom Dickinson
- Mike Dedels, Executive Director, Grasslands Conservation Council of BC
- Courtney Mason, TRU faculty, Canada Research Chair in Rural Livelihoods and Sustainable Communities, lead applicant for TRU’s successful designation as a Bee Campus
- Kimbre Woods, TRU faculty, and successful grant holder for a greenhouse dome at TRU.
- Jesse Ritcey, The Stir
- Greg Unger, Market Manager, Kamloops Regional Farmers' Market Society
- Elise Jonker, Chair Hhorticulture Program, TRU
|
CAC, Mountain Room |
