Symposium Schedule – Climate Moves

Browse the quick-view schedule below and click on the names to learn more about the presenters and their talks, walks, workshops, or panels.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

07.30 – 08.00 Coffee & Pastries

08.00 – 08.45 Pipe Ceremony (by invitation only, sacred space 3rd floor)

08.45 – 09.00 Coffee & Pastries

09.00 – 09.30 Opening Remarks by Sheena Wilson and Chandra Tomaras (03-380)

09.30 – 11.00 River Walk: Relational Walking with Dwayne Donald (departing from 03-380, arriving at City Hall)

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee & Pastries

11.30 – 12.30 Keynote Address: Walking as a Climate Move by Rachel Epp Buller (Heritage Room, City Hall)

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break

14.00 – 14.30 City in Action: Climate Task Force by Kent Snyder (03-310)

14.30 – 15.30 Understanding Climate Change: Trends, Terminology, and Transformative Thinking by Chandra Tomaras and Sarah Cicchini (03-310)

Thursday, October 17, 2024

08.45 – 9.00 Coffee & Pastries

09.00 – 09.30 Walking Around Water: How The Smartphone Changes The Way We See And Move Through Space by Marilene Oliver (03-380)

09.30 – 10.00 Caring for the Planet is Caring for Ourselves by Tracy Stafford (03-380)

10.00 – 10.15 Coffee & Pastries

10.15 – 11.30 Bilateral drawing workshop by Emilie O’Brien (03-380)

11.30 – 13.00 Lunch Break

13.00 – 13.30 Carbon Budget: Corporate Commitment by Alberto Altamirano (03-310)

13.30 – 14.00 Community Activation by Heather Wheeliker, Barbara Daly, and Lisa Dockman (03-310)

14.00 – 14.30 Professional Ethics in a Changing Climate by Livia Balone and Sincy Modayil (03-310)

14.30 – 14.45 Break

14.45 – 16.00 Miyopimatisowin – Walk with Lana Whiskeyjack (departing from 03-380)

Friday, October 18, 2024

08.45 – 9.30 Coffee & Sound Installation (03-365)

09.30 – 10.00 Listening to Climate Change through Urban Sound Walks by Scott Smallwood (03-380)

10.00 – 10.30 Field School: Gathering Alongside by Stephanie Springgay (03-380)

10.30 – 11.30 Prompts for a psycho-geographic perambulation in PEC: A virtual walk by Mary Elizabeth (ME) Luka and Mél Hogan (03-380)

11.30 – 12.30 Closing Remarks & Coffee

12.30 – 13.00 Break

13.00 – 14.30 University of Alberta Graduate Student Roundtable with Jordan Ashworson (Ashworth), Isabelle Boucher, Malou Brouwer, Emilie O’Brien, and Meredith Snyder (03-380)