[fvc-wat-disc] Fw: Fair Vote Canada at the GreenPAC FLIP summit January 22, 12 noon ! Feel free to register! :)

[David dirks]

 Just want to ensure that you see this opportunity.
David

   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Anita Nickerson <anita.nickerson at fairvote.ca>To: Chapters Google Group <fair-vote-canada-chapters at googlegroups.com>Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2022, 06:36:49 PM ESTSubject: Fair Vote Canada at the GreenPAC FLIP summit January 22, 12 noon ! Feel free to register! :)
 Hello, everyone! Happy New Year. 

Your effort to connect PR to issues is working!
Fair Vote Canada was invited by GreenPAC to partner for a session on Environment and Electoral Reform at their FLIP Summit. SEE FULL AGENDA BELOW THIS EMAIL OR ON THE EVENTBRITE PAGE.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/flip-20-future-leaders-in-politics-tickets-191281296507

Making Every Vote for the Environment Count

Host: 
Alejandra Bravo (Broadbent -you may remember Broadbent was one of the key players in the 2016 "Alliance" and the Vote PR BC campaign).. 

Panelists:
 - Anna Keenan, Green Party Democratic Reform Critic
- Hugh Segal, former Conservative Senator of Canada
- Sonia Theroux, Executive Director of Leadnow
- Dolly Cepeda Montufar, youth advocate & National Board Member of Fair Vote Canada

We will also be "boothing" at the summit. (Did you know "boothing" was a word? We will be sitting at our virtual table in our virtual booth... :)

WHY REGISTER:

It should be an interesting session on the connection between these issues.
But aside from that, it's to communicate that lots of people are interested in this.

That better environmental outcomes (from policy supported by a majority) and electoral reform are connected is obvious to us, but it's a new idea for a lot of people. Including people FVC can't usually reach. 
I know I'm out of the usual zone but we're making progress when somebody says "I never even thought about it before, until recently."

GreenPAC is a non-partisan org to promote environmental leadership in politics. 

They endorse candidates from every party each election and feature environmental leaders from all parties. (Sort of like Equal Voice or Samara on but on a different issue).

They also run a Parliamentary internship program that pairs interns with MPs. 
They have Liberal Ministers who come on their webinars and people like Chrystia Freeland write glowing testimonials of their programs. 

They have numerous foundations and corporations that fund them. 

In other words, people who usually wouldn't touch PR/FVC with a ten foot pole. 
So it's exciting that GreenPAc would invite us to partner for this conversation! It will reach some new people. Let's make the best of it by having a good audience size! 

HOW TO REGISTER: 

Go here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/flip-20-future-leaders-in-politics-tickets-191281296507

It does cost money - about $12 - but there is a FVC Discount Code for 20% off: FLIP20OFF

If money is a barrier for you but you'd like to attend, just email me off-list. 

Hope to see lots of you at the summit and feel free to say hi at our "virtual booth" :)

Anita




AGENDA in EST

*Event details are subject to change

9:00 - 9:45 Morning Mingle



9:45 - 10:00 Opening Remarks



10:00 - 11:00 Centering Indigenous Sovereignty in Environmental Politics

Speakers: Lori Idlout, MP of Nunavut, Graeme Reed, Senior Policy Advisor at Assembly of First Nations, Dr. Hayden King, Executive Director at Yellowhead Institute



11:00 - 11:55 Concurrent Sessions #1

POLITICO: FLIPPED: Getting Environmental Leaders into Office

Speakers: Mike Morrice, MP of Kitchener Centre, Dr. Paul Thomas, Director of Parliamentary Internship Programme, Robin Edger, National Director, Climate Change at the Insurance Bureau of Canada, Tria Donaldson, Former NDP Candidate for Regina-Lewvan

Moderator: Najib Jutt, Political Advisor and Strategist

ADVOCATE: Breaking it down: Advocacy to Different Levels of Government

Workshop by George Benson, Managing Director of the Climate Displacement Planning Initiative



12:00 - 1:00 Concurrent Sessions #2

POLITICO: Making Every Vote for the Environment Count

Partner: Fair Vote Canada

Speakers: Hugh Segal, Former Senator, Anna Keenan, Former Candidate with Green Party of Canada, Sonia Theroux, Executive Director of Lead Now, Dolly Cepeda Montufar, National Councillor at Fair Vote Canada

Moderator: Alejandra Bravo, Director at Broadbent Institute

ADVOCATE: Demystifying the Landscape for Municipal Climate Advocacy

Partner: Youth Climate Lab

Speakers: Megan Curren, North Vancouver Councillor, Steering Committee Chair at Climate Caucus, Don Iveson, Former Mayor of Edmonton



1:00 - 1:45 Intermission & Virtual Booths



1:45 - 2:15 Lunchtime Keynote:

Dr. Amita Kuttner, Interim leader of the Green Party of Canada



2:30 - 3:30 Concurrent Sessions #3

POLITICO: The New Climate Conservatives: The Landscape for Environmental Change on the Right

Speakers: Lisa Raitt, Former CPC Deputy Leader, Tim Powers, Former Adviser to CPC Cabinet, Columnist and Commentator, Dan Albas, MP for Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola

ADVOCATE: Getting Science Through Politics

Partner: Evidence for Democracy

Speakers: Dr. Ted Hsu, Former MP for Kingston and the Islands, Dr. Amita Kuttner, Interim leader of the Green Party of Canada, Dr. Deborah McGregor, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice

Moderator: Dr. Verena Sesin



3:30 - 4:15 Moderated Networking with Sustainable Youth Canada



4:15 - 5:15 Closing Panel

Young and Political: Leading for the Environment Today

Speakers: Alison Gu, Burnaby City Councilor, Josh Swift, Regional Advisor for Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jesse Hitchcock, Senior Research Analyst at E Source & Founder of Young Voters of PEI, Tesicca Truong, Co-founder of CityHive

Moderator: Kat Cadungog, Executive Director of the Foundation for Environmental Stewardship



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