Locating Hope in a Melting Arctic
- Date: Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Building: Bagnani Hall
The Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies is pleased to present a lecture in the 2019-2020 North at Trent Series.
Title: Locating hope in a melting Arctic
About the talk: The speaker led a project for WWF international for eight years called "the Last Ice Area/Similijuaq". It focuses on a resilient area of sea ice, projected to be the last place where large areas of summer sea ice will persist under the current climate trajectory. This talk will chart the journey from despair over the disappearing sea ice in the Arctic to a conscious decision to turn the narrative into one of hope centred on the Similijuaq (place of the big ice). The presentation will show how this hopeful message was communicated and how it resonated with policy-makers and policy-shapers.
About the speaker: Clive Tesar Educator, policy advisor, communicator
Clive Tesar grew up and worked in the Northwest Territories and has worked all over the Canadian and circumpolar north. He was a journalist, radio host, and editor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
He has led communications for Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and the Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat of the Arctic Council. He was also Head of Communications and External Relations for World Wildlife Fund’s Global Arctic Program for nine years, where he led the “Last Ice Area” project.
Clive is now an educator, lecturing in the Northern Studies Masters program at Carleton University. He has also designed courses for Trent University, and taught at Nunavut Sivuniksavut, a special program for Inuit students. He continues to consult for a variety of clients and was recently the drafter of the Arctic and Northern Policy Framework for the federal government. He has a Master’s degree in Environmental Education and Communication, and has published in several journals and Arctic Council reports.
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Posted on January 30, 2020