Скачать или смотреть Why X Matters | Ep3 - The Environment

Host: Nolan Bicknell
Producer: Shauna Turnley

Panelists:

Julia-Simone Rutgers
Title: Environmental Reporter
Bio: Julia-Simone Rutgers is Manitoba’s first dedicated climate reporter, covering environmental issues across the prairie province through a unique partnership between the Winnipeg Free Press and The Narwhal. Before taking on this new collaboration, Julia-Simone was a general assignment reporter with the Free Press and Star Metro Halifax, served as the first-ever writer in residence at the Walrus magazine and collected bylines in the Globe and Mail, the Coast and the Discourse.



Name: Marshall Birch
Title: Indigenous Community Engagement Coordinator Nature United
Bio: Marshall Birch who works as the Indigenous Community Engagement Coordinator for Nature United’s Manitoba Boreal Program where he supports communities in Northern Manitoba to pursue goals related to stewardship of their territories. As a Metis Citizen, Marshall strongly believes in the importance of Indigenous-led conservation work to address key issues we face today, such as climate change and biodiversity loss.



Name: Ron Thiessen
Title: Executive Director of CPAWS
Bio: Ron has been in leadership roles with Canadian nature conservation organizations for over 30 years and his post as Executive Director of CPAWS Manitoba began in 2006. Working with Indigenous nations, governments, and stakeholders, Ron has actively contributed to the establishment of 24 parks and protected areas in Manitoba, which combined total over three million hectares of healthy lands and waters conserved for future generations of people and wildlife.