Opening Keynote panel for the 13th biennial conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics, Pathways for Inclusive and Sustainable Recoveries ([ Ссылка ])
Setting the tone for the #CANSEE2021 conference, panelists reflect on the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing symptoms of our broken economy, and discuss the opportunities the justice system might work as a tool to address the overlapping climate, health, equity and financial crisis faced by Canada and across the globe.
Moderated by Michelle Molnar, Technical Director of MNAI (the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative), as well as an Environmental Economist and Policy Analyst at the David Suzuki Foundation. Her work focuses primarily on the conservation of natural capital using various tools of ecological economics, policy analysis, and public outreach.
Panelists:
The Honorable Senator Rosa Galvez | Originally from Peru Rosa Galvez is an environmental engineer, a professor, an expert in pollution and an independent Senator for Quebec.Dr. Galvez is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, a Fellow of Engineers Canada and a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. She is currently the Vice-President of
the Canadian branch of ParlAmericas. She is also the treasurer on the
Board of Directors of ParlAmericas and Vice-President (North
America) of the Parliamentary Network on Climate Change. Her work
in the Senate focuses on environmental and climate legislation and
evidence-based policy.
Chris Tollefson | Chris is the founding principal of Tollefson Law, a Professor of Law at the University of Victoria, and the founding Executive Director of Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and Litigation (CELL), Canada’s first charity dedicated to educating and training aspiring environmental litigators. He has degrees from Queen’s, University of Victoria and Osgoode Hall Law School, and clerked at the BC Court of Appeal for Justices Lambert and Macdonald.
