WHEN: Friday, April 16, 2010
WHERE: The Bahen Centre, University of Toronto
BA 1160, Adel Sedra Auditorium, 40 St. George Street, (just south of Russell Street)
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
In April 2010, four Climate Wise Women from the South Pacific Islands, Uganda and Biloxi, Mississippi will begin a 30-city, 18-country speaking tour in the Americas. These community activists can't wait for politicians and governmental negotiators to get it right on climate change. They want straight talk on what climate change is doing to women, children, families and communities around the world. The tour continues to Asia / the Pacific in Fall 2010 and to Europe in Spring 2011. This dynamic group will be presented in public conversation with a panel to share their experiences and put forward an agenda that can be acted on to guarantee a safe, just and sustainable future for everyone on the planet.
Local Panel:
- Sarah Wakefield, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Toronto (Moderator)
- Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg, Professor, OISE, University of Toronto (Keynote address)
- Katrina Miller, Campaigns Director, Toronto Environmental Alliance
Climate Wise Women:
- Constance Okollet (Uganda, Africa), Chairperson, Osukura United Women Network
- Ulamila Kurai Wragg (Cook Islands, the Pacific), Coordinator, Pacific WAVE Media Network
- Sharon Hanshaw (Biloxi, Mississippi, USA), Executive Director of Coastal Women for Change
This is a free event, co-hosted by the University of Toronto's Centre for Environment, Department of Geography & Planning and the Women & Gender Studies Institute.
