RSI

Leadership Series, Rethink Waste Action Partners
2019-11-19 17:30 - 22:00 UTC | MaRS, 101 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L7, Canada
November 19, 2019 | MaRS Discovery District, Toronto Canada
Connect with leaders to shape a Zero Waste, Circular Economy Future

Rethink Waste – Action Partners: Powered by Technology and Collaboration

“Without urgent action, global waste will increase 70% by 2050 compared to current levels. We have to change this trajectory.” – The World Bank

If we don’t change the narrative now, our world will be too polluted to sustain the survival of the natural systems that all humanity depends on.
Recognizing this urgent call for action, RSI is launching an action focused, Rethink Waste initiative for leaders, entrepreneurs and experts to discover and share innovative and scalable solutions to move us closer to a Zero Waste, circular economy future.
The journey starts before, at and beyond the November 19th, RSI Rethink Waste Action Partners leadership dinner dialogue at MaRS to promote proven solutions to specific waste challenges. Plus, a private gathering for speakers and sponsors.
The Good News
Innovative waste solutions are being discovered, tested, proven and rolled out faster than ever before – creating new opportunities for positive change that can be acted on now. A key enabler is the power of new technologies and multi-disciplined collaborations that aim to design out waste and enable a circular economy. The end goal for this powerful combo is the creation of a healthier, balanced and zero waste future.

As illustrated on the right, Waste Reduction can be applied to any Phase of the Circular Economy too.
Connect with other leaders, November 19th at MaRS, Toronto, to share, discover and help shape actionable solutions to move Canada closer to a healthy, prosperous and balanced zero waste future.
Featured Waste Categories. Food, construction, technology and plastics.
Who is this initiative for? Senior and emerging business, government and institutional decision-makers and influencers.
Reserve Your Seat at the Leadership Table

Key elements of the Rethink Waste Action Partners Initiative:
September to December

Articles, social media and digital communication
Thought Leadership Report

November 19th, 6:00pm to 10:00pm:
An interactive exchange of proven, scalable solutions, open forum explorations, dinner dialogue and key takeaways for mobilizing insights.
The speakers will present the perspective of specific action partnerships or collaborations, highlighting actual use cases/projects and practices.

Featured Speakers & Topics
Troy Wright, RSI Chair, and CEO of Lendified Inc.
Troy is former President and CEO of Scotiabank Group Mexico, the largest subsidiary of Scotiabank outside of Canada, current CEO and co-founder of Lendified. He will deliver welcome remarks and comment on the waste challenge impacting humanity from a business perspective and why rethinking waste with other action partners is essential for shaping a better future. Topic: A Business Perspective. Shaping a Better Future

Dr. Yannick Beaudoin, Director-General for Ontario and North Canada, The David Suzuki Foundation. (former Chief Scientist of GRID-Arendal, collaborating with United Nations Environmental Programme and UN Economic Commission for Africa, in Norway)
Topic. The Circular Economy – Transforming Waste into Purpose
Description:
‘Waste’, in all its forms, is an expected outcome of our take-make-waste society. We have social waste when we choose to allow poverty and homelessness. Extreme environmental waste when we choose to allow the wasteful abuse of the natural systems we wholly depend on. Physical materials ‘waste’, from food, construction, energy and sanitary waste and all the discarded stuff we buy and disregard, for which our economics no longer deem of value.
As the world attempts to tackle wicked problems like climate change, growing inequality amplified by uneconomic growth, frameworks like the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strategies like circular economy are indeed a positive step forward.
Dr. Beaudoin will discuss what and how to rethink and redo business as usual to unlock the potential full benefits of these approaches to achieve truly thriving, waste-free future inspired with purpose.

Lori Nikkel, CEO, Second Harvest Canada.
Lori is a recognized leader and champion of environmental and social justice issues related to food and is sought after for her expertise internationally.
Topic: The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste

John Watts, President, HOTHOUSE, Toronto

John is a father, husband and a successful entrepreneur, specializing in leading, partnering, building, operating and selling a variety of food and hospitality related ventures in the GTA and Haliburton.
His journey began, in 1981 when he joined his father’s business Watts Restaurants Ltd. He immediately opened and operated Victoria’s to 1996, renovated and converted into Route 66 Roadside Grill and Bar, sold in 2002. Other ventures include Joe Badali’s Piazza on Front Inc., OverDraught Irish Pub; and, BLT Construction Services Inc, project management and general contracting business specializing in the Hospitality Industry.
Bought, rebranded and renovated the Hot House Café, in 2017 a large iconic neighborhood restaurant on the corner of Church and Front. In 2019, with friends/colleagues, he purchased the Boshkung Brewery in The Haliburton Highlands, the beer of choice for cottagers and residents alike.

