DAY THREE: Saturday, February 23, 2013
Conference registration for final sessions: 08:00-12:00
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
09:00-0910: Welcome and opening remarks - Bob Axworthy, conference chair
09:10-09:20: Introduction of speaker, Shulamith Koenig
09:20-10:20: Ms Shulamith Koenig - Human Right Cities, and Human Rights Education
10:20-10:30: Questions and Answers
10:30-10:40 Break
10:40-11:40 Panel Discussion - with Ms Shulamith Koenig and invited community stakeholders
11:40-11:50: Break
LUNCH WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR CY FRANK
11:50-12:10 - Lunch served
12:10-12:15 - Introduction of speaker Dr. Cy Frank.
12:15-12:45 - Dr. Cy Frank - Quick Access to Quality Care: The role of networks like Alberta Bone and Joint health
12:45-12:55: Questions and Answers
12:55-1:00 Break
ENVIRONMENT
1:00-1:05: Introduction of Speaker - Dr Faisal Moola, Director, David Suzuki Foundation
1:05-2:05 Dr. Faisal Moola: The Environment and the Economy
2:05-2:15: Questions and Answers
WATER
2:20-2:25: Introduction of Speaker - Dr. Bob Sandford, EPCOR Chair, Canadian Partnership Initiative in support of the UN "Water for Life" decade - by Dr. Jon Gerrard
2:25-3:00 Mr. Bob Sandford Presents, Canadian water issues: Manitoba's water dilemma and new approaches needed.
3:00-3:05: Questions and Answers
3:05-3:10: Break
CLIMATE CHANGE
3:10-3:15: Introduction of Speaker - Curt Hull, Project Manager Climate Change Connection.
3:15-3:45: Mr. Curt Hall - Climate Change
3:45-3:50: Questions and Answers
3:50-4:00: Conference summary and closing remarks
Speakers
Shulamith Koenig
Founding President
People's Movement for Human Rights Learning
Shulamith Koenig ? is the recipient of the 2003?UN Prize?in the field of Human rights* (An award given to five people every five year since 1966) .?
She is one of five Americans to have received it who are : Eleanor r Roosevelt, Marlin Luther King, Jimmy Carter, and James Grant. Others include Nelson Mandela.)
She is the Founding President of PDHRE, the?People?s Movement for Human Rights Learning ?formerly known as- People?s Decade for Human Rights Education- which she had founded in 1988 with the goal of creating a new political culture based on human rights?and to enable women and men alike to learn,? know, own plan and act to participate in the decision that determine their lives and live in community in dignity with one another,? moving from Charity to dignity guided by the holistic human rights framework.
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To that end, Ms. Koenig had:
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- worked successfully to have the UN declare a??Decade for Human rights educations??1994-2004 and? international public policy to enhance these inclusive learning worldwide as an imperative for viable? long lasting change throughout all societies.
- ?as a strategy for human, societal? and economic development? advocated and facilitated, in more the 60 countries, dialogue and grassroots discussions? to effect societal change through learning about human rights as a way of life as relevant to people's daily concerns , enhancing critical thinking and systemic analysis within the holistic human rights framework that leads to action for social and economic justice and invigorates social responsibility. .
- Since 1997, to give an? answer to the imperatives of human rights learning for all women, men youth and child around the world, Shulamith Koenig with PDHRE? International network have been developing ?Human Rights Cities?.? Thus far , Twenty? human rights cities in four regions ? with much to learn from? - are in the progress of development..
- In 2000, and 2011 she initiated with the Mission of Benin, two United Nations , General Assembly resolution that affirm an??International Year of Human Rights Learning? and consequently its follow up . These were? co-sponsored by more than 100 countries and adopted without a vote. The follow up is set forth to create a global all inclusive process whereby community leaders join regionally to design? and integrate program that will have their communities consciously internalize human rights? as a way of life, and to strengthen democracy as a delivery system for human rights.
For more then 20 years she worked as an industrial engineer. With her husband Jerry they manufactured? water saving products for irrigation and water systems in Jerusalem. Israel..? She published numerous articles, manuals, wrote for and supervised the publications of: Passport to Dignity, and Women Hold Up the Sky ?two comprehensive volume and video series on? human rights and? women Also:? Human Rights learning? a People's Report, Call For Justice -a resource packet to empower the work of NGOs at the community level and a? volume publishes with UN Habitat : ?Human Rights Cities, Civic engagement for Societal Development??
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Under her supervision plans are under way for developing National Corps for facilitating Learning at the community level towards integrating such learning processes with academia, the private sector and a multitude of civil society organization..?
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By invitation from Mikhail Gorbachev she had received in October 2011, at? the Pio Munzo Center, in Rimini, Italy. a Gold Medal being recognized as ?Women of the 21st Century??--for her contribution to humanity.
Dr. Cy Frank
Executive DirectorAlberta Bone and Joint Health Dr. Frank and his colleagues at the Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute have developed a provincial network which has made fundamental changes and improvement to access to hip and knee replacement surgery and to the quality of care provided. ?In March 2011, Dr. Frank and his ABJHI colleagues received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canadian Medical Association Journal Top Achievements in Health Research for 2010 Award for this work which is charting a new way to improve medicare in Canada - a way which improves quality and access to care, and manages (often reducing) costs at the same time.
