Symposium Schedule | Just Powers

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

07.30 – 08.00 Coffee & Pastries

08.00 – 08.45 Pipe Ceremony (by invitation only)

08.45 – 09.00 Coffee & Pastries

09.00 – 09.30 Opening Remarks by Sheena Wilson and Chandra Thomaras

09.30 – 11.00 River Walk: Relational Walking with Dwayne Donald

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee & Pastries

11.30 – 12.30 Keynote Address: Walking as a Climate Move by Rachel Epp Buller (Heritage Room, City Hall)

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break

14.00 – 14.30 City in Action: Climate Task Force by Kent Snyder

14.30 – 15.30 Understanding Climate Change: Trends, Terminology, and Transformative Thinking by Chandra Tomaras and Sarah Cicchini

08.45 – 9.00 Coffee & Pastries

09.00 – 09.30 Walking Around Water: How The Smartphone Changes The Way We See And Move Through Space by Marilene Oliver

09.30 – 10.00 Caring for the Planet is Caring for Ourselves by Tracy Stafford

10.00 – 10.15 Coffee & Pastries

10.15 – 11.30 Bilateral drawing workshop by Emilie O’Brien

11.30 – 13.00 Lunch Break

13.00 – 13.30 Carbon Budget: Corporate Commitment by Alberto Altamirano

13.30 – 14.00 Community Activation by Heather Wheeliker, Barbara Daly, and Lisa Dockman

14.00 – 14.30 Professional Ethics in a Changing Climate by Livia Balone and Sincy Modayil

14.30 – 14.45 Break

14.45 – 16.00 Miyopimatisowin – Walk with Lana Whiskeyjack

08.45 – 9.30 Coffee & Sound Installation

09.30 – 10.00 Listening to Climate Change through Urban Sound Walks by Scott Smallwood

10.00 – 10.30 Field School: Gathering Alongside by Stephanie Springgay

10.30 – 11.30 Prompts for a psycho-geographic perambulation in PEC: A virtual walk by Mary Elizabeth (ME) Luka and Mél Hogan

11.30 – 12.30 Closing Remarks & Coffee

12.30 – 13.00 Break