Dr. Michael von Massow, Associate Professor, OAC Chair in Food System Leadership, University of Guelph
Dr. von Massow researches how people think about food, how food demand is changing, and the structure of the value chains that deliver food to consumers. He is Co-Director of the Guelph Food Waste Project and has undertaken a wide range of research into food waste. Mike is also the founding Director of the Longo’s Food Retail Laboratory at the University of Guelph. He speaks often on food issues and has appeared in a variety of media including CBC’s the National and the Globe and Mail.

Fireside chat with three industry leaders:
Topic: Circular Economy for Building Design, Construction and Resource Salvation
A solution focused conversation with Dr. Mark Gorgolewski, Tim Coldwell and Paul Dowsett about why and how they are adopting circular economy and resource salvation strategies in their respective practices to drive us closer to a waste free future in the context of the built environment – plus, key takeaways for translating ideas into action.
Academic Perspective
Dr. Mark Gorgolewski Ph.D., MSc, Dip ARC, BSc, LEED AP, Professor & Chair, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University
Dr. Gorgolewski is a recognized leader and a champion of issues of circular materials economy, sustainable design, resource use, and building performance in Canada and the UK. He a registered architect and experienced educator and an environmental consultant to the construction industry. A past director of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC), past chair of the Association of Environment Conscious Building and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He has published extensively on issues of sustainable design and resource salvation – including his most recent book, published by Wiley-Blackwell, ‘Resource Salvation: The Architecture of Reuse’.
Construction Business Perspective
Tim Coldwell, President of Chandos, Construction for Good
Tim is a husband, dad and indigenous entrepreneur focused on leading by serving, culture and the monetization of ideas. Chandos is an employee owned national technical builder, leading change in the Canadian construction industry, and the first/largest B-Corp certified commercial general contractor in North America. Under his leadership, Chandos has forged partnerships with social enterprises across Canada focusing on employment of at-risk youth and those who are under-represented in the construction industry. Tim is an advisor to San Francisco’s Center for Innovation in the Design & Construction Industry (CIDCI) and the past board chair of the Integrated Project Delivery Alliance (IPDA). He has been named a Top 40 Under 40 and is an alumnus of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference.
Sustainable Building Design Perspective
Paul Dowsett, Founder of Sustainable, Architecture for a Healthy Planet
Paul Dowsett is the founding Principal Architect at Sustainable. With more than three decades of local and international residential, institutional, and commercial sustainable design and project management experience, Paul is uniquely qualified to lead a highly collaborative design team for projects of diverse scales, types, and complexities. For the past decade, Paul has been central to a practice of deep community engagement with marginalized people of all backgrounds and abilities. At the core of Paul’s philosophy and practice is the belief that design and construction solutions should be simple, sensitive, and sustainable.

Yasmin Glanville, RSI Founder, Chief Communication-Innovation Strategist of Re-Ignite.
Yasmin helps new and established boards, organizations and entrepreneurs in Canada and abroad to create and implement communication and innovation strategies for sustained leadership, relevancy and prosperity. Topic One Mission, Together for Leaders

Agenda
5:30pm to 10:00pm (all times are approximate)

6:10pm. Opening Remarks, Darla Campbell, MC and RSI Board Director
6:13pm. Welcome Message from the Chairman of RSI, Troy Wright
6:17pm. The Circular Economy – From Waste to Purpose, Dr. Yannick Beaudoin, Director General of Ontario and Northern Canada, DSF
6:43pm. Making it Real – A Business Perspective, Tim Coldwell, President, Chandos
6:55pm Dinner Dialogue, Reimagining a Zero Waste Future and Speakers Corner
7:25pm. Making it Real – Specific waste solution strategies, solutions, use cases

The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste, Powered by Collaboration
Featuring Lori Nikkel, CEO, Second Harvest Canada; John Watts, President & Owner, Hothouse Restaurant. Moderated by Dr. Michael Von Massow, University of Guelph.

Circular Economy for Building Design, Construction and Resource Salvation. Tim Coldwell, President, Chandos; Dr. Mark Gorgolewski, Ryerson Dept of Architectural Science. Moderated by Paul Dowsett, Founding principal, Sustainable. Architecture for a Healthy Planet.

