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Climate Change Speakers Series Video Available Online
The video is available on the SFU website.
The objective of this Speaker Series is to create a venue for
cross-disciplinary discussion within the environmentally conscious
community. In doing so, we hope to facilitate a deeper appreciation for
the physical, social, technological, political and economic factors
which are and will play a role in the Climate Change movement. All
discussions will be held at SFU Burnaby Campus, free of charge.
Science and Perceptions
of Climate Change
Dr. Tim Cooper, UCFV Physics
Dr. Allison Shaw, UBC Forest Resources Management
Thursday Sept. 27
3pm
room: C9001
Hot Air: Meeting
Canada's Climate Change Challenge
Dr. Mark Jaccard, SFU Resource and Environmental
Management
Thursday Oct.11 (part of the SFU Sustainability
Festival)
3pm
room: C9001
The Role of Green Technology
Dr. Bill Rees, UBC School of
Community and Regional Planning
Thursday Oct.18
3pm
room: AQ3154
Changing Climate, and
Climate Change for Change in BC
Dr. John Clague, SFU Earth and
Ocean Sciences
Dr. Bob Anderson, SFU Communication
Thursday, Oct.25
5:30pm
room: AQ3181
The Role of
Transportation
Bob Wilds, Gateway Council
Dr. Gordon Price, SFU Urban Studies
Allen Domaas, Fraser River Port Authority
Shane Simpson, MLA Environment Critic
Thursday, Nov. 8
5:30pm
room: AQ3181
The Role of Local
Economies
Dr. Mark Roseland, SFU Centre for Sustainable
Community Development
DenaKae Beno, SFU Sociology
Thursday November 22
3pm
room: C9001
All lectures are an hour and a half, which includes time for
discussion. Please note different rooms and times. Lectures
will start promptly, so come early!
Find out more about the SFPIRG
Climate Change Action Group
Abstracts:
SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
presented by Dr. Tim Cooper
September 27, 2007 3p.m. C9001
The world's climate science community has reached a consensus
on the
science of global warming. This talk focuses on the scientific
consensus. The climate of the past is briefly discussed, what is
happening at present, and what will happen in the future assuming the
current government(s) continues on in the same way. To conclude, there
will be a brief discussion about the politics and economics required to
avoid a hellish future for the generation being born today.
* Dr. Tim Cooper is a faculty member in the Department of Physics at
the University College of the Fraser Valley, where he has taught for
the past 14 years. He is a scientific educator with a public
conscience, who sees a growing need for straight talk on how we are
directly affected by global warming, now, and in the relatively near
future. Tim is keenly interested in connecting and sharing in an
educational process with the public, and has given numerous public and
academic talks throughout the lower mainland this past year.
PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
presented by Dr. Alison Shaw
September 27, 2007 3p.m. C9001
Dr. Allison Shaw will be presenting on how the Local Climate Change
Visioning Project is attempting to downscale global climate information
to the local level, using visualization technology of people's
communities in order to make alternative climate futures more
meaningful to people and their lives. Focusing on the case study
of Delta’s rising sea levels she will take the audience through
some of
the science used, the visualizations, and the results that have been
recently collected. She will discuss whether this type of
information and medium of delivery increases people's awareness of the
issues, affects them in a more emotional way, and whether it motivates
behavioural change in any measurable way.
* Dr. Alison Shaw is a Research Associate and Project Manager for the
Local Climate Change Visioning Project at UBC and also teaches
Geography at SFU. Her dissertation research "Imbued Meaning" and a
number of publications examine the science-policy interactions in the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2005). Prior to this
project, much of her work focused on global science in the
international policy sphere, yet with the Visioning Project she is
currently exploring new techniques for communicating global climate
science in meaningful ways at the local scale, in regards to
decision-making and public audiences.
HOT AIR: MEETING CANADA'S CLIMATE CHANGE
CHALLENGE
presented by Dr. Mark Jaccard
October 11, 2007 3p.m. Rm. C9001
Canada's climate change policies have been a disaster. Since 1988
the country has made three commitments to reduce greenhouse gases and
implemented six different policies, with no success. Dr. Mark Jaccard
will discuss his latest book (co-authored by Jeffrey Simpson and Nic
Rivers) that explains the causes of this policy disaster and shows the
only way to fix it. In brief, without policies that make the
emitting of greenhouse gases expensive, emissions will not fall.
Canadian politicians need to tell Canadians the truth: if we want to
reduce the climate risk, we must have a tax or an economy-wide
regulated limit on greenhouse gas emissions and implement it
immediately.
*Dr. Jaccard has been professor in the School of Resource and
Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, since
1986 – interrupted from 1992-97 while he served as Chair and
CEO of the
British Columbia Utilities Commission. His PhD is from the Energy
Economics and Policy Institute at the University of Grenoble.
Mark has served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(93-96) and the China Council for International Cooperation on
Environment and Development (96-2002). He has chaired several
public inquiries, advised governments throughout the world, and is a
frequent media contributor. He is a member of Canada’s
National
Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy and a research fellow at
the CD Howe Institute. He has over 90 academic publications. His
2002 book, The Cost of Climate Policy, won the Policy Research
Institute award for best policy book in Canada and was shortlisted for
the Donner Prize. His 2005 book, Sustainable Fossil Fuels, won
the Donner Prize for best policy book in Canada. His next book,
Hot Air, co-authored with Jeffrey Simpson and Nic Rivers, will be
published in 2007 by McClelland and Stewart.
THE ROLE OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY
presented by Dr. Bill Rees
October 18, 2007 3p.m. Rm. AQ3154
Going beyond the traditional techno-optimist vs. techno-pessimist
debate, Dr. Bill Rees, architect of the now global 'ecological
footprint' analysis, will be discussing the appropriate role for green
technologies in the movement towards building more sustainable
communities. Dr. Rees will be using the Provincial Government's plan to
Twin the Port Mann Bridge as one reference point.
*William Rees received his PhD in population ecology from the
University of Toronto and has taught at the University of British
Columbia's School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) since
1969-70. Much of this work is in the realm of human ecology and
ecological economics. He is also the co-author of Our Ecological
Footprint (1996) available world-wide in nine languages.
CANADA IN A WARMER
WORLD
presented by Dr. John Clague
October 25, 2007 5:30p.m. Rm. AQ3181
What are the effects and consequences of a warmer climate for Canada?
This presentation focuses on effects being noticed now and those that
are in the imminent future if warming continues at the current
rate. Arctic Canada is already experiencing these effects,
including a historically unprecedented reduction in the polar ice pack,
melting of permafrost, and coastal erosion. Sea level is currently
rising globally at a rate of about 2 mm per year. A warmer North
Pacific Ocean may also impact the migration of Pacific salmon,
resulting in
economic consequences and the possible spread of temperature-sensitive
infectious diseases.
* John Clague is one of Canada's leading authorities in Quaternary and
environmental earth sciences. He is Professor of Earth Sciences at
Simon Fraser University; Emeritus Scientist, Geological Survey of
Canada; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; and Professional
Geologist, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of
the Province of British Columbia. Appointed Canada Research Chair in
Natural Hazards Research at Simon Fraser University in September 2003
he has 35 years experience in surficial/terrain mapping, Quaternary
stratigraphic investigations, engineering and environmental
interpretations of surficial geological information, and natural hazard
studies. He is noted for local, national, and international research
collaboration with other geologists, geographers, biologists, and
physicists.
CLIMATE FOR CHANGE?
presented by Bob Anderson
October 25, 2007 5:30p.m. Rm. AQ3181
Is there a climate for change? Now that climate change weighs more
heavily on the public agenda, how are the media framing the questions
and how is the provincial government answering them? To what extent can
we and our behaviour - the public agenda - delay or avoid the change
which seems inevitable? How can communication be put to more positive
ends in this process?
* Bob Anderson is Professor of Communication, a member of the Centre
for Dialogue, and founding member of the Centre for Sustainable
Community Development at Simon Fraser University. His recent book on
the environment is "Islands, Forests, and Gardens in the Caribbean:
conservation and conflict in environmental history". Oxford, Macmillan,
2006. He has also written about tropical forests in central India.
THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION
November 8, 2007 5:30p.m. Rm. AQ3181
The Pacific Gateway Project, commissioned by the BC Ministry of
Transportation and the Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative
proposed by the Federal Government is set to change the face of our
region, for better or for worse.
Bob Wilds of the Greater Vancouver Gateway Council and Allen Domaas of
the Fraser River Port Authority will be outlining their vision for an
improved regional transportation strategy which will address the growth
of our economy while also increasing our transportation capacity to
move residents, goods, and services in a timely and cost-effective
manner. They will highlight the proposed set of infrastructure
improvements, which will enhance the economic vitality of Western
Canada.
Gordon Price of SFU's City Program and NDP MLA Shane Simpson will be
outlining their vision for an improved regional transportation strategy
which addresses the congestion on the Port Mann Bridge, for example,
while minimizing the environmental impact through a variety of mass
transportation and regional development strategies.
Panel Discussion with:
Bob Wilds, “ Gateway Council
Gordon Price, “ SFU, City Program
Allen Domaas, “ Fraser River Port Authority
Shane Simpson, MLA, Environment Critic
TOWARD SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
presented by Dr. Mark Roseland
November 22, 2007 3p.m. Rm. C9001
WalMart has recently set goals to rely 100 percent on renewable
energy, create zero waste, and sell products that sustain resources
and the environment; it has lobbied for mandatory carbon caps; and it
has become the world's largest supplier of organic food. If global
forces such as WalMart are signing on to save the planet, why bother
trying to strengthen local economies? Dr. Mark Roseland will argue that
cities and towns provide enormous untapped opportunities to strengthen
local economies by pioneering new approaches to sustainable development
and community management.
* Mark Roseland, Ph.D., MCIP, is Director of the SFU Centre for
Sustainable Community Development and a Professor in the Department of
Geography. He chairs the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) of the
Simon Fraser University Community Trust, which is responsible for the
UniverCity sustainable community development project and serves on the
Trust's Board of Directors. Dr. Roseland is also the author of the
internationally distributed book “Toward Sustainable
Communities: A
Resource Book for Municipal and Local Governments�.
SUSTAINABLE PLANNING & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
presented by DenaKae Beno
November 22, 2007 3p.m. Rm. C9001
The conundrum of the community and individual role in the
sustainability of our physical and social environments creates a global
issue that is taking precedence at a local scale. DenaKae Beno
presents an anthropological view through the exploration of a
grass-roots, community-initiated, collaborative planning process for
the proposed construction of affordable housing by a non-profit
organization. While construction projects require the technical input
from funding agents, engineers, architects, and planners, input from
community members- those who will live, work, and utilize the built
environments- is also critical to achieving sustainability goals.
* DenaKae Beno is an M.A. Candidate in the Simon Fraser University
Anthropology/Sociology Department. She combines 18 years work
experience in the construction and community development sector, as
well as, being an active volunteer in many community organizations that
have focused on supporting and sustaining healthy community. Her
key research interests include: sustainable development,
community sustainability, green building practices, community based
action research, collaborative planning, and integrated design
processes. She has recently presented and published an article
through the UBC Anthropology Graduate Student Conference about the The
Role of Anthropology in Sustainable Planning and. Construction
Management of. Affordable Housing in. Vancouver, BC.
EVENT ORGANIZER
Our work focuses on raising awareness and involvement around the issue
of global climate change within both the SFU and local community, and
working towards lower carbon emissions within the SFU campus
itself. To get involved, email us at climate-change(at)sfpirg.ca.
* A special thank you to Glyn Lewis, Jenn Sunday, and Romanda Simpson
of the Climate Change Action group who dedicated their time and effort
to this series.
A BIG THANK YOU TO CO-SPONSORS WHO HELPED WITH
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