Hosted by the Kawartha World Issues Centre and Fleming College Office of Sustainability, GreenUP, Ontario Council for International Cooperation, Regional Centre for Expertise (RCE) and Trent University.
Please join us for this unique opportunity to learn about the UN SDG's from multiple perspectives, community networking and active multi-sector engagement. In the afternoon, we will begin a process of identifying local priorities in preparartion for Alliance 2030.
Registration is limited. Subsidies and student tickets are available.
Event Program
8 – 8:30 AM Registration & Coffee at The Mount
8:30 AM Program Begins: Opening Welcome
Living Together: Connecting to the Land - Indigenous Knowledge & Practices as the Original Sustainability with guest Councillor Lorenzo Whetung and Larry McDermont, Executive Director, Plenty Canada.
Who’s in the Room (Ice Breaker)
Coffee Break
Morning Panel & Discussion: Contextualizing the UN SDG’s
- Julie Wright - Executive Director of the Waterloo Global Science Initiative
- Steven S. J. Lee - The 3% Project; Capacity Building Officer,Secretariat, United Nations
- Alison Sydney - Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Community Foundations Canada
- Moderator: Professor Haroon Akram Lodhi, Trent University
Connecting with Nature - Jacob Rodenburg, Executive Director, Camp Kawartha
12:00 – 12:45 Mid-day Break | Catered Lunch @ The MOUNT
1:00 PM Perspective on Localizing the SDGs by Charles Hopkins UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability
Localizing the UN SDG’s (Open Space)
*Interactive session facilitated by Trish O'Connor & Rob Monico from Fleming College, Office of Sustainability
*Report Back, Synthesizing Priorities, Resources & Next Steps
3:45 Youth Leadership in Sustainability (YLS)
4pm Closing Words