OmniTRAX/Broe Quest Series
QUEST: North
The Circumpolar Reality
Global Citizens Respond
March 5, 2005
Afternoon Workshops
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Workshop Option #1:
Is the True North Strong & Free?
How Climate Change Could Impact Governance & Sovereignty in the North
(Room 4M37 - note: this is changed from Room 3M63)
- Michael Byers, Int’l Law professor & Academic Director, Liu Institute
- Rob Huebert, Assistant Professor, Political Science & Associate Director for the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
- Chris Paci, Manager, Lands and Environment Dene Nation
Facilitator: Alan Diduck, Assistant Professor & Director of Environmental Studies, The University of Winnipeg
Workshop Option #2:
What’s With the Weather?The Controversy of Climate Change
(Theatre A)
- Bill Buhay, Assistant Professor of Geography, The University of Winnipeg
- Dr. Thor Edward Jakobsson, Project Manager, Marine Meteorology and Sea Ice Service, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Gordon McBean, Professor and Research Chair, The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and Departments of Geography & Political Science, University of Western Ontario
- David Sauchyn, University of Regina PARC - Manitoba Hydro Climate Change Research Professor
Facilitator: Michael Goodyear, Ex. Dir. Churchill Northern Studies Centre
Workshop Option #3:
A Changing Way of Life: Can Northern Communities & Traditions Survive?
(Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall)
- Jack Anawak, Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs, Foreign Affairs Canada, Aboriginal & Circumpolar Affairs Division
- Shaunna Morgan, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER) Merrell-Ann Phare, Executive Director/Legal Counsel Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
- Luke Suluk, Implementation Coordinator, Nunavut Planning Commission
- Dene National Chief Noeline Villebrun, Vice Chair Arctic Athabaskan Council International
- Stephen C. Wright, Assoc. Professor Psychology, Simon Fraser University & Canada Research Chair in Social Psychology
Facilitator: Avery Ascher, Freelance Writer
Workshop Option #4
The Heat is On: Climate Change, Carbon Credits, & The New Economy
(Theatre B)
- Dennis Cunningham, Climate Change, Knowledge Communications Project Manager, International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD)
- Rachel Horwat, UWinnipeg Student
- Erin Shay, UWinnipeg Student
- Steve Teller, Project Manager, Canadian Climate Exchange Inc.
- Erica Young, University of Winnipeg student, member of EcoMafia (Ecological Males & Females in Action)
Facilitator: Mike Bayer, Vice-President, University of Winnipeg Alumni Association