The Honourable, Navdeep Bains
Living Room Chat with the Minister of Innovation, Science & Economic Development, The Honourable Navdeep Bains
The Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series (TSSS) is thrilled to announce that on April XX we will welcome the Honourable Navdeep Bains, The Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, for a living room chat. Interviewing Minister Bains will be Dr. Blair Feltmate, Head, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo.
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The Honourable Navdeep Bains is the Member of Parliament for Mississauga–Malton and was appointed Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development on November 4, 2015. He has extensive parliamentary experience, having represented Mississauga–Malton from 2004 to 2011. He served as Privy Councillor and Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Paul Martin and then as Critic for Public Works and Government Services, the Treasury Board, International Trade, Natural Resources, and Small Business and Tourism.
Questions to be discussed during the event include:
* The role of science and innovation to create a robust and resilient Canadian economy
* Are Universities on the right track to facilitate Innovation?
* Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: The need for Canada to address both
* Canada’s Cleantech Opportunity
DATE: xxxday, May xx, 2016 (registration closes May xxth)
TIME: 4:30-7:30 EST (refreshments & networking from 6:30-7:30)
LOCATION: MaRS Discovery District, 101 College St, Toronto, basement
(Tickets must be purchased in advance)
Agenda:
4:30 – 5:00 pm: Registration, refreshments and networking
5:00 – 5:10 pm: Introductions and announcements – Brad Zarnett, CEO, TSSS
5:10 – 5:12 pm: Welcome: Natalie Higgins, VP Corporate Affairs & Communications, Intact Financial Corp.
5:12 – 5:45 pm: Living Room chat with Honourable Minister Navdeep Bains and Dr. Blair Feltmate
5:45 – 6:30 pm: Audience Q and A
6:30 – 7:30 pm: Networking and refreshments
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About Our Guests:
The Honourable Navdeep Bains is the Member of Parliament for Mississauga–Malton and was appointed Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development on November 4, 2015. He has extensive parliamentary experience, having represented Mississauga–Malton from 2004 to 2011. He served as Privy Councillor and Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Paul Martin and then as Critic for Public Works and Government Services, the Treasury Board, International Trade, Natural Resources, and Small Business and Tourism.
Minister Bains was an adjunct lecturer at the Master of Public Service program at the University of Waterloo and a distinguished visiting professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University. His private sector experience includes several years at the Ford Motor Company of Canada.
In addition to ties within the academic and business communities, he has held Director positions with social and cultural organizations within the non-profit sector. He is the recipient of a number of awards recognizing his work in promoting diversity in communities.
Minister Bains has a Bachelor of Administrative Studies from York University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Windsor. He also holds a Certified Management Accountant designation.
He is a long-time resident of Mississauga, where he lives now with his wife and two children.
Dr. Blair Feltmate
Dr. Blair Feltmate is Head, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (ICCA), which is head-quartered within the Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo.
Previous positions Dr. Feltmate has held include Vice President, Sustainable Development, Bank of Montreal/Jones Heward Investment Counsel; Director, Sustainable Development, OPG; and Partner, Sustainable Investment Group/YMG Capital Management. He has published extensively on adaptation to climate change, the additive value of sustainable development applied to business, and population and community ecology. He has co-authored two textbooks: Aquatic Insects (CAB International,1992) and Sustainable Banking (University of Toronto Press, 2015). He holds a Ph.D in Theoretical and Applied Ecology (University of Toronto), Masters in Zoology (University of Toronto), Masters in Environmental Studies (Wilfrid Laurier University), Hons. B.Sc. (University of Toronto), and he was an NSERC Post-Doctoral fellow (University of Waterloo).
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