Opening Ceremony

Date: Saturday, September 9, 2017
Time: 09:00 – 10:30
Location: West Ballroom A

Program

• (9:00 – 9:15) Traditional Welcome and Acknowledgement with Elder Shane Pointe
• (9:15 – 9:30) Royal Welcomes
  • The Honourable Judith Guichon, OBC – Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Canada
  • Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa – Mohammed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, Morocco
• (9:30 – 9:45) Opening Remarks from WEEC 2017 Co-Chairs
  • David Zandvliet – Institute for Environmental Learning, Canada
  • Mario Salomone – WEEC Network
• (9:45 – 10:30) Tblisi +40 Reflections (5 minute Video + Panel)
  • Moderator: Milton McClaren – Royal Roads University, Canada
  • Elliott Harris – United Nations Environment Programme
  • Julia Heiss – UNESCO Team Leader of Education for Sustainable Development
  • Ekaterine Grigalava – Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia
  • Tamar Aladashvili – Department of Environmental Policy and International Relations, Georgia
  • Charles Hopkins – UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability, York University, Canada