Keynote: Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
Panel 4: Building community capacity to deal with climate injustice
What are best practices with respect to building local capacity to empower communities to pursue climate justice?
– Moderator: Praneeta Mudaliar, Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, UTM
– International discussant: Linda Shi, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
– Amrita Daniere, Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, UTM
– Fikile Nxumalo, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, U of T
– Imara Rolston, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T
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This full-day event will bring together academics and policymakers to discuss cutting edge research and policy implications for urban communities disproportionately affected by climate change. Speakers will include recipients of our Urban Challenge Grants, representing over 20 departments across the University of Toronto, who will discuss their findings with co-panelists and international discussants on the themes of:
• Disparate environmental impacts on vulnerable communities
• Unequal access to environmental amenities
• The viability of strategies for sustainability and GHG emissions reduction
• Building community capacity to deal with climate injustice
Links to the Panels are available here:
Welcome + Panel 1: https://youtube.com/live/lRXtQMAYs28?feature=share
Panel 2: https://youtube.com/live/m2qjFiSHNqQ?feature=share
Panel 3: https://youtube.com/live/sTPkTQPtBgQ?feature=share
Keynote 1 + Panel 4: https://youtube.com/live/m_tHkklOwMU?feature=share
Keynote 2 + Closing Remarks: https://youtube.com/live/0Td8bkzSleE?feature=share
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