8:25pm. Making it Real, Table Discussions
8:38pm Five, One Minute Table Discussion Report Outs
8:48pm One Mission, Together, for Leaders, Yasmin Glanville, RSI Founder
9:00pm. Closing remarks, Group Photo, Speakers Corner, Wine reception
10:15pm Wrap up

NOTE: The entire event will be documented in a summary report. More agenda details will be announced during the coming weeks.

Post Event: Rethink Waste Thought Leadership Report
To further advance the end goal, we will be producing an RSI Thought Leadership Report and ongoing communications.
All November 19th event sponsors are invited to partner with RSI on these and/or other solution discoveries and best practices for use by leaders, organizations and communities.
Calling all Waste Solution Leaders to partner with RSI for this important initiative

Sponsor and Partnership Opportunities
If you have a proven solution to a waste challenge, related to one or more of these categories: Food, Technology, Construction, Clothing/Textiles, or Plastic and are interested in partnering with RSI, read this one-page Rethink Waste Action Partners sponsorship summary, and let’s talk.
Contact us to learn more about RSI, the Leadership series and sponsorship and partnership opportunities:
Yasmin@RethinkSustainability.ca
Darla@RethinkSustainability.ca
Communications@RethinkSustainability.ca

Event Sponsors and Partners

Leadership Series - June 10, 2019
2019-06-10 16:00 - 22:00 UTC | Telus, 25 York Street, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5J 2V5, Canada
The Future of Energy and Buildings: Powered by Innovation

Welcome to the Future of Energy and Buildings: Powered by Innovation RSI leadership dinner & dialogue and Innovation Zone.
This is an accelerated action-focused exchange for forward-thinking leaders, entrepreneurs and experts from business, finance, science, cities and civil society.
Join us to discover opportunities for stepping up to the climate change challenge – with a focus on proven, innovative solutions for future proofing energy and buildings in urban and rural communities. And, connect with leaders and action partners from several sectors to shape a better future together!
Connecting the Dots:
Climate Change. Energy. Buildings. Innovation.

The Globe & Mail reported that 70% of Canadians are concerned about climate change and want to take positive action.
81% of Canada’s human-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions causing the climate to change, come from the production and use of energy.
International Energy Agency (IEA) report says the largest potential for energy efficiency and reduction of carbon emissions in Canada is from the buildings.
Canada will not reach its climate targets by focusing solely on reducing emissions from new buildings. That’s because most buildings that will be in existence in 2050 have already been built.

However, in spite of the evidence and desire for action, most leaders are not sure what to do in their organizations, their communities or how to prioritize what’s most important.
The Opportunity:
By working together towards achieving a more sustainable, resilient and prosperous low carbon future, we can speed up the discovery and deployment of actionable solutions.
The June 10th RSI Leadership Dinner & Dialogue supports that mission with actionable insights, use cases and solution takeaways presented by recognized market leaders and experts who are already harnessing innovation for future proofing energy and buildings – and have a clear direction for what’s up ahead.
To set the stage with a broader, global context, the evening will be ignited by global and holistic overview of the new realities impacting ‘business as usual’ and society –and the importance of investing in innovative energy and building solutions.

Keynote Presentations
The Global Context – Setting the Stage

Dr. Yannick Beaudoin
Director-General Ontario and Northern Canada, The David Suzuki Foundation (DSF)
“Future proofing our built spaces: a new economics to catalyze real sustainability”

So far, the global move towards sustainability has resulted in more unsustainability. We have increased our efficiencies in a manner that leads to increased demand, more waste and more pollution. What lies at the heart of this ‘paradox’? What drives cumulative unsustainability even as we deploy individual innovations and efforts that are meant to decrease negative impacts? We continue to work with an economic operating system that has barely evolved since the mid-20th century, and we expect it to deliver on new social and ecological goals – goals it was not designed to recognize. Let’s explore together how our desire to innovate for the future of energy and buildings can catalyze the same innovation spirit to enable new economic purpose.
About Yannick
He brings a ‘new economics for transition’ lens to organizations to enable the transformation of Canada towards social and ecological sustainability. Formerly, Chief Scientist of GRID-Arendal, a center collaborating with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, located in Norway, which provided him with the opportunity to explore stories of sustainability in all corners of the world. He applies a science of change and participatory social processes to a variety of themes including adaptation to uncertain climate futures and innovation for new development and economic paradigms.

