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COME TO THE LEADERSHIP SEA TO SKY COHORT VII KICKOFF DINNER AND LEADERSHIP SEA TO SKY ALUMNI SEVEN YEAR REUNION WITH PETER ROBINSON, CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation, Formerly Chancellor of Royal Roads University
and CEO of Mountain Equipment Coop.
Nita Lake Lodge, Thursday October 7 Dinner at 5:30 pm, $35 pp, $25 for Forum members; Public Forum at 7:30, $20 pp $15 for Forum Members. Sign up online for the annual Forum membership at $25 after August 1, 2010.
Peter Robinson as the CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation brings a diverse background spanning four decades in business, government and the not-for-profit sectors.
He began his career working as a park ranger in wilderness areas throughout British Columbia, where he was decorated for bravery by the Governor General of Canada. After his park career, he worked at BC Housing, a provincial crown corporation, eventually becoming their CEO.
Before joining DSF in January of 2008, he was the CEO…
August 18, 2010
Friend of the Forum Graham Fuller's New Book Released
Graham Fuller's new book A World Without Islam was released in Canada August 11, 2010. "When you come to look closely at the sources of conflict…almost none of these have anything to do with religion and everything to do with international politics, oil, colonialism and imperialism" says Fuller. The Forum will be hosting Graham in a presentation/conversation on this must-read book, at the Whistler Public Library, Thursday September 9 at 7:30.
Check out the Event Listing for more details...
The Whistler Forum has planned Harmony Tour II following on the success of a educational tour of China two years ago. This September 11 to 18 is a full week in one of the most vibrant cities in the world. We will also host a Forum at the Canada Pavilion at the Expo on September.
We will also travel to Kunming in Yunnan province to overnight before spending three days in Shangri- la with the Yunnan Mountain Heritage Foundation and the WWF's Sustainability Institute.
FORUM HARMONY II TOUR
SHANGHAI 2010 WORLD EXPO
Shanghai, China September: 11-18
Shangri-la, Yunnan Province: September 18-23
DATE | ITINERARY, ACTIVITIES and EVENTS (tbc by May 1) |
Saturday 11th | Leave Vancouver at 12:20 pm (China Eastern) |
Sunday 12th | Arrive Shanghai at 3:25 pm |
Monday 13th | Visit to People's Square and Shanghai Museum, Urban Planning Museum, Art Gallery, Shopping Street |
On Friday March 5 with Leadership Sea to Sky Cohort VI in Mt Currie with Lil'wat Nation
COHORT VI LEARNING DAY #6
Friday March 5, 2010, 8:30 to 4 pm
Newly Opened Ullus Community Centre
Lil'wat Nation Council Chambers, Mt Currie
The Wisdom of the Elders
and Our Responsibility to the Seventh Generation
8:30 Arrival with coffee and juice etc
9 am Ceremonial Welcome by Mt Currie Elders and Council Members
Role of Lil'wat and Four Host Nations in 2010 Games
9:30 The History, Culture, Lands and Resources of Lil'wat Nation
with Administrator Dan Sailland (Cohort…
October 18, 2009
BC Hydro Sponsors Forum on Hope and Action in Copenhagen
Dr. Mark Jaccard, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2007 as a member of the IPCC and BC's Academic of the Year in 2008, will speak on the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, on the climate policy advice he gives governments from Europe to North America to China, and on what all of this might mean for engaged communities and citizens.
And with students from local high schools presenting their hopes for the actions that will be taken.
At NIta Lake Lodge in Whistler Creekside, Monday December
October 18, 2009
North Shore Credit Union and Cooperators Insurance Sponsor Launch of Intergenerational Mentoring
At Spruce Grove Field House, Whistler
Friday, November 6, 2009 5 to 8:30 pm
or at Quest University Squamish
Saturday, November 7, 2009 9 to 12:30 pm
THANKS TO NORTH SHORE CREDIT UNION AND COOPERATORS INSURANCE - OUR GENEROUS COMMUNITY AND CORRIDOR-WIDE SPONSORS
Register online at www.whistlerforum.com
or call Adriana at 604 902 2001 for more information
JOIN US FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE
INTERGENERATIONAL MENTORSHIP INITIATIVE
Whistler, November 6 or
Quest University, November 7
ORIENTATION TRAINING WORKSHOP WITH
DR. REY CARR
Director of the Peer-to Peer Resource Network
Victoria, BC
Rey Carr is the Chief Knowledge Officer for Peer Resources, an international training and information corporation with its main office in Victoria, British Columbia.
He is one of the world's experts on peer assistance, mentoring, and coaching and has written and…
October 18, 2009
Bombardier Sponsors Forum Dinner on Corporate Social Responsibility in Canada and China
FOR ALL CANADIANS WORKING IN SHANGHAI WITH AN INTEREST IN
"TAKING LEADERSHIP ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY"
JOIN US FOR
A SPECIAL DINNER and PANEL DISCUSSION
at the
CHINA EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PUDONG
With
MURRAY KING, Managing Director APCO Shanghai
THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, 2009
6 to 9 pm
350 RMB per person
Generously sponsored by
BOMBARDIER
Register by emailing William Roberts at william@whistlerforum.com
before Tuesday October 20, 2009.
Payment can be made at CELAP
WITH…
FORUM BEGINS APRIL WITH BANFF CENTRE’S BRIAN CALLIOU, POWERUP CANADA’S TZEPORAH BERMAN, AND LAUNCH OF 2.0 WEBSITE
For Immediate Release
FORUM BEGINS APRIL WITH BANFF CENTRE’S BRIAN CALLIOU, POWERUP CANADA’S TZEPORAH BERMAN, AND LAUNCH OF 2.0 WEBSITE
Whistler, BC, - March 30, 2009
The Whistler Forum continues to build partnerships with the Aspen Institute, and now the Banff Centre with the visit April 3 and 4 th of Brian Calliou, Director of Aboriginal Leadership and Management Programs at the Centre (http://www.banffcentre.ca).
Calliou is widely known and highly regarded as a leading expert on…
Tzeporah Berman, a former organizer with Greenpeace and one of the founders of ForestEthics. The woman BC Premier Glen Clark once called an “enemy of the state” has been on the frontlines of the Canadian environmental movement for over a decade. In 2007 she became a rock star achieving Suzukisque status when she was chosen as one of the featured players in Leonardo Di Caprio’s cinematic plea to save the planet, The 11th Hour. Her latest venture, PowerUpCanada http://www.powerupcanada.ca, aims to make Canada
Tzeporah Berman Power Up Canada |
A new kind of environment hero, Tzeporah Berman has produced sustainable change on a massive scale. Berman is the co-founder of Forest Ethics, a non-profit that publicly pressures and partners with corporations, like Home Depot and Staples, to save endangered forests (12 million acres and counting). Her impressive feat—using corporate power to protect the planet—has created a bold new model for environmental advocacy. Tzeporah… |
A reflection for the times.
CHRISTMAS AND OBAMAA THEORY OF CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN I hope this finds you well at this festive time and the changing of the year. With a few days break from the news of recent months, for me it is also a time of reflection on where in the world we, and the world, are going. And reflecting on all that happened in 2008 - what about this “change we can believe in?”
A lot of the changes lately have been for the worse given the financial meltdown and for those who Stephen Colbert…
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