Carbon 14 Day of Dialogue - Multimedia Extras - Carbon 14: Climate is Culture

Watch video of the day’s events:

The Changing Arctic Landscape
Royal Ontario Museum, January 26, 2014

Welcome and Introductions
Dave Ireland, Managing Director, ROM Biodiversity
Sara French, Director of Programs, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, and Director, Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program.

A Warming Arctic: Climate Change Science and Culture
Sheila Watt-Cloutier and Dr. Andrew Weaver with moderator Ian Mauro

Short presentations by Sheila Watt-Cloutier and Dr. Andrew Weaver, followed by conversation moderated by Ian Mauro discussing the scientific and cultural implication of a warming Arctic.

Healthy Homes
Terry Audla, Chris Furgal, and Anthony Andersen with moderator Wilfrid Greaves

For Inuit communities, issues like climate change and development are very important, given that they have a huge impact on regional health and infrastructure. In Canada’s North, delivery of health services is already a challenge, and research indicates health issues are likely to be exacerbated by climate change due to changing environmental conditions and associated impacts on land-based safety, food security, water quality and mental health within communities. Housing infrastructure–or the lack thereof–is key to ensuring the wellbeing of people and communities.

Arctic Development: Open for Business?
Tom Paddon, Dustin Fredlund, and Lloyd Lipsett with moderator Fikret Berkes

Arguably the most important and contentious issue currently facing the North is economic development, and its impact on the well-being of indigenous communities and their environment. This panel will explore the balance required to ensure sustainable development in a rapidly changing Arctic. This solution-oriented dialogue will focus on the priorities of northern communities and how they can best be achieved through knowledge sharing, conversation and governance.

Closing Remarks
Thomas Axworthy, President & CEO, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation

Presented by the Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation and Cape Farewell Foundation in partnership with ROM Contemporary Culture as part of the Carbon 14: Climate is Culture exhibition + festival, a four-month long cultural engagement—through music, performing arts, talks, and a major exhibition at the ROM with the challenge of climate change.