Action Learning Clusters
Each of these multi-disciplined groups include forwarding thinking leaders known for seeing the big picture and creating sustainable, resilient and scalable energy related solutions for new and existing buildings and business organizations – powered by innovation.
To enhance actionable knowledge sharing, each group focuses one best practice project that illustrates the what, who, why and how these solutions can be applied elsewhere to support a low carbon future.

Revolutionizing Building Design for a Net Positive Future
Cluster Focus: New Buildings
Project: Evolv1
The focus: Transferrable insights for green building innovation and positive design for positive solutions for new builds. How to motivate, inspire, and educate the public about sustainable design, all within the context of a competitive marketplace — including social and environmental impacts as part of the bottom-line and alignment with the global UNSDGs.

Moderator:
Rachel Bannon-Godfrey
Principal, Sustainability Discipline Leader
Stantec
Rachel is the global leader for sustainability initiatives in design work, client outreach, and internal operations. She has over 15 years’ experience focusing on the engineering and design of high-performance, net-zero energy buildings. With a passion for multi-disciplinary engagement and expanding the boundaries of ‘sustainability’, she serves on the Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Council for the City and County of Denver, the Colorado Resource Council. And, through her previous work with the B Corp community, has gained expertise in supporting diversity and inclusion through design.
Speakers

Adrian Conrad
Chief Operating Officer
The Cora Group and Evolv1 Developer
Adrian’s business and financial acumen coupled with project management knowledge makes Adrian a discerning commercial developer and a natural partner at The Cora Group. He is passionate about preserving our environment for future generations and a strong proponent of LEED and sustainable development.
Adrian has extensive experience in commercial development and leasing for small and large tenant needs, and over his career, has overseen the development or leasing of more than 2 million square feet of office space within Waterloo Region. He continues to spearhead the creation of premiere, sustainable Class A office spaces tailored to the needs of technology and professional service firms. Cora Group’s portfolio of sustainable properties, located within David Johnson Research + Technology Park in Waterloo’s IdeaQuarter, are among the Region’s most prestigious Class A office locations.

Richard Williams
Principal, Architecture
Stantec
Richard s is an award-winning architect with over 35 years of experience, and has gained client praise for his sensitivity, dedication, and commitment to achieving their objectives. Richard’s passion is achieving design excellence through sustainability, innovation, and creativity. Richard is an advocate integrated practice—he believes that better solutions come from collaboration between disciplines, as evidenced by his successful leadership of the evolv1 project, which utilized a large multi-disciplinary Stantec team. Sustainability is a core principle with Richard, who seeks appropriate sustainable design in all his work. He is a past Board Director and Secretary of the. GTA Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council and is a member of the OAA Sustainable Built Environment Committee. He also extends this commitment to design excellence and sustainability through lecturing and educational programs.

Sustained Advantage of Intelligent Deep Energy Retrofits
Cluster Focus: Existing Buildings

Project: Ryerson University Smart Campus Integration
The focus: Scalable and transferrable innovative insights for enhancing the sustainability and resiliency of portfolio of existing buildings – with the value add of transparent operational intelligence and alignment with the global UNSDGs.

Moderator
Marianne Lefever
Managing Partner, Healthy City
An architect and a strategic thinker with over 10 years of experience in climate mitigation, CleanTech and sustainable city design. After an exciting career as a structural engineer, renewable energy and innovation consultant, and futurist, she returned to her first love of sustainable city design. She is currently working with a Dutch urban planning studio to transform cities around the globe into healthy environments and communities.

Speakers

Pratik Sharma, MBA
Global Director, Building Service & Performance Management
Armstrong Fluid Technology (AFT)
Pratik firmly believes that technology coupled with right intent can alter the course of our planet by turning sustainability initiatives into financially attractive investments.
In his Global AFT Director and head of Armstrong’s Active Performance Management initiative, he mobilizes this belief as a collaborative, purpose-driven leader who inspires positive change and empowers teams — to develop solutions to advance our future sustainability – starting with energy in the built environment
His insights are backed by over 15 years as a business executive and expert leading industry automation services, services sales, integrated plant optimization, process automation and recurring services at Armstrong and previous global roles at Schneider Electric and StarTech.

