OmniTRAX/Broe Quest Series
Quest: North
The Circumpolar Reality
Global Citizens Respond
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday, March 4, 2005
8:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Guest Speakers in classes / Morning Workshops
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Programming brought to you by The University of Winnipeg’s student group EcoMAFIA (Ecological Males & Females in Action)
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
The BombsniffingDogs
A group of six visual artists, musicians, and poets complete with instruments and a large projection screen have put together an entertaining multimedia presentation touching on major environmental themes facing global citizens today.
12:40 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
Panel Session, “Our Responsibility to Protect: The Cultural, Policy, and Climate Impacts of Arctic Warming”
- Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Conference
- Dene National Chief Noeline Villebrun, Vice Chair, Arctic Athabaskan Council International
- Michael Byers, Int’l Law professor & Academic Director, Liu Institute
- Lloyd Axworthy, President of The University of Winnipeg
- Danny Blair, University of Winnipeg PARC – Manitoba Hydro Climate Change Research Professor
Moderated by Jennifer Rattray, Strategic Initiatives Development Director, The University of Winnipeg, with special greetings from the Province of Manitoba by Ron Lemieux, Minister responsible for Transportation and Government Services.
7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
Climate Change: Discourse & Recourse
A night that promises lively debate, discussion that puts forward interactive strategies to
reduce carbon emissions by the 70 per cent required by nature, to change energy subsidy policies in industrial countries … surrounded by music that transcends both harmonic and geographic boundaries.
- Terry MacLeod, host of Information Radio, heard weekdays from 5:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. on CBC Radio One 990, will be our emcee for the evening.
- The Music of KIVA with John Hudson, percussion; Shawn Garrity, bass; and Ilena Zaramba, backup vocals.
- Special Performance by throatsingers Britannia & Nicky (invited)
- Ross Gelbspan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Heat Is On: the climate crisis, the cover-up, the prescription and Boiling Point
- … and you. Bring your questions and ideas because this is going to be an educational, interactive, and inspiring evening!
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