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SUMMARY: Municipal Matters: Building Capacity for Local Climate Conversatio
 ns – March 19
DESCRIPTION: Join us for a discussion of how local governments can foster p
 roductive conversations about climate policies in today’s chaotic informati
 on environment.
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 eight="347" /></p><p>Join us for a discussion of how local governments can 
 foster productive conversations about climate policies in today’s chaotic i
 nformation environment.</p><p>This virtual event will launch a new report f
 rom UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions entitled\, <stron
 g>“Municipal Matters: Building Capacity for Local Climate Conversations.”</
 strong></p><p>We will be joined by <strong>Rosalind Donald</strong>\, Assis
 tant Professor of Climate\, Environmental Justice\, Media\, and Communicati
 on at American University as well as <strong>Amber Bennett</strong>\, Execu
 tive Director at Re.Climate. The webinar will also feature <strong>report a
 uthors</strong> who will discuss the main findings and paths forward.</p><p
 >We will also be joined by other special guests\, Rosalind's class at Ameri
 can University in Washington D.C.</p><p><strong>Speaker bios:</strong></p><
 p><strong>Heidi Tworek\, </strong>Professor of History and Public Policy\, 
 Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions</p><p><stro
 ng>Maddie Sides\,</strong> CSDI researcher\, co-author of Municipal Matters
 \, and public policy student at the UBC SPPGA</p><p><strong>Ghassan Hamzeh\
 , </strong>CSDI researcher\, co-author of Municipal Matters\, and public po
 licy student at the UBC SPPGA</p><p><strong>Rosalind Donald </strong>resear
 ches how climate change communication can be made more just and effective b
 y examining the links between histories of environmental injustice and the 
 current climate debate. She holds a PhD in Communications from Columbia Uni
 versity and was a Postdoctoral Associate in Environmental Justice and Commu
 nication at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmos
 pheric Science. Before she began her PhD\, she was Deputy Editor of Carbon 
 Brief\, a climate science and policy website\, where she specialized in cli
 mate communication and disinformation.</p><p><strong>Amber Bennett </strong
 >is one of Canada’s top climate communication strategists and capacity buil
 ders. Amber works with groups across the country\, bridging the gap between
  research and practice. She led the groundbreaking Alberta Narratives Proje
 ct and supported much of the foundational work to pilot and build Re.Climat
 e.</p>
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