OTTAWA: The Walrus Talks It’s Happening Now

REGISTER: Join us in person in Ottawa or watch online.

Join seven speakers at The Walrus Talks It’s Happening Now to explore climate change, social policy and changing the future.

6:30 p.m. Doors open
7 p.m. The Walrus Talks It's Happening Now
8 p.m. The Walrus Talks public reception

As climate change continues to impact how we plan for our futures, what innovations and ideas breaking new ground today will make tomorrow better?

Equipping our communities with the tools for a more sustainable path forward relies on more than one initiative. The Walrus Talks It’s Happening Now brings together a range of speakers to share innovations currently under way that will make a difference in urban and environmental policy and planning, technology, journalism, and more.

Complimentary entry: includes admission to The Walrus Talks, followed by The Walrus public reception

Speakers

• Alexandra Lesnikowski, assistant professor, Concordia Department of Geography, Planning and Environment
• Aphrodite Salas, assistant professor, Concordia Department of Journalism
• Megan Leslie, president and CEO, World Wildlife Fund-Canada
• Bob McDonald, author, host of CBC's Quirks & Quarks
• Jeff D'Hondt, social worker
• Sharon Nyangweso, founder and CEO of QuakeLab
• Julie Segal, senior program manager, climate finance, Environmental Defence