OmniTRAX/Broe Quest Series
QUEST: North
The Circumpolar Reality
Global Citizens Respond
March 5, 2005
Morning Workshops
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.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:
The Challenge of Climate Change: Reducing Old Ways, Adapting to New Realities
(Room 4M41 - note: this is changed from Room 3M69)
- Kim Hickes, Climate Change Community Challenge Coordinator, North Central Community Futures Development Corporation
- Brent Laufer, Winnipeg Geothermal Ltd.Henry Venema, Director, Sustainable Natural Resources Management Program International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD)
- Carl Pfaffenberger, Chief Environmental Monitoring, Department of Environmental Resources Management Program Information, Dade County
Facilitator: Randall McQuaker, Ex. Dir., Resource Conservation Manitoba
Workshop Option #4:
Making Kyoto Personal: Cultural Transformation & Individual Action
(Room 3C01)
- Mark Burch, Int’l Development Studies, Menno Simons College
- Rachel Van Caeseele, Manager, Climate Change Connection
Facilitator: Irene Hanuta, Policy Analyst, Climate Change Branch, Province of Manitoba
Workshop Option #5:
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 #6
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