Dr. Cy Frank is currently a Professor in the Section of Orthopaedics/Department of Surgery at the University of Calgary/Alberta Health Services, Executive Director of the provincial Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute (ABJHI) and Vice President Strategy, Alberta Health Services. ?He was chosen International Bone and Joint Decade 'Builder' in 2005, received the University of Calgary Isaak Walton Killam Interdisciplinary Research Prize in 2010, was named one of Alberta's 50 Most Influential People in 2011, and one of Canada's Top 40 over 40 in 2012 by Zoomer Magazine.
Dr. Faisal MoolaDirector General, Ontario and Canada's North
David Suzuki Foundation
Faisal Moola is one of Canada's most respected scientists and environmental advocates. ?Faisal is a professor in the University of Toronto's forestry department, regularly having his work published in books and journals on ecology, conservation biology and environmental policy. ?For the past decade he has led an expert team of scientists, analysts and communicators at the David Suzuki Foundation, focusing on the protection of Canada's cherished wild spaces and endangered species. ?Faisal has been at the forefront of some of Canada's most iconic environmental battles, including successful efforts to permanently protect B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest and efforts to pass a national law to protect endangered species throughout the country. ?After living for several years on the west coast, Faisal has come back to the Greater Toronto Area where he was born and raised. ?He is Director General for Ontario and Canada's North at the David Suzuki Foundation and spends as much time as possible exploring the wonders of nature in his backyard with his lovely wife and two darling children.?
Robert Sandford
EPCOR Chair
Canadian Partnership Initiative in support of United Nations 'Water for Life" Decade
Bob Sandford, EPCOR Chair of the Canadian Partnership Initiative in support of United Nations "Water for Life" Decade has been at the forefront in promoting an understanding that southern Manitoba is approaching or perhaps has even passed over an invisible threshold into a new hydro-climatic state. ?Sandford understands that this transition is at the heart of our current problems with large floods and a dying Lake Winnipeg.?
In Dec 2011, Bob Sandford pointed out that "At 15,000 square kilometers in area, algal blooms in Lake Winnipeg are now larger than the record 8,500 square mile area of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico." ?He said then "We need to admit that we are nowhere near to solving the Lake Winnipeg problem. ?Nor are we as a nation taking the problem as seriously as we should." ?He brings his call for urgent action to the Thinkers Conference. ?
Bob Sandford has been recognized internationally for his contributions to understanding water and water policy. ?He sits on the Advisory Committee for the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy. ?He is the Director of the Western Watersheds Climate Research Collaborative and an associate of the?Centre for Hydrology which is part of the Global Water Institute at the University of Saskatchewan. ?Bob is also a Fellow of the Biogeoscience Institute at the University of Calgary. ?He sits on the Advisory Board of Living Lakes Canada, the Canadian Chapter of Living Lakes International and is also co-chair of the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW), a national water policy research group?centered?in Toronto. ?He is also a member of the Advisory Panel for the RBC Water Project. ?He serves as Water Governance Advisor and Senior Policy Author for Simon Fraser University's Adaptation to Climate Change Team. ?In 2011, Bob was invited to be an advisor on water issues by the Interaction Council, a global public policy forum composed of more than thirty former Heads of State including Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, U.S,. President Bill Clinton, the former President of Mexico, Vincente Fox and the former Prime Minister of Norway, Gro Brundtland.?
Bob has published five books on water issues in Canada. ?These include?Restoring the Flow: Confronting the World's Water Woes, in 2009 and?Ethical Water: Valuing What Really Matters, co-authored with Merrell-Ann-Phare in 2011. ?Bob lives with his famliy in Canmore, Alberta.?
Curt Hull
Project Manager - Climate Change Connection
Climate Change Connection is working to connect Manitobans to climate change facts and solutions. ?CCC is a non-profit, non-government project that is managed by the Manitoba Eco-Network in association with the University of Winnipeg. ?CCC's Steering Committee has representation from 10 different organizations from all over the province.?
Curt Hull is Project Manager for Climate Change Connection. ?He has a passion for climate change education and action, a strong background in project and financial management and a history of community involvement.?
Curt is also a professional engineer. ?Before coming to CCC, he worked for 25 years as Director of Quality Systems with a Winnipeg-based electronics design and manufacturing company. ?While there, he helped that company grow from 12 people in a small, local facility to an international concern with manufacturing plants in three countries, offices in 5 countries and over 1,000 employees.?
Since changing careers in 2007, Curt has received an adult educator's certificate from the University of Manitoba and now works to educate Manitobans about climate change and connect with groups working on solutions. ?Curt is helping Winnipeg move to a fossil-fuel free future through his work with Bike to the future, the Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition, 50by30.org and Transition Winnipeg. ? ?Curt is currently serving on the Clean Energy Advisory Committee of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Manitoba Bold Initiative.?
Source: http://manitobaliberals.blogspot.com/2013/02/saturday-february-23-at-thinkers.html
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