CACOR’s Vision and Mission are:
VISION
Canada becomes a nation that effectively restores and sustains its ecosystems, all species, and serves as a model to others.
MISSION
CACOR’s mission is to encourage and enable Canadians to explore, understand, and advocate for the sustainability of the biosphere, its species, and human wellbeing, through research and communication about the issues that compose our planetary crisis.
Date of Registration as a Canadian Charity:
The Canadian Association for the Club of Rome (CACOR) was founded in 1974 as one of the first of now more than thirty national associations affiliated with the International Club of Rome. CACOR is autonomous, independent, and nonpartisan. Its main objective is to further the sustainability of the global ecosystem including the survival of humanity.
Purpose and Objectives
Promote Knowledge and understanding among all segments of the Canadian public on the nature of world problems and the need to develop new policies, attitudes, and courses of action.
Find solutions: CACOR is a catalyst for study and research into problems of human well-being and future survival. Its focus is on the interactions and interdependence of social, economic, technological, and environmental components of global and local problems. The objective is to help define alternative ways to meet critical needs at all scales.
Focus on Canada within the international context: CACOR concentrates on Canada’s situation relative to global problems and solutions. It seeks to be a catalyst for the development of Canadian solutions and to advancing Canada’s contribution to the sustainability of humanity on the planet.
Activities
CACOR and its members engage in various activities to fulfill the organization’s goals. These include:
- Hosting regular CACOR Live virtual meetings with distinguished experts to discuss global issues and solutions.
- Organizing discussion groups on specific topics of interest.
- Partnering with like-minded organizations to stage events.
- Sponsoring YouTube video, weekly newsletter “Stay Informed” and website publications on key issues.
- Undertaking lobbying efforts and interventions to incorporate better information, science, and systematic thinking into decision-making processes at all levels.
CACOR’s website is a resource for those seeking information and informed discussion on global and local issues.
Available Discussion Groups:
There are six active discussion groups that any CACOR member may join. There are more groups, but they are specifically established for committee work, event notifications, archival, board of directors, and others. To access these most active six, please contact the “owner.”
[email protected] – owner – Art Hunter [email protected]
[email protected] – owner – Art Hunter [email protected]
[email protected] – owner – Madeleine Aubrey [email protected]
[email protected] – owner – Gabriela GrefInnes [email protected]
[email protected] – owner – Edward Manning [email protected]
[email protected] – owner – Art Hunter [email protected]
Disclaimer:
The postings on this website are provided for the interest of CACOR members and are not an endorsement of any agency, political party, product, technology or policy. The views expressed are the views of authors and not those of the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome.
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Actively engaged on key global and Canadian issues to motivate citizens and decision-makers to take action to limit, stabilize, and reverse demands on both the local and the global ecosystems.
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“A member [of CACOR] can expect and experience friendship, dedication, goodwill, multiple opportunities and ideas, openness and accountability, and inclusion in ethical decisions and actions.”
~ Sheila Murray
Honorary Member, acceptance speech, 2015 May 27