Second National Capital Colloquium on the Governance of Sustainable Development (2004-2005)
Innovations in governance for sustainable development
The Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa is pleased to launch the Second National Capital Colloquium on the Governance of Sustainable Development. The Colloquium is an independent forum created to engage government policy makers and leading academics on topical issues, toward building a leading edge "community of practice" around this important theme. This year, the Colloquium will explore the theme of Innovations in Governance of Sustainable Development.Among many benefits that will emerge from this discussion, the Colloquium seeks in particular to continue to strengthen the links and exchange between academia and federal decision makers; raise awareness and increase visibility within the National Capital Region of the contributions that the humanities and social sciences can make to policy development; enrich existing policy debates through the exploration and open exchange of ideas; and build a living “community of practice” amongst policy practitioners and academic researchers by promoting partnerships, innovation and a platform for continuous learning.
The 2004-2005 Colloquium is a continuing event that will evolve along with the concept of sustainable development, the issues in policy making, and the academic research. A publication following each year of the Colloquium will provide a marker for the state of the art in the governance of sustainable development, and a permanent record of the year's activities.
The Centre on Governance gratefully acknowledges its partners in the creation and organization of the Colloquium: the Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development and the Office of the Auditor-General Canada.
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Program
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| November 16, 2004 | Brennan Van Dyke Director, Regional Office for North America United Nations Environment Programme |
Global Environmental Governance: the follow-up of Rio and Johannesburg |
| December 14, 2004 | Elizabeth May Executive Director Sierra Club |
The civil society in the decision-making process: the Canadian example |
| January 11, 2005 | Matthew Paterson School of Political Sciences University of Ottawa Michael Cloghesy Council for Business and Environment of Quebec/Conseil Patronal de l’Environnement du Québec |
Contextualizing Public-Private Partnerships: the dynamics and development of environmental governance |
| February 15, 2005 | Grace Barrasso, Manager, Environmental Affairs European Aluminium Association Jürg Gerber Senior Advisor, Global Projects Alcan Inc Kernaghan Webb Industry Canada/Carleton University |
Corporate Social Responsibility: the role of international standards |
| March 8, 2005 | James Meadowcroft Carleton University Danial Wayner National Research Council Canada |
Science as a policy tool: the need for policy frameworks in emerging technologies |
| April 12, 2005 | Rosemarie Kuptana | The sustainable development of Canada’s North |
Coordination
Elisabeth Marsollier, Program Coordinator, Centre on Governance, University of
Ottawa
Claude Denis, Director, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa
Denis Roy, Director, Office of the Commissioner for the Environment and
Sustainable Development
Speakers
Brennan Van Dyke
Brennan Van Dyke was recently appointed Director of the Regional Office for
North America of the United Nations Environment Programme (RONA-UNEP). Prior to
that she was Director of the Trade and Investment Program of the Center for
International Law and worked for the New York firm, Hughes Hubbard and Reed.
She also taught, as an Adjunct Professor at the American University's
Washington College of Law: International Environmental Law, Trade and
Environment as well as International Institutions for Environmental Protection.
She has published numerous articles addressing the environmental impacts of
international trade and investment rules. Brennan Van Dyke is a graduate from
Yale University Law Shool.
Elizabeth May
Elizabeth May has worked on environmental issues for over twenty years. Through
public advocacy, campaigning, writing and teaching, she communicates with
passionate commitment the importance and inherent beauty of nature. As a
grassroots environmentalist, lawyer, senior policy advisor to a Minister of
Environment, and Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada, she was
instrumental in the creation of five national parks and marine conservation
areas as well as in drafting new legislation and pollution control measures.
She is the director of the Sierra Club in Canada, a member of the board of
directors of Friends of the Earth Canada, an honorary member of the board for
the Canadian Environmental Network and was a founding member of the Canadian
Environmental Defense Fund and Women for a Healthy Planet. Elizabeth May is a
graduate of Dalhousie Law School.
Michael Cloghesy
Michael Cloghesy is President of the Conseil patronal de l'environnement du
Québec (CPEQ), loosely translated as the Centre for Business and Environment of
Quebec. The CPEQ represents its 160 corporate and sector-based association
members at the provincial, national, and international levels. He is a former
member of the Joint Public Advisory Committee of the North American Commission
on Environmental Cooperation. He has worked extensively on water, air, soil,
and waste management issues. He is a member of the Canadian delegation on
Climate Change. The CPEQ is one of the social partners of "Strengthening
Canada's Environmental Community through International Regime Reform: Exploring
Social Cohesion in a Globalizing Era" (the EnviReform project).
