VANCOUVER, BC – Opinion leaders and decision-makers from across BC will come together the evening of Tuesday, February 26th to engage in a high level public dialogue about the challenge of managing the cumulative impacts of past, present and future human activities on BC’s ecosystems and communities, including the ever-increasing impact of climate change. Hosted by West Coast Environmental Law, the event will be attended by a sold-out live audience and will also be broadcast live via video webcast.
WHEN: Tuesday, February 26th, 2013, 6:30-9:30 pm PST
WHERE: Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue - Asia Pacific Hall
580 West Hastings StreetVancouver, BC
Online at http://creative-services.sfu.ca/broadcast/
More information including a background report and participant bios at http://wcel.org/beyond-pipelines
Dialogue Participants:
- Gerald Amos, Director of Community Relations, Headwaters Initiative
- Jessica Clogg, Executive Director & Senior Counsel, West Coast Environmental Law (moderator)
- Denise Dalmer, Director, Environment and Sustainability, Business Council of British Columbia
- Tom Ethier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Resource Stewardship Division, Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations
- George Hegmann, P. Eng., M.E.Des., Principal and Practice Leader, Stantec
- Gwen Johansson, Mayor, Hudson’s Hope, BC
- Valerie Langer, Director BC Forests Conservation, ForestEthics Solutions
- Tara Marsden/Naxginkw, MA, Gitanyow Huwilp Lax'yip Implementation Coordinator, Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs
- Dr. Faisal Moola, PhD., Director General, Ontario and Northern Canada, David Suzuki Foundation and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto
- Anna Warwick Sears, PhD, Executive Director, Okanagan Basin Water Board
- Lindsay Staples, Principal, North\West Resources Consulting Group
- Mark Zacharias, Assistant Deputy Minister, British Columbia Ministry of the Environment
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Media contact:
Jeanette Ageson
Communications and Development Manager
West Coast Environmental Law
Phone: 604-601-2511
E-mail: jageson@wcel.org
NB: Seating at the Dialogue is limited. Media wishing to attend in person must contact West Coast to in advance to ensure entry to the event; live video webcast will be available province wide.