This workshop is designed by a coalition of faith-based & environmental groups to empower residents to advocate for an affordable, green & climate-ready city through respectful engagement with elected representatives.
Event is free - everyone welcome (8:30 am registration - event starts at 9:00 am)
Guest speakers:
Why we need our city to be "climate-ready" & actions our elected representatives need to take to get us there.
(DR KATHLEEN ROSS - Coquitlam physician, Past-President of the Canadian Medical Association)
Building Homes for People, Not Profit
(THOM ARMSTRONG - CEO, Community Land Trust & Co-operative Housing Federation of BC)
Livable Cities Need Shade & a Healthy Tree Canopy: What is Needed to Achieve This
(CATHERINE BERRIS - Urban Planner & Past President of the Canadian Society for Landscape Architects)
What Our Elected Representatives Can Do to Protect Our Urban Forest
(DAVID QUIGG - Sierra Club BC)
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