Youth Workshop on Local Climate Action, 8-11 March 2020
YOUTH WORKSHOP ON LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION
UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
DOWNTOWN CAMPUS
8-11 MARCH 2020
DRAFT SCHEDULE
Sunday 8 March
6:00–6:45 pm Arrival, registration, socializing
7:00-7:30 pm PLENARY: Welcome, land acknowledgement
7:30-8:30 pm PLENARY: Keynote – Mike de Souza, Global News Toronto
8:30-9:00 pm Snacks/Social
9:00 pm Sign-out/Departure for hotel
Monday 9 March
9:00-10:00 am PLENARY: Panel – Role and responsibilities of municipal councillors/council
10:00-10:30 am Health Break
10:30-11:45 am Breakout Sessions
Session A: Working effectively with your councillors/Preparing for a council or committee delegation
Session B: Municipal/school board engagement through building an Ecoteam at your school
Session C: International cities and climate networks
12:00 pm Lunch
12:30-1:45 pm PLENARY: Keynote – Dr. Dianne Saxe, Environmental Lawyer; Former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
2:00-3:00 pm Breakout Sessions
Session A: Urbanist walk double session with Shawn Micallef
Session B: Podcast ABCs for municipal engagement (Co-sponsored by Rose City Politics)
Session C: Transit and climate action workshop
3:00-3:15 pm Health Break
3:15-4:15 pm Breakout Sessions
Session A: Urbanist walk double session with Shawn Micallef
Session B: Community energy planning and climate change mitigation for municipalities
Session C: Youth organizing at the local/community level
4:15-5:15 pm PLENARY: Indigenous water protection and climate activism
5:30-7:00 pm Dinner and Recreation
7:15-9:15 pm Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF) Partner Film Showing and Q and A with Film-maker Nick Hector
9:15 pm Sign-out/departure for hotel
Tuesday 10 March
9:00-10:15 am Breakout Sessions
Session A: Urban planning and climate change mitigation
Session B: School boards and climate mitigation action
10:15-10:45 am. Health Break
10:45-11:45 Breakout Sessions
Session A: Climate Science 101 and debunking the climate myths
Session B: Climate change’s global impacts: waterless cities and climate refugees
12:00 pm Lunch
12:30-1:45 pm PLENARY: Keynote – David Miller, former Mayor of the City of Toronto and Director, International Diplomacy, C40 Cities
2:00-3:15 pm Breakout Sessions
Session A: Film-making for advocacy 101 double session (Co-sponsored by WIFF and Propellor Group)
Session B: Liveable cities & climate workshop with Gil Penalosa, 880 Cities (Session 1)
Session C: Active transit and climate action
3:15-3:30 pm Health Break
3:30-4:45 pm Breakout Sessions
Session A: Film-making for advocacy 101 double session, continued
Session B: Liveable cities & climate workshop with Gil Penalosa, 880 Cities (Session 2)
Session C: Architecture and climate action
5:00-7:00 pm Dinner and Recreation
7:00-9:00 pm WIFF Film showing
Wednesday 11 March
9:30-11:00 am PLENARY – roundtable on careers/education in climate with UWindsor professors
11:00 am Closing
11:30 am Bag Lunch Distribution, Check-out
12:00 pm Departure
