Canadian Museum of Nature: 240 McLeod St., Ottawa, Barrick Salon, 3rd floor
The 2020 CC-IUCN Annual General Meeting was held January 28, 2020 in Ottawa. The agenda, with links to the presentation files in pdf format (if available), is below:
| Topic | Speaker |
| Traditional welcome | Elder Larry McDermott, Shabot, Obaadjiwan First Nation (Algonquin) |
| Welcome and report from the Chair: Activities of the past year • Approval of the 2019 AGM Minutes | Lisa McLaughlin, President |
| Report from the Treasurer | Meg Beckel, Treasurer |
| Report from the Governance Committee | Lisa McLaughlin |
| Report from the Membership Committee | James Bartram, Membership Committee Chair |
| Report from the Communications Committee | Elyse Curley, Communication Committee Chair |
| Report from the Youth Representatives Introduction to the 2020 CCIUCN Youth Ambassadors | ShailynDrukis, Youth Ambassador Program Lead |
| Report from the Parks Canada Agency as Canada’s IUCN State Member | Lisa Young, Director, Conservation Strategy Branch, Parks Canada Agency |
| Report from the IUCN | Rick Bates, Regional Councillor, North America Frank Hawkins, Director, IUCN Office, North America |
| Report from the Nominations Committee: Election of 2020 Board of Directors Nominated slate for approval | Lisa McLaughlin, Nominations Committee |
| FORUM DIAGOGUE – PART 1: SPECIAL SESSION ON YOUNG PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT | |
| Session led by young professionals from the Ocean Bridge Canada Service Corps Program and involved other youth from the #NatureForAll community. | Ocean Bridge and #NatureForAll Young Professionals |
| FORUM DIALOGUE – PART 2 (Domestic): CANADIAN CONSERVATION ADVANCEMENTS | |
| Part 2: Introduction and Context | Moderator: Lisa McLaughlin |
| Panel Presentation on Major Canadian Conservation Initiatives Progress Report on One With Nature: A Renewed Approach to Land and Freshwater Conservation in Canada (15 min) Marine Conservation Report (15 min) Indigenous-led Conservation Developments (15 min) Advancing Nature-Based Climate Solutions (15 min) | Grant Hogg, Executive Director, Conservation Partnerships, Canadian Wildlife Service Christie Chute, Director of Marine Conservation, DFO Eli Enns, CCIUCN Board member, IISAAK OLAM Foundation Risa Smith, Chair WCPA Climate Change Specialist Group |
| Moderated Question and Answer Period | Moderator: Mike Wong |
| FORUM DIALOGUE – PART 3 (International): CANADA AND THE WORLD | |
| 1. Overview of Government of Canada Planning for the 2020 IUCN World Conservation Congress (Lisa Young) (10 minutes) The Post 2020 Agenda The CBD process for post 2020 and IUCNs evolving position (10 minutes) (Stephen Woodley) A review of resolutions for the WCC relevant to Post 2020 (5 minutes) (Mike Wong) ECCC thoughts on a Post 2020 agenda (10 minutes) (Niall O’dea) DFO thoughts on a Post 2020 agenda (10 minutes) (Paul Gillis) | Moderator: Mike Wong, Regional Chair (WCPA, North America) Lisa Young, Director, Conservation Strategy Branch, Parks Canada Agency Stephen Woodley, Vice-Chair for Science and Biodiversity, WCPA Niall O’dea, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Wildlife Service Paul Gillis, Director General, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, DFO |
| #NatureForAll Youth Champions Summit at the WCC | CWF Young Professionals |
| United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity Post-2020 Framework discussions | Basile van Havre, Co-Chair, CBD Post-2020 Open Ended Working Group |
| Closing and adjournment | Elder Larry McDermott & Mike Wong |
The 2019 CC-IUCN Annual General Meeting was held January 24, 2019 in Ottawa. The agenda, with links to the presentation files in pdf format (if available), is below.
| AGM BUSINESS MEETING | |
| Traditional welcome | Elder Larry McDermott, Shabot, Obaadjiwan First Nation (Algonquin) |
| