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Mountain Festival decemBer 9 - 15, 2016
Program guide
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internationalmountainday.ca
What is International MounTain Day? IMD is an opportunity for the international community to come together to highlight the importance of sustaining mountain communities for future generations.
United Nations Priorities:
2016 Theme: Mountain Cultures: Celebrating diversity and strengthening identity
Mountain communities understand that their well-being, sense of identity, traditions, and languages depend on the careful stewardship of fragile mountain environments. Sustainable economic development can promote and protect a diversity of mountain cultures while creating incentives for the protection of mountain ecosystems and their goods and services. These efforts will also ensure that mountain places will remain vital and productive for the benefit of future generations.
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Create awareness about the importance of mountains
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Highlight opportunities and constraints in mountain development
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Build alliances to bring positive change
www.fao.org/forestry/internationalmountainday/en
Collaborative. Interdisciplinary. Inclusive. Canadian Mountain Research
Canadians and international travelers alike are in awe of our spectacular mountain landscapes - they are without a doubt both special and vulnerable to change. The Canadian Mountain Network seeks to provide enthusiasts from across the country and across the spectrum the opportunity to connect, collaborate, and share learnings about Canadian mountains. We can overcome the most important challenges with our collective knowledge. Established in 2016, the CMN is in the early stages of establishing a forum for collaboratively addressing the diverse challenges facing mountain regions by harnessing existing capacities and seeking new resources. Over the next 18 months, the CMN will lead the preparation of a national Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) proposal.
www.canadianmountainnetwork.ca
Mountain Festival December 9 – 15 2016
The Canadian Mountain Network’s Mountain Festival, which will be held at the University of Alberta on the dates of December 9-15, 2016, coincides with the United Nations’ International Mountain Day: December 11. The Canadian Mountain Network will join mountain communities in Canada and around the world in celebrating the rich cultures and unique environments found in mountain landscapes. Visit our website at internationalmountainday.ca.
TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY? / CANADIAN MOUNTAIN NETWORK
EVENT SPONSORS FACULTY SPONSORS
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MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 15TH EVENTS ALPINE ART SHOW MOUNTAIN SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS LIFE IN THE VERTICAL WORLD WITH SONNIE TROTTER: CLIMBING KEYNOTE EVENT
GRANTING AGENCY SUPPORT
MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL EVENTS This Wild Spirit: Redux
The Hans Gmoser Film Collection
Tour De Bloc - ACA Sanctioned Boulder Competition
Rock Climbing Workshop
This Wild Spirit: Redux is an abridged installation of This Wild Spirit: Women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada, exhibited by the FAB Gallery in March 2008 marking the University of Alberta’s Centenary. Dec 6, 2016 – Jan 7, 2017 Fine Arts Building Gallery, 1-1 Fine Arts Building
Tour de Bloc is a Canadian National bouldering competitive circuit. On this Edmonton stop of the Tour de Bloc circuit climbers from the local climbing community have the chance to compete against climbers from all over Canada. Dec 10, 2016 Wilson Climbing Centre
Mountain Live Streaming
Experience International Mountain Day in the amazing Canadian Mountains from anywhere in the world by participating online with the Canadian Mountain Network’s livestream to www.internationalmountainday.ca. Dec 11, 2016
Mountain Festival Welcome and Bison Belong - Bison Reintroduction to Banff National Park
The Mountain Festival Welcome will feature a short introductory presentation from the Canadian Mountain Network followed by the evening’s keynote presentation on the history of bison conservation, from the rescue of the species from extinction, to its return as an ecological force. Dec 12, 2016 1-430 Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science
Spirit of the Mountains — Northern Indigenous Stories of Place
Mountains play a significant role for northern Indigenous peoples through storytelling. Stories of their hardship as well as their celebratory accounts of their people demonstrate an innate connection to land and place; places of their ancestors through their various stories of origin. Dec 13, 2016 1-140 Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science
Winter Solstice 2016
The Winter Solstice is an annual social event, which brings together the northern research community from the University, senior administration, partners and stakeholders from government, industry, and the engaged public. In conjunction with the social event, UAlberta Press will launch 2 books throughout the evening. Dec 14, 2016 Faculty Club Saskatchewan Room
In “Vagabonds of the Mountains” Hans Gmoser celebrates the freespirited mountain existence — no responsibilities, no money, patched clothes, but the freedom to climb, ski, and enjoy life! Dec 14, 2016 L-1 Humanities Centre
In the tradition of International Mountain Day the Wilson Climbing Centre is offering a variety of rock climbing clinics/workshops! Dec 15, 2016 Wilson Climbing Centre
Alpine Art Show
The Alpine Art Show showcases the work of Canadian artists and University of Alberta students on the 2016 United Nations’ International Mountain Day theme, “Mountain cultures: celebrating diversity and strengthening identity”. Dec 15, 2016 Horowitz Theatre Lounge
Mountain Symposium
The Canadian Mountain Network is hosting the Mountain Symposium to bring mountain community members and mountain researchers together to engage with and learn from each other. Symposium Attendees will have the opportunity to work in breakout groups to generate research questions and suggest solutions to the panelists’ identified concerns. Dec 15, 2016 Horowitz Theatre
Mountain Mixer
Relax over light refreshments after the Mountain Symposium while discussing the previous events of the Festival and connect with other mountain enthusiasts, Symposium panelists, and Festival sponsors. Dec 15, 2016 Horowitz Theatre Lounge
Life in the Vertical World with Sonnie Trotter: Climbing Keynote Event
Join us as ACMG associate and master climber Sonnie Trotter shares fun memories and inspiring stories of his 20 years in the vertical. Dec 15, 2016 Horowitz Theatre
EVENTS HOSTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 15th EVENTS Location: Myer Horowitz TheatRE
Students’ Union Building University of Alberta
3:15pm to 3:45pm student break-out leader, speakers, and audience
Myer Horowitz Lounge & Theatre Find seats at breakout tables and begin discussion.
Table 1: Charlie Loewen Sara Brown , Northwest Territories Association of Communities.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 12:00PM-1PM ALPINE ART SHOW
Myer Horowitz Lobby (2nd Floor)
1:00PM-5PM MOUNTAIN SYMPOSIUM
Myer Horowitz Theatre and Lobby (2nd Floor)
1PM-3pm speaker series
Myer Horowitz Theatre Meg Wilcox our event host welcomes everyone. Meg Wilcox will introduce each of the following Canadian Mountain Network Speakers, NSERC Guest, and Community Speakers to present (refer to speaker bios section to learn more):
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Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer Dr. David Hik Frank Nolan Sara Brown Dr. Deborah Simmons Leon Andrew Richard Andrew Bill Snow Cal Clark Craig Dunn Alison Ronson Christina Benty
3PM to 3:15PM coffee break
Table 2 and 3: Garnet Borsh and Dylan Hall Dr. Deborah Simmons , Executive Director of the Sahtu Renewable Resources Board, Leon Andrew , Shú htagot’ine Eld er and Board member of Tu lít’a Land and Financial Corporation at Tulít’a Dene Band, and Richard Andrew , a Shú htagot’ine artist, trapper, traditional skills teacher, and member of the Renewable Resources Council. Table 4: Michelle Mausolf Bill Snow , Consultation Manager for the Stoney Nakoda Nations. Table 5: Susie Hermaszewska Cal Clark , Manager of Sustainable Development for Riversdale Resources. Table 6: Courtney Schafer Craig Dunn , Chief Geologist for Borealis GeoPower Table 7: Kazimir Haykowski Alison Ronson , Executive Director at Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS). Table 8: Cole Brachmann Christina Benty , Former Mayor of Golden/ Consultant at Golden / Strategic Leadership Solutions
4:00PM-4:45PM
student break-out leaders
Myer Horowitz Lounge Meg Wilcox invite all the Student Break-out Leaders on stage where they will one at a time introduce themselves, and present on their group’s discussion.
4:45PM-5:00PM conclusion
Myer Horowitz Lounge
5:00PM MOUNTAIN MIXER 7:00PM-8:30PM LIFE IN THE VERTICAL WORLD WITH SONNIE TROTTER
Myer Horowitz Lounge Join us as ACMG associate and master climber Sonnie Trotter shares fun memories and inspiring stories of his 20 years in the vertical.
ALPINE ART SHOW The Mountain Festival Alpine Art Show showcases the work of Canadian artists and University of Alberta students on the 2016 United Nations’ International Mountain Day theme, “Mountain cultures: celebrating diversity and strengthening identity”, in a Canadian context. The Alpine Art show is hosted by the Canadian Mountain Network. Artists: Richard Andrew, Jonathan Green, Phoebe Todd-Parrish, Noemi De Beuijn, and Morgane Merlin
Phoebe Todd-Parrish Richard Andrew Richard Andrew is a Shúhtagot’ı̨ nę artist, trapper, traditional skills teacher, and member of the Tulı t́ ’a Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨ nę (Renewable Resources Council). He is skilled in woodwork, carving, drum making, snowshoe making and traditional fine crafts. Throughout the years, he has kept his traditional culture and language very much alive. He continues to tan moose hides, drive a dog team, and hunt and trap. For several years he has been teaching the youth the songs, signs, and drumming involved in handgames. In 2008 he received an Aboriginal Sport Circle Award in recognition of his work with youth over the years.
Jonathan Green Jonathan Green is an emerging artist of Mi’kmaq, Inuit and British, Scottish descent from Newfoundland and Labrador. He recently graduated with a MFA in Printmaking from the University of Alberta. Green has been a work-study at the Banff Centre. This past summer he spent 3 weeks on the Yukon River as part of the CWAR residency. He will be SNAP’s artist in residence this winter.
Phoebe Todd-Parrish is currently pursuing her Masters of Fine Arts in Printmaking at the University of Alberta. Having previously completed her MA in English at York University, and her undergraduate BFA in Visual Arts and English, her practice incorporates her interest in Both disciplines. Her interest in language and narrative led her to investigate the possibilities of the artists’ book and other sculptural installations as an interactive art form. Phoebe’s print practice focuses on the notion of desire for connection and communication in living and non-living things (present/absent, real/ imagined) in a shared environment. In an ever-more augmented reality, Phoebe is interested in exploring tensions and dissolutions between imagined/invented and inner/outer “worlds”.
Noemi de Bruijn “I was born in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico. My family moved around a lot as a youth and so I was fortunate to get to know several locations and communities in my country. Eventually my family settled in the city of San Luis Potosi. While I lived there I obtained a diploma in Graphics Design and Music. In September of 2009 I decided to make a huge change and move to Canada with no
ALPINE ART SHOW plan or money in order to pursue my career as an artist. After much work I received my diploma in visual arts from Red Deer College in 2012. That same year I was married. I completed my BFA (with distinction) in the University of Lethbridge in 2014. I love being outdoors. I work mainly in drawing/ illustration, photography, and painting. I am currently completing my Masters Degree at the University of Alberta.”
Morgane Merlin Born in France and living in Edmonton, Morgane is a 2nd year PhD student in plant ecology and land reclamation at the University of Alberta. Her past research, as well as her personal passion for plants, have fuelled her deep interest in how they respond to environmental changes especially linked to climate change in various ecosystems, from temperate to circumpolar ecosystems. Art, more specifically pencil drawing, is her hobby which she has aimed to develop as she took several art classes in Paris and Edmonton these past few years. Through her drawings, she is looking to develop the connections between the public and her scientific research and interests, notably focusing on the amazing diversity of plants found in fragile ecosystems such as mountainous regions. She is hoping to get the public involved by highlighting the small beauty of the flowering plants that can be easily overlooked by the public.
MOUNTAIN SYMPOSIUM International Mountain Day is an opportunity for the international community to come together to highlight the importance of sustaining mountain ecosystems and communities for future generations. The Canadian Mountain Network will join mountain communities in Canada and around the world in celebrating the rich cultures and unique environments found in mountain landscapes.
MOUNTAIN SYMPOSIUM: CANADIAN MOUNTAIN NETWORK SPEAKERS PARTICIPATE Get ready to share your experience living, working and/or playing in the mountains in our break-out groups as we discuss the panelists’ regional challenges and come up with researchbased solutions. Canadian Mountain Network Speakers: Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer, Dr. David Hik Symposium Speakers: Leon Andrew, Alison Ronson, Dr. Deborah Simmons, Sara Brown, Bill Snow, Christina Benty, Cal Clark, and Craig Dunn.
The Canadian Mountain Network is hosting the Mountain Symposium to bring mountain community members and mountain researchers together to engage with and learn from each other. A panel of mountain community leaders from Alberta, B.C, and the N.W.T will lead discussions and interactive break-out groups suggesting innovative solutions to balance living in the mountains with the protection of fragile mountain ecosystems. Symposium Attendees will have the opportunity to work in these breakout groups to generate research questions and suggest solutions to the panelists’ identified concerns.
University of Toronto in 1979, and a M.Math (1980) and Ph.D. (1986) from the University of Waterloo. In 1984 he joined the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta as a lecturer, becoming an Assistant Professor in 1985.
Meg Wilcox
Symposium Moderator From the shores of Point Pelee to the Rocky Mountains to the Arctic tundra, Meg Wilcox has lived in and enjoyed most of Canada in her work as a journalist. She started her reporting career as part of the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Ottawa, but later traded the Hill for the mountains as part of the team that created Banff Centre Radio. There, she also hosted Rocky Mountain Morning, the station’s daily current affairs show covering news and stories from the Bow Valley. A host and producer with CBC and CKUA, Meg is currently based in Calgary, where she splits her time teaching journalism at Mount Royal University and making all sorts of radio.
DR. Jonathan Schaeffer Jonathan Schaeffer was born in Toronto, Ontario. He obtained a B.Sc. from the
Jonathan’s research area is artificial intelligence (AI) -- getting computers to exhibit “intelligent” behaviour. He is best known for applying his AI research to games. In 1994, his checkers program, Chinook, became the first program in any game to win a human world championship, a feat recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. In 2007, he announced that he had solved checkers -- the computer plays perfectly and cannot lose. He has also worked on developing super-human poker-playing programs. Starting in 1999, he began working with commercial computer game companies. Technology developed by his team has shipped in four commercial products. Jonathan is also interested in high performance computing (HPC, or supercomputing). He co-founded Westgrid (2001), an HPC consortia of Western Canadian universities. He was one of the seven co-founders of Compute Canada (2005), the national HPC consortia. He has been involved in attracting over $200 million from government and industry to fund HPC. As preparation for the position of Dean, Jonathan was Chair of the Department of Computing Science (2005-2008) and the Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Information Technology (2008-2012). Jonathan is an NSERC Steacie Fellow (1998), Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (2000), and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2007). He is a former Canada Research Chair (2001-2008) and a former iCORE Chair in High-Performance Artificial
Mountain Symposium Speakers Continued... Intelligence Systems (2001-2013). He is a University of Alberta Distinguished University Professor. Jonathan enjoys running, book collecting, antiques, and travelling. When he has time, he works on writing a novel of historical fiction based on 19th century exploration of the Canadian Arctic. You can find more information about Jonathan at his web page (www.cs.ualberta. ca/~jonathan).
Sara Brown Frank Nolan
Research and Innovation Development Office for NSERC
Dr. David Hik Dr. David Hik’s research interests are focused on the ecology and dynamics of mountain and cold-region environments, the impacts of climate change, and the determinants of social-ecological resilience. For the past 30 years his work has focused on alpine ecosystems in the Yukon Territory, Canada, and but also other parts of the world too. He studied at Queen’s University (BSc), University of Toronto (MSc) and University of British Columbia (PhD), and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Canberra, Australia. Previously, Dr. Hik held the Canada Research Chair in Northern Ecology, was Executive Director of the Canadian International Polar Year Secretariat, and served as President of the International Arctic Science Committee. Dr. Hik is a recipient of the Martin Bergmann Medal for Excellence in Arctic Leadership and Science (awarded by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society), and recently received the Polar Medal from the Government of Canada. Over the past year Dr. Hik has worked closely with Dr. Zac Robinson from the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation to develop a new, massive open online course, “Mountains 101”, that will officially launch in January 2017 (uab.ca/ mountains).
As Research and Innovation Development Officer for the NSERC Prairies Regional Office, Frank is responsible for disseminating information about NSERC programs and developing strategies to encourage new research, training and innovation partnerships across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Frank is also the Engage Grant program officer for the Prairies Region. Before joining NSERC in 2007, Frank was a communications specialist with the University of Manitoba, where he worked as Public Affairs Officer for the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, and subsequently Research Promotion Manager, where he was responsible for all of the university’s research-related communications and marketing activities.
MOUNTAIN SYMPOSIUM: COMMUNITY SPEAKERS
Having been raised in Yellowknife, although school and work have taken her to various locations in the south, Sara has always considered herself a Northerner and she keeps getting drawn back. Starting out in construction and consulting working with communities as clients, Sara took her first job as a Municipal Engineer and then SAO in Iqaluit almost 20 years ago. Sara has dealt with the varied issues facing communities as a Manager of Engineering, Director of Public Works and By-law with a number of communities throughout Ontario and Alberta before returning to the NWT as SAO for Inuvik. Sara is now CEO of the Northwest Territories Association of Communities and is enjoying focusing on the issues that are important to NWT communities and working to assist them as much as possible.
DR. Deborah Simmons Dr. Deborah Simmons is Executive Director of the Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨ nę Gots’ę́ Nákedı (Sahtú Renewable Resources Board, based in Tulı t́ ’a, NWT. As a child she travelled annually with her family to the Mackenzie Mountains, where her father Norman Simmons was conducting Dall’s
Mountain Symposium Speakers Continued... sheep research in collaboration with Shúhtagot’ı̨ nę (Mountain Dene) from Tulı t́ ’a. She completed her doctorate in the field of Native Studies at York University. She has been involved in traditional knowledge research in the Sahtú Region since 1999, including a study of Shúhtagot’ı̨ nę Nę́ nę́ (the homeland of the Mountain Dene). She was hired as Executive Director of the Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨ nę Gots’ę́ Nákedı in the spring of 2012, and is Assistant Professor in Indigenous Studies at the University of Toronto.
Leon Andrew Leon Andrew is a Shúhtagot’ı̨ nę (Mountain Dene) elder and member of the Tulı t́ ’a Dene Band in the Sahtú Region of the Northwest Territories (NWT). He is a Special Advisor to the Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨ nę Gots’ę́ Nákedı (Sahtú Renewable Resources Board), and member of the Aboriginal Steering Committee for the NWT Water Strategy. He has also served as an advisor to the federal and territorial governments on Transboundary Water negotiations with Alberta. He has assisted with Access and Benefits negotiations for his community, and served on the Canol Heritage Trail Committee for the Tulı t́ ’a District during 2004-2006. Leon was a trapper in the Tulı t́ ’a area and has firsthand experience of both the positive and negative effects of exploration activities on the environment and traditional economy of the NWT. He has provided his research expertise in numerous traditional knowledge studies, and has assisted with ethno-archaeological research as part of the NWT Ice Patch study in the Mackenzie Mountains. He is also an experienced interpreter in Dene and English languages.
COMMUNITY SPEAKERS Richard Andrew Richard Andrew is a Shúhtagot’ı̨ nę artist, trapper, traditional skills teacher, and member of the Tulı t́ ’a Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨ nę (Renewable Resources Council). He is skilled in woodwork, carving, drum making, snowshoe making and traditional fine crafts. Throughout the years, he has kept his traditional culture and language very much alive. He continues to tan moose hides, drive a dog team, and hunt and trap. For several years he has been teaching the youth the songs, signs, and drumming involved in hand-games. In 2008 he received an Aboriginal Sport Circle Award in recognition of his work with youth over the years.
Bill Snow Bill is a member of the Stoney Nakoda Nation, Wesley First Nation, as well as a Dual Citizen of Canada / United States of America, and of Stoney Nakoda / Yuma Quechan descent. Bill is involved in many consultation issues concerning the Stoney Nakoda Nation with industry, provincial and federal governments, in the Southern Alberta area. Since 2012, Bill has been the Consultation Manager for Stoney Nakoda First Nation. This work involves the assessment of industrial resources projects within Stoney Nakoda Traditional Lands, as part of the Stoney Consultation process. The Stoney Consultation Team is located on the Stoney Indian Reserve in Morley, Alberta. Bill is also the Chair of the All Tribes Presbytery of the All Native Circle Conference, of the United Church of Canada. The All Tribes Presbytery is comprised of the Morley, Maskwacis, Saddle Lake and Good Fish Communities in Alberta.
Cal Clark Cal Clark lives in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, where he and his family moved in 2015 when he took on the role of Sustainability Manager with Benga Mining Ltd (Riversdale Resources). Benga is currently seeking regulatory approval to develop its Grassy Mountain Coal Mine Project north of the community of Blairmore, Alberta. In his role as sustainability manager for the company, Cal wears many “hats” and is responsible for managing the provincial and federal regulatory processes necessary to obtain approval for the Project, regulatory compliance, Aboriginal consultation, community engagement, government affairs, and environmental management. Cal was born in Alberta but has lived and travelled across Canada. Cal graduated from the University of Guelph with a B.Sc. in Ecology in 1989. He worked as a research associate at Guelph where he spent an entire summer completing the initial inventory to identify the extent of the old growth eastern white cedar forests along the Niagara escarpment. Cal also worked as a Park Naturalist with Parks Canada at Bruce Peninsula – Fathom Five and Point Pelee National Parks. In 1990, he began his consulting career working as an ecologist for Geomatics International in southern Ontario where he worked on a variety of resource inventory, monitoring and management projects across Ontario and in the arctic. In 1991, Cal spent a year in Washington and northern Oregon conducting surveys and habitat
Mountain Symposium Speakers Continued... assessments on proposed timber sales for the newly listed endangered northern spotted owl. The work on spotted owls was an experience that brought home the challenges of managing environmental, political, social and economic issues and the need to understand the trade-offs to inform decisions. There are many perspectives on any issue and the challenge for decision makers is to find the right balance. Prior to taking on his responsibilities at Benga, Cal worked in the oil sands industry including Cenovus Energy and Oilsands Quest. At Cenovus Energy Cal helped set up Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) between 13 of the major oil sands producers and developed strategies to improve Cenovus’ and the oil sands industry’s environmental performance. Cal spent 15 years working as an environmental consultant working in the oil and gas, mining and forestry sectors participating or managing more than 20 major development applications and environmental impact assessments. Seven of those years he operating his own company, Clark EcoDynamics specializing in vegetation ecology, wildlife habitat assessment, environmental monitoring and cumulative effects. Cal loves living in a small mountain community where he and his family take advantage of all that the area has to offer. Cal enjoys hiking, skiing, swimming, canoeing, coaching minor soccer, and volunteering in the community.
Geopower, he is considered one of the leading experts and pioneers in hightemperature geothermal energy exploration and development initiatives in Canada. A father of two, he is always thinking of the world that we are leaving for the next generation. He lives by the idea that “Make beautiful ideas reality and the world will follow.”
Alison Ronson Alison Ronson is the Executive Director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s Northern Alberta chapter. She holds a B.Sc.H. in Environmental Sciences, a J.D. and an M.A. in International Affairs with a focus on Environmental Governance. In her role with CPAWS, she advocates for the creation of parks and protected areas in the province, works with government and industry representatives to find conservation solutions on the shared landscape, and acts as a voice for Alberta’s iconic wildlife, such as caribou and grizzly bears. Alison sits on the board of directors of the Alberta Environmental Network and the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance, and she was recently appointed to the Government of Alberta’s Oil Sands Advisory Group, tasked with making recommendations to the government on how to implement the Climate Leadership Plan.
