Tapping into what matters: Relational Values and Policy mixes for sustainability Video recording of our CACOR Lunch on 2019-03-20 Policy Making involving the environment is dominated by one kind of thinking, particularly about values—economics. (Intrinsic values are often recognized, but lack the rigorous framework of economics.) Insights from many other relevant social fields are myriad but […]
Investigative journalism and climate change-Mike De Souza
In his presentation, Mike De Souza will look at how the oil and gas industry has now started to organize in Canada with its own political action committee, increasing its ties with fossil-fuel friendly politicians to strike back against strong environmental policies and regulations, while attempting to shape public opinion with industry-influenced research and ad […]
Peter MacKinnon, The Rise & Foreseeable Future of Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities & Threats
Date: Wednesday January 16th 2019 CACOR Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Peter MacKinnon YouTube video Link … About the presentation: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is constantly in the news with stories of promise and threat for good and bad. Political leaders have declared it a national priority, the global high tech industry is racing AI apps to markets and […]
Can tourism coexist with a fragile planet? Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation of the World’s largest industry
Dr. Ted Manning is a geographer, a full member of the Club of Rome and a former Chair of CACOR. In this presentation the overall impact of the tourism sector and of efforts to defuse its worst impacts and enhance any positive contributions it can make to global ecological preservation are addressed. In many respects […]
Scaling up Urban Low-carbon Innovations -Rebecca Aird
A presentation on Low Carbon Innovation Ottawa – an initiative that is part of a pan-Canadian effort (Low Carbon Cities Canada) to strengthen and hone local capacity to bring to scale promising initiatives to significantly reduce Ottawa’s GHG emissions. Link to YouTube…