Matthew Paterson
Matthew Paterson is a professor of political sciences at the University of
Ottawa. He was senior lecturer in international relations at Keele University
(Great Britain). He is author of Global Warming and Global Politics (1996) and
Understanding Global Environmental Politics (2003). He is an associate editor
of Global Environmental Politics.
Grace Barrasso
Grace Barrasso is manager of environmental affairs of the European Aluminium
Association. Prior to that, she worked as environment, health and safety
manager for AlCOA (Aluminium Company of America). She continues to represent
ALCOA at the American Chambers of Commerce (EU Committee) where she is
vice-chair of the environment committee. She represents the industry in trade
associations and in EU institutions. She arrived in Brussels as an assistant to
the trade counsellor of the Canadian Mission to the European Union and an
account manager for multinational corporations. She is a member of the
International Political Science Research Committee. Grace Barasso is a graduate
of the University of Ottawa.
Jürg Gerber
Jürg Gerber is senior advisor for global projects of Alcan Inc. He started his
career in the aluminum industry in the late seventies. He occupied various
positions in management, business development, environment and communications
which gave him exposure to the key aspects of the industry. After the
Alcan-algroup merger in 2000, he became directly involved in the redesign of
Environmental Health and Safety programs, a corporate priority. He also played
a major role in the development of the sustainable development priorities of
Alcan.
Kernaghan Webb
Kernaghan Webb is chief of research and senior legal policy advisor at the
Office of Consumer Affairs in the Government of Canada. He is also an adjunct
research professor at the Carleton School of Public Policy and Administration
and at the department of Law. He has written extensively on regulatory and
compliance matters and voluntary codes as well as on citizen roles in
enforcement, the legal regimes for non-governmental organizations, and
standards. He has taken the lead on several ISO standards initiatives including
those pertaining to internal complaints handling, external dispute resolution,
voluntary codes standards, and corporate social responsibility. He is a member
of ISO CSR Advisory Group whose recommendations are generally considered as the
foundation for current ISO work to develop an international social
responsibility standard. He is the editor of a book on voluntary codes recently
published by Carleton University. Kernaghan Webb holds a doctorate of law.
James Meadowcroft
James Meadowcroft is a professor of political sciences at Carleton University.
He started his university career at the University of Sheffield (Great
Britain). His primary research interests include the history of political
thought, contemporary political ideologies, and environmental politics. His
publications include Conceptualising the State (1995), The Liberal Political
Tradition (ed, 1996), Democracy and the Environment (co-ed with William
Lafferty, 1996), Planning for Sustainability (co-ed with Michael Kenny, 1999),
Implementing Sustainable Development (co-ed with William Lafferty, 2000), and
numerous journal articles on topics related to green political thought,
planning for sustainable development, and environmental politics. He holds a
Doctorate degree from Oxford University.
Danial Wayner
Danial Wayner is the Director General of the Steacie Institute for Molecular
Sciences, in Ottawa. He did his postdoctoral research on organic free radical
chemistry. He later on joined the NRC Division of Chemistry and served as
leader of the Molecular Interfaces Program in the NRC Steacie Institute for
Molecular Sciences. This is a highly multidisciplinary team whose research
focuses on organic chemical reactions on silicon surfaces, including the
self-assembly of organic nanostructures and the integration of bio-active
interfaces into silicon devices. The program is recognized for its world
leading work in nanoscience, especially scanning tunneling microscopy. Dr.
Wayner is a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Canada, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Surface
Science. He holds a Ph. D. from Dalhousie University.
Rosemarie Kuptana
Rosemarie Kuptana is a former President of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada and of
the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, the international organization representing
the collective interests and identity of the Inuit people living in the Arctic
and sub-arctic regions of four circumpolar countries (Russia, USA, Canada and
Greenland). She began her career at the Northern Service Branch of the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, hosting programs focused on the cultural, social and
political issues of the day, including the Inuvialuit land claim negotiations
and the oil and gas exploration taking place in the Beaufort Sea. She
subsequently joined the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) and Television
Northern Canada (TVNC) – the first television network serving most of the
Canadian Arctic. After leaving broadcasting, Ms. Kuptana worked towards the
advancement of Inuit rights in several Inuit political organizations. She
participated in the negotiations leading to the establishment of the Arctic
Council. Rosemarie Kuptana was also coordinator of a special study on
governance of the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, and she has
dealt with a range of environmental issues such as contaminants in the Arctic,
global warming and climate change.
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