This Wednesday, November 4th from 11 am to noon PT, leading US political commentator and Washington DC lawyer, Mace Rosenstein, returns to distill the US election results. Mace will be joined by Tom Axworthy, a senior policy advisor to the Canadian Federal government, and Bob Sandford, Global Water Futures Chair in Water and Climate Security at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health.

Mace Rosenstein has been advising media and telecommunications companies on complex strategic, policy, legal, and regulatory matters for nearly 30 years. He has deep experience structuring and securing regulatory approvals for broadcast and telecommunications transactions. He is also a leader in the field on federal law and policy regarding foreign investment in U.S. media companies and on the FCC’s complex rules governing multiple and cross-ownership of media and telecommunications properties.

Tom Axworthy has had a distinguished career in government, academia, and philanthropy. He served as the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and he was a key strategist on repatriation of the Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

In 2011 he was appointed Secretary-General of the InterAction Council, a think tank of former world leaders. He is also the author of numerous books and articles of which the best known is Towards a Just Society, co-authored with Pierre Trudeau.

Bob Sandford holds the Global Water Futures Chair in Water and Climate Security at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health. In this capacity Bob was the co-author of the UN Water in the World We Want report on post-2015 global sustainable development goals relating to water. He is also lead author of Canada in the Global World, a new United Nations report examining the capacity of Canada’s water sector to meet and help others meet the United Nations 2030 Transforming Our World Water-related Sustainable Development Goals.

Our partner, Jonathan O'Riordan, will examine the US election results and their impact on the climate and biodiversity files both in Canada and globally.

In October, Mace Rosenstein, provided answers to the following questions in this video interview:

• Who actually votes for the President?
• What is the role of the Electoral College?
• What are the opportunities for President Trump to game the voting process?
• Is the US really a democracy?

Join Kathy Code, of the Ecoforestry Institute Society, and Jonathan O’Riordan, former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, in this video replay as they talk about the current model of forestry and the need to build a new approach to sustaining our forests, from the ground up.

The environmental health of our remaining old growth forests and communities is in serious jeopardy if we continue cutting our forests at the current rate.

This new forest framework calls for broadening the value of forests from a multitude of perspectives: from Indigenous reconciliation to creating good, long term jobs in value added harvesting and tourism, increasing carbon storage, ensuring clean drinking water, plus sustaining salmon and wildlife habitat.

The election of a new government in B.C. provides a unique opportunity for a shift towards this new forest framework. This program will explore how we get there the urgency to make this shift.

An Appreciation for Trees

The Royal Commonwealth Society, Vancouver Island branch hosts this Trees for Life video discussion to highlight the role trees play in our lives, communities, and the longevity of our planet.

Join Dr. John Innes (Dean, Faculty of Forestry, UBC), Sarah Abbott (Associate Professor in the Department of Film at the University of Regina, and a Doctor of Social Sciences candidate (ABD) at Royal Roads University), and Frances Litman, award-winning photographer/multi-media producer, Creatively United founder and co-founder of the Community Trees Matter Network, to learn more about trees and tree appreciation. 

Under Dr. John Innes leadership, the UBC Faculty has taken significant steps toward broadening the curricula and academic content to reflect changing realities in the forest and conservation sectors.

Sarah Abbott's interdisciplinary doctorate explores the sentient relationality of trees through public ethnography, Indigenous research methodologies, plant science and interspecies communication.

Frances Litman shares positive solutions in creative ways. Her passion is to foster healthy, happy and resilient communities that bring people together. 

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Season Two Schedule

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November 4, 2020
US Election Results – The Impact on Canadians
Mace Rosenstein, Tom Axworthy, and Bob Sandford

November 18, 2020
Treaty Negotiations and Ecosystem Restoration
Kathy Eichenberger, Nathan Matthew, and Kat Harwig

November 25, 2020
Where Do We Go From Here?
Bob Sandford, Jon O’Riordan, Frances Litman, Katia Bannister & Youth Guests

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About Creatively United & Our Partners

The Creatively United for the Planet Society is a registered non-profit society. Since 2012, we have brought together more than 10,000 people from throughout the region who care about happy, healthy, and resilient communities. We have done so through seven zero-waste sustainability showcases, numerous community events and educational talks, collaborative partnerships, a video series, and the CreativelyUnited.org free community information network, resource and solutions sharing hub. 

The Gail O'Riordan Climate and the Arts Legacy Fund, supported by The Victoria Foundation, is dedicated to changing human consciousness towards global environmental change by combining science with the creativity of the performing arts.

The Ecoforestry Institute Society (EIS) is a registered non-profit, charitable society comprised of a volunteer Board and a strong core of community volunteers. They are dedicated to the principles and practices of ecoforestry – demonstrating that we can harvest trees and plants from the forest while maintaining healthy and integrated ecological systems.

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