On January 16th, 2020 Sustainable Kingston is hosting the Kingston Climate Change Symposium in partnership with the City of Kingston at The Grand Theatre. The symposium aims to bring together climate champions and inspire action while we showcase the latest developments on community-based climate initiatives.
The 2020 event features speakers such as Jennifer Keesmaat, Canadian urban planner who served as Chief City Planner of Toronto, Robert Keen, CEO of Forests Ontario, Mason Prout and Matt Brown from Patagonia, and many other local industry experts. The overall goal of the Kingston Climate Change Symposium is to strengthen existing networks between community practitioners, policymakers and community members working on all levels of community based-climate change and to enhance our resiliency toward our changing climate.
With local partners and supporters including the City of Kingston, Queen’s University, St. Lawrence College, and Lafarge, the Kingston Climate Change Symposium has quickly become one of Kingston's signature sustainability events that you do not want to miss.
Photos from the event can be found here!
Check out the speaker’s presentations from the event:
12 p.m. - Doors Open | Change for Climate Information Fair
12:30 p.m. - Welcome and Opening Remarks
Land Acknowledgement by Kathy Brant, Grandmother-in-Residence for Grand OnStage
Opening Remarks Mayor Paterson
Poet Laureate, Jason Heroux
MP Mark Gerretsen and MPP Ian Arthur
12:45 p.m. - Robert Keen, Forests Ontario
1:30 p.m. - Inspiring Action Mini-session with Pamela Shea, St. Lawrence College and Paul MacLatchy, City of Kingston
1:45 p.m. - Wellness Break
2 p.m. - Mason Prout and Matt Brown, Patagonia
3 p.m. - Inspiring Action Mini-session with Dan MacKinnon, MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Co. and Devon Hawkins, nufuuds, and Russell Horne, City of Kingston
3:30 p.m. - Coffee Break and Networking
4 p.m. - Inspiring Action Mini-session with Aidan Tomkinson, KCVI
4:10 p.m. - Sustainable Kingston
4:25 p.m. - Paige Agnew, City of Kingston, Density by Design
4:40 p.m. - Keynote Speaker Jennifer Keesmaat
5:50 p.m. - Closing Remarks
6 p.m. - Networking | Change for Climate Information Fair
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