Craig Dunn Craig Dunn, P.Geo: Geoscientist, entrepreneur and energy fanatic, Craig Dunn is always working hard to be ahead of the curve. Mr.Dunn started WellDunn Consulting, a geological consulting firm for the oil and gas industry, and worked on many of the early stage exploration programs from the Bakken in SE Saskatchewan to tight gas plays in NE BC. He is the founder of multiple technology startups, and amassed and led the YYCHelps volunteer army during the 2013 Calgary flood. As Chief Geologist with Borealis
culture of excellence in leadership and governance. As former Mayor for the Town of Golden with 12 years’ experience in local government, she is passionate about sound governance, leadership development, organizational culture, community engagement and asset management. She recently shared her leadership journey on the TEDX stage in Vancouver. After her wealth of time spent living within the world of local government, she recognizes the need for relevant governance coaching and consulting. She launched a business Strategic Leadership Solutions to assist teams in building a culture of excellence in leadership and governance. With a combination of applicable experience and formal education, she is a highly skilled problem solver who prides herself on being exceptionally creative, and dynamic in her approach to helping governing bodies and organizations transition from strategic vision to practical action. In addition to her lived experience in the political arena, she completed her Masters of Arts in Leadership at Royal Roads University with an organizational leadership project on community engagement and asset management for the Town of Golden that has garnered national attention. Christina considers herself an asset management evangelist. She is a regular conference presenter who is desperately trying to inspire local governments to take their stewardship responsibilities seriously and to inject some passion and enthusiasm into this complex topic.
STUDENT BREAK-OUT LEADERS Student Break-out Leaders will one at a time introduce themselves, and present on their group’s discussion (4 slides each; 5 minutes per presentation). Table 1: Charlie Loewen Table 2 & 3: Garnet Borsh & Dylan Hall Table 4: Michelle Mausolf Table 5: Susie Hermaszewska
Christina Benty Christina Benty, MA is a retired politician, a jazz singer, and the owner of Strategic Leadership Solutions, a consulting firm designed to assist teams in building a
Table 6: Courtney Schafer Table 7: Kazimir Haykowsky Table 8: Cole Brachmann
life in the vertical world with sonnie trotter
Sonnie Trotter Keynote Speaker
Sonnie Trotter is one of the world’s most accomplished rock climbers. He was the first Canadian to win a US National Climbing Championship. He has made many first ascents of mountains in Canada and Europe - a few of the hardest ranked climbs on the planet. One of his most famous lines is called, “Cobra Crack”, a notoriously difficult finger width crack line in Squamish, British Columbia. Sonnie spends most of his time with his family in the Rockies, saying he will climb in their wild beauty as long his body will allow him.
Keynote Speaker: Sonnie Trotter Moderator: Lloyd King Join us as ACMG associate and master climber Sonnie Trotter shares fun memories and inspiring stories of his 20 years in the vertical.
Lloyd King
Keynote Moderator Lloyd King has been working with the University of Alberta’s Climbing Centre for over a decade; transitioning the centre from it’s former home in the Butterdome, to the Wilson Climbing Centre. Lloyd is dedicated to engaging new climbers, while still working to inspire experienced climbers to push themselves and grow in their sport. He has been climbing for almost two decades travelling all over North America to Western Europe fuelling his passion for being in amazing outdoor environments and seeking out challenging rock climbs in the company of his incredible wife and dogs. He is proud to be a host of annual community events such as; Alberta Climbing Association Youth Rope Competitions, Canada`s National Bouldering series the Tourde Bloc, events for competitive and recreational climbers at the climbing centre, as well as, the founding organizer of the annual Reel Rock screening in Edmonton. Lloyd King is a member of the Climbing Instructors Committee of Canada and an examiner for the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG).
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