Jenn McArthur, PEng, MASc., PMP, CEM.
Associate Professor, Department of Architectural Science
Ryerson University
Jenn leverages her pre-academic work experience as a mechanical design engineer and project manager to improve the holistic performance of the built environment. She is the PI for Ryerson’s Smart Building Analytics Living Lab and her research program centers on the development of Smart and Continuous Commissioning applications, a BIM and machine-learning integrated Smart Campus Integration platform, and the development of best practices for workplace design integrating both energy/environmental and health/wellness/productivity considerations.
Current projects include developing surrogate models for commercial buildings, machine learning classification and prediction of boiler faults, developing a Roadmap-to-2030 strategy for the Toronto2030 district, online model predictive control systems, and developing a cloud-hosted BIM-integrated facility management platform. Previously, PM and Lead Mechanical Engineer at ARUP, for several high profile new and existing building projects.

Innovation Zone ( Bonus ) – See Innovation in Action!
To enhance the knowledge sharing experience, the evening includes an intimate innovation zone of future ready energy and building solutions and applications.
Agenda for the Event
4:00pm to 9:15pm + networking

Registration and reception in the Innovation Zone
Opening remarks, first keynote speaker
Action Learning Cluster: New Buildings, Q&A
Dinner Dialogue – New Buildings
Second keynote speaker
Action Learning Cluster: Existing Buildings, Q&A
Refreshments, Table Discussions – Existing Buildings
One Minute Delegate Report Outs
Open Forum with all speakers, Key Takeaways
Closing Remarks

Drinks and networking in the Innovation Zone

Sponsors

Leadership Series - April 23, 2019
2019-04-23 17:00 - 22:00 UTC | EY Tower, 100 Adelaide St. West, 40th floor, Toronto, ON, M5H 1S3, Canada
Why is CEO trust in AI imperative to the future of business and society?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to drive 95% of all customer interactions by 2025. It’s already having a transformative impact across every industry – including financial services, manufacturing, retail, transportation, agriculture and healthcare – and disrupting business as usual. Some studies calculate that the global GDP will be 14 percent higher by 2030 as a result of AI adoption, contributing an additional $15.7 trillion to the global economy. Recognizing this shift, early adopters are using AI and other emerging technologies to drive innovative business models, practices, services and customer experiences that allow them to obtain or sustain a competitive advantage now and into the future.
Despite its transformative potential, a lack of trust is limiting AI’s growth. To capitalize on its value, building trust in AI needs to be treated as a strategic imperative.
To explore how trusted AI can advance and sustain the competitive advantage of your business and the markets you serve, join our AI-focused dinner and dialogue for C-suite executives.
To kick-start the dialogue, three global business leaders will share how they propelled their customer-centric organizations forward with AI – and how they build trust in AI.

Cathy Cobey, Global Trusted AI Advisory Leader, EY
Cindy Gordon, Founder & CEO and SalesChoice Inc., and EY/CATA Sara Kirke Award recipient
Troy Wright, Founder & CEO, Lendified

To those who register, we’ll be sending a C-suite AI readiness survey. Please complete the survey prior to the event to help guide our evening session.

Agenda:

5:00–5:30 pm
Registration and cocktail reception

5:30–7:00 pm
Opening remarks, keynote speakers, open forum

7:00-8:00 pm
Dinner and discussion about how AI relates to your business, and recommendations for advancing your organization and a more sustainable and resilient future for the communities you serve

8:00–8:40 pm
After-dinner rounds of five-minute report-outs (one person per table)

8:40–8:50 pm
Closing remarks

8:50–10:00 pm
Drinks and networking

Speakers:

Cathy Cobey, Global Trusted AI Advisory Leader
EY
POV: Professional Services
Drawing on 25 years as a technology risk advisor, Cathy oversees a global team that works on the ethical and control implications of AI and autonomous systems. Cathy leverages her unique background as a CPA and her involvement with the EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice to consider the full spectrum of technological and societal implications in intelligent automation development. She serves on a number of technical advisory committees to develop industry and regulatory standards for emerging technologies.

Cindy Gordon, Founder & CEO
SalesChoice
POV: Technology
Dr. Gordon is the innovation leader behind SalesChoice Inc., an award-winning AI advanced analytics sales enablement company. A recognized expert in innovation, advanced analytics and AI and digital convergence, she has a 25-year track record in leadership roles as a former partner of Accenture; vice president of Citicorp; director of GM Xerox; and as a founding partner in venture capital and angel associations. She is the co-founder of the AI Directory, a leading global AI hub, and serves on international boards, including Forbes Business School. She’s also the National STEM CATA spokesperson to improve Canada’s inclusion gaps in the technology sector. Her 14th book, The AI Split: The Perfect World or The Perfect Storm, will be released this year. She is very concerned about Canada’s declining productivity ratios and lag in AI applied innovation resilience gaps in intellectual property (patent filings), and is passionate about innovation and sustainability.

