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Going Greener

COU hosted the Going Greener Forum in Toronto on November 4th, which brought together experts from the Broader Public Sector, government and industry to share best practices about how institutions can contribute to Ontario’s green economy.

Click here for the Going Greener Report of Campus Sustainability Initiatives.

View Going Greener event photos here.

Speakers included:

Keynote - Sandra Odendahl, Director, RBC Corporate Environmental Affairs

Panel 1 – Research and Innovation – moderated by Tom Corr, President and CEO, Ontario Centres of Excellence
Siva Sivoththaman – ON Research Chair in Renewable Energy Technologies and Health, University of Waterloo
Tom Ewart – Managing Director, Network for Business Sustainability
Jon Dogterom – Senior Advisor, Cleantech, MaRS Discovery District
Rick Whittaker – Vice President Investments and Chief Technology Officer, Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Panel 2 - Human Capital and Skills – moderated by Debbie Baxter, Chief Sustainability Officer, LoyaltyOne
Grant Trump – President and CEO, ECO Canada
Zoe Caron – President, Board of Directors, Sierra Club Canada, and Climate Policy & Advocacy Specialist, WWF-Canada
Alex Gill – Executive Director, Ontario Environment Industry Association
Richard Marceau – Provost, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and MTCU Green Advisory Panel member

Panel 3 - Green Operations – moderated by Neil Sentance, Assistant Deputy Minister, OPS Green Office
Anthony Jonker – Director, Hospital Business Initiatives, Ontario Hospital Association
Bill Humber – Director, Office of Eco Seneca Initiatives, Seneca College
Bart Becker – Associate VP Facilities and Operations, University of Alberta
Michael Brooks – CEO, Real Property Association of Canada

Panel 4 - Community Collaboration – moderated by John McKendrick, Senior Vice-President, Project Delivery, Infrastructure Ontario
Gordon Harris – President and CEO, UniverCity
Mike Morrice - Executive Director, Sustainable Waterloo
Ken Doherty, Director of Community Services, City of Peterborough
Rob Kerr, Community Energy Plan Manager, City of Guelph

November 01, 2011

November 01, 2011

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