Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
| When: | Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 |
| Time: | 1:00 pm — 4:00 pm |
| Location: | Richcraft Hall, Second floor conference rooms |
| Audience: | Alumni, Carleton Community, Current Students, Faculty |
A collaborative panel discussion on Canada’s vulnerable populations and implications to the SDGs (statistics, monitoring, reporting and policy).
Opening Remarks (1:00 – 1:15pm)
PANEL DISCUSSION 1: Canada’s Vulnerable Groups and the SDGs(1:15pm – 2:30pm)
Who and where are Canada’s most vulnerable and why?
Discussing the successes and challenges of monitoring, measuring, reporting and developing evidence-based policies that leave no one behind.
Panelists:
- Patrice Martineau, Chief – SDG Data Unit (Statistics Canada)
- Michèle Biss, Policy Director and Human Rights Lawyer (Canada Without Poverty)
- Jennifer St-Germain, Chief Strategy Officer (Métis Nation of Ontario)
- Jocelyn Formsma, Executive Director (National Association of Friendship Centres)
PANEL DISCUSSION 2: The influence of SDG Interlinkages (2:45pm – 4:00pm)
Discussing the interconnected and interdependent nature of the Sustainable Development Goals and the implications to statistical reporting, research and policy development in the Canadian context.
Panelists:
- Professor Valerie Percival – Associate Professor of International Affairs (NPSIA)
- Professor Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy – Director and Professor of International Affairs (NPSIA)
- Eleanor Melanson, Analyst – SDG Data Unit (Statistics Canada)
- Deborah Owusu-Akyeeah – Policy Analyst – Preventing Violence and Harmful Practices (Global Affairs Canada)
This event is part of 2019 FPA Research Month.