Perspectives from 2010: Governance for Sustainable Community Development Conference

Royal Roads University, January 26-28, 2007.

Capping off a week when the Canadian government laid out its third policy aimed at curbing the sustainability crisis of climate change, a group of leading sustainability scholars with the Trudeau Foundation, academics from across Canada and community leaders engaged in the issue gathered at Royal Roads University to discuss the most pressing issue of the 21st Century: Governance for Sustainable Community Development.

The two-day gathering started Friday, Jan. 26 and included a community forum on Saturday, Jan. 27 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. aimed at engaging the social and intellectual capital in the local community and RRU learners who represent regions from across Canada and around the world.

During the event, Trudeau Scholars Kate Hennessy, Mike Ananny, and Jason Luckerhoff met with the various participants and produced short video clip interviews that summarize the important issues of the conference. We are glad to make these videos available here, and hope they will encourage you to respond and comment on their content on our online forum.

• To read a synthesis of the ideas that were discussed, click here.
• On March 12, 2007 an op-ed was published in the online edition of Le Soleil, click here to read it (in French).
• Click here to join the forum.

Video clips require QuickTime, freely available from www.apple.com.

[View clip] Ann Dale, Trudeau Fellow

• How do we translate research into practice?
• What is the most important thing we can do for the environment or sustainable development?

[View clip] Frederick H. Lowy, Special Advisor to the President, Trudeau Foundation

• Is there a link between health and environment?

[View clip] Monique Bégin, Trudeau Mentor

• What is the most important challenge in the issue of Canadian sustainable development?

[View clip] Alain Désiré Nimubona, Trudeau Scholar

• Quelles actions devraient être prises pour atteindre des objectifs en développement durable? (In French)

[View clip] Rebecca Pollock, Trudeau Scholar

• How did you come to realise that this is an important issue?
• How do you see this research being translated into action?

[View clip] David Boyd, Trudeau Scholar

• What are the most important things we can do to confront our environmental challenges?

[View clip] Robert Huish, Trudeau Scholar

• Why is environmental sustainability such an important policy issue?

[View clip] Prateep Nayak, Trudeau Scholar

• How does your research relate to environmental issues?

[View clip] Jason Luckerhoff, Trudeau Scholar

• Dans une perspective communicationnelle, pouvez-vous nous dire quelles sont les difficultés rencontrées en vue d’atteindre les différents publics au sujet des problèmes environnementaux? (In French)

[View clip] Arthur Hanson, Trudeau Mentor

• Do we need a national sustainability strategy in Canada ?
• Do you think the north is really endangered by climate change?