Troy Wright, Founder & CEO
Lendified Inc.
POV: Financial Services/Fintech
Troy is a globally recognized leader and trusted expert with a proven 30-plus-year track record in the financial services industry. Prior to launching Lendified in 2015, Troy was president and CEO of Scotiabank Group Mexico, the largest subsidiary of Scotiabank outside Canada and a full-service bank with 2.4 million customers, US$23 billion in assets, 900 branches and 15,000 employees. Lendified has pioneered the use of AI to develop automated lending systems that use the power of data and analytics to replace traditional manual processes with a better, more predictive outcome.
Moderator:
Yasmin Glanville, RSI Founder, and Chief Igniter of Re-Ignite.ca
A recognized innovation, future-readiness and communication leader for forward thinking leaders and organizations

Sponsors:

Leadership Dinner & Dialogue
2019-02-19 17:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | The Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3, Canada
Take action in the age of disruption to advance your future readiness
Event Invitation
Join an elite group of exceptional leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators for the launch event in our RSI Dinner and Dialogue Series on February 19th, 2019, in Toronto.
Discover and share actionable future-ready strategies and solutions to key challenges impacting business and society in an era of change and disruption with other senior leaders and thought leaders and experts.
To optimize your experience, the knowledge exchange will be ignited by three internationally recognized and awarded speakers who will discuss how to thrive in our age of disruption. It will then move into a deep dive dialogue that will tap into the collective intelligence of a dynamic group of other recognized leaders while you share future-ready challenges, strategies and solutions.
Gourmet dinner will be served. As a bonus, everyone will receive an executive summary of key takeaways.
Keynote Speakers

Sanjay Khanna,
Director and Futurist
Whitespace Legal Collab by Baker McKenzie
Presentation: Future proofing the people side of business in the era of disruption
Organizations must shift from neutral to high gear in order to address multiple operational and organizational risks associated with climate change, including significant risks to their people’s well-being. Sanjay Khanna will explore how potential mental health impacts of environmental and climatic change—such as anxiety, depression and eco-anxiety—might affect organizations’ productivity and performance. And, how people and businesses can prepare for the what’s up ahead, starting today. Sanjay’s presentation will be complemented by these fellow speakers, with a focus on future-proofing climate adaptation and resiliency strategies for businesses and communities.

Dr. Blair Feltmate
Head, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo
Presentation: Hotter, Wetter, Wilder: How Canada Must Prepare for Climate Change and Extreme Weather Risk
Climate change is real and irreversible – accordingly, the financial and social costs of extreme weather are becoming increasingly problematic across virtually all regions of Canada. In response to these growing threats, Blair will highlight how Canada is preparing to limit the impacts of extreme weather through the development and deployment of national Standards that will limit flood, fire and heat risk going forward. He will emphasize that Canada’s adaptation deficit is growing, and that the time to act to limit what will inevitably be an unsustainable future is now – not 2030, not 2040 and not 2050 – but NOW.

Elliott Cappell, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Toronto
He leads the development of Toronto’s first Resilience Strategy and the City’s participation in the global 100 Resilient Cities network.
Presentation: Strategy and Actions for making a more resilient city for residents and businesses
Cities are on the front lines of climate action. As part of the global 100 Resilient Cities network, Elliott is leading the development of Toronto’s first Resilience Strategy. He will highlight how the priority actions the City will take to combat the risks of flooding, heat, extreme cold, and explain why our actions need to focus on the most vulnerable residents. The Resilience Strategy will propose immediate actions for People and Neighbourhoods, Infrastructure, and for ‘Leading a Resilient City’.

This promises to be an evening of important action-focused conversation. On behalf of the RSI Board, we hope you can join us for dinner, dialogue and real solutions.

For more information:

Email: Communications@rethinksustainability.ca
Sponsorship Opportunities: Call/Text Yasmin at 416 970-6600
Thought Leadership Report: RSI 2018 Sustainable Futures Thought Leadership Report

Event Sponsors

InterGEN Leadership Action Learning
2016-09-27 17:30 - 22:00 UTC | The Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3, Canada
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