Every year since its inception, the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development has hosted a major showcase event. The purpose of these events is to raise the profile of SEED, while educating the audience about important issues we believe in.
This is a tradition we hope to continue.
Towards Sustainable Partnerships: Canada's Aboriginal communities and the Resources Sector (2013)
The purpose of this symposium was to identify initiatives that could be engaged to build a more mutually beneficial relationship between Canada’s Aboriginal communities and resource-based companies. The panelists were informed that these mutually agreed upon initiatives should share at least four characteristics in common – they must be practical, meaningful, cost-effective and timely.
Dan Gagnier, Chair of the International Institute for Sustainable Development was tasked with summarizing the action items generated by the panel
Related resources
- Paul Martin's opening remarks (video)
- Phil Fontaine's opening remarks (video)
- Event highlight reel(video)
- Coverage by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (video)
- Faculty of Environment news story and photo gallery
Master of Development Practice Launch (2012)
In 2012, SEED celebrated the launch of it's third graduate program: the Master of Development Practice. With the future in mind, we also hosted a public panel to discuss and debate the dimensions and potential roles Canada might play in achieving a prosperous and equitable global society once the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in 2015.
Dr. John McArthur, the headlining speaker, was joined by:
- Kathryn Hochstetler - CIGI Chair in Governance in the Americas, and a professor of political science at Waterloo.
- Jennifer Henry - Executive Director, KAIROS
- Ann Weston - Director, Special Initiatives Division, International Development Research Centre
Sustainable Development: Possibility or pipe dream? (2011)
Our first showcase event celebrated the launch of SEED as a new department in the Faculty of Environment.
The Hon. Elizabeth Thompson. Thompson, Executive Coordinator for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20) and UN Assistant Secretary-General, addressed a capacity crowd of nearly 300 with her keynote address entitled Sustainable Development: Possibility or Pipe Dream? This address was a perspective on the progress made towards global sustainability since the 1992 UN Rio Declaration.
