OmniTRAX/Broe Quest Series
QUEST: North
The Circumpolar Reality
Global Citizens Respond
Schedule of Events:
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2005
NOTE: An OmniTRAX/Broe Quest Documentary Film Festival will run on campus concurrent with the Conference (on the hour). View the Film Festival schedule.
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
Refreshments
8:45 a.m.
Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
Open Conference & Welcome
Lloyd Axworthy, President, The University of Winnipeg with prayer by Art Shofley, Elder & Storyteller
9:00 a.m.- 10:30 a.m.
Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
Plenary 1
Protect the Arctic. Save the Planet.
Climate Change Perspectives from an Activist, a Scientist & a Journalist
- Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Conference
- Gordon McBean, Professor and Research Chair, The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and Departments of Geography & Political Science, The University of Western Ontario
- Ross Gelbspan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author & retired editor and reporter with The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe
Moderated by: Danny Blair, University of Winnipeg PARC – Manitoba Hydro Climate Change
Research Professor
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Break / Visit Displays
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Morning Workshops
Noon - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch & Session in Riddell Hall - Cost: $2 & Canned Good for the UWSA Foodbank
South Meets North & Back Again: Student Report on Churchill
Students from The University of Winnipeg, the University of Manitoba, and the University College of the North, along with faculty members Danny Blair, Bill Buhay, and Chuck Mrena and John Webb, CBC TV Producer/Mentor, spent time together in Churchill in February—meeting people of the North, learning some of the customs, studying climate and how changes will impact the way of life in the North. Hear their QUEST: North Churchill report.
- University College of the North Students: Krista Kehler and Jill Larkin
- University of Manitoba Student: Vaughn Kachanoski
- University of Winnipeg Students: Patrick Gavin, Rachel Horwat, Erin Shay, and Angela Wandering Spirit
Facilitator: Art Shofley, Elder & Storyteller
1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Riddell Hall
Plenary 2
"Arctic Bridges, Blimps, Polar Bears, & Global Warming: Climate Change Impacts on Transportation, Trade, & Tourism"
- Kim Hickes, Climate Change Community Challenge Coordinator, North Central Community Futures Development Corporation
- Dr. Thor Edward Jakobsson, Project Manager, Marine Meteorology and Sea Ice Service, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Ron Lemieux, Minister responsible for Transportation and Government Services
- Mike Ogborn, Managing Director of OmniTRAX
- Barry E. Prentice, Dir. Transport Institute, Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences, University of Manitoba
- The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer, Chancellor of Brandon University, Honorary Director of the Sierra Legal Defence Fund
- Dene National Chief Noeline Villebrun, Vice Chair, Arctic Athabaskan Council International
Moderated by: Chuck Mrena, Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research,
Climate Change Research Coordinator
3:00 p.m.- 3:15 p.m.
Break / Visit Displays
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Afternoon Workshops
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Break / Visit Displays
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Riddell Hall
Plenary 3 & Official Close of QUEST: North Conference
"Climate Change: Our Responsibility to Act as Global Citizens" (Hosted by The University of Winnipeg’s Global College)
An opportunity to interact with panelists and with one another to develop clear direction and strategies for climate change action.
- Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Conference
- Ross Gelbspan, Journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author
- Gordon McBean, Professor and Research Chair, The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and Departments of Geography & Political Science, University of Western Ontario
- Lloyd Axworthy, President, The University of Winnipeg
Moderated by: Terry MacLeod, host of Information Radio, heard weekdays from 5:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. on CBC Radio One 990.