A great first day at the 2024 Beatrice and Arthur Minden Symposium on the Environment: Ontario Climate Risk Workshop.
The Symposium brought together experts from academia, government, the private sector, NGOs, and the public to share knowledge and co-create a research agenda on climate risk in Southern Ontario.
Today’s opening remarks and plenary featured:
– Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto
– Jessica Strauss, Public Safety Canada
– Lisa MacTavish, City of Toronto
– Ingrid Waldron, Ph.D., McMaster University
– Kerry-Ann Charles, Cambium Indigenous Professional Services
Followed by 4 Sessions on:
1. Climate Risk and Agriculture and Food Systems – Michael Classens, University of Toronto
2. Connected Communities: The advancing whole of society approaches to addressing climate risk- by Anne Gloger, Majd Al-Shihabi, Janna Radi Mohamed, Mahassen Ramadan Chanouha, Catalysts’ Circle
3. Situating climate (im)mobilities in an Ontario and Canadian context
Elisabeth Gilmore– Carleton University, Yvonne Su, York University, Rayan Awad Alim, University of Toronto
4. Climate Risk and Flooding – Mohammad Reza Najafi, Western University
Looking forward to keeping the conversations going on day 2!
In collaboration with the School of the Environment, University of Toronto and Waterloo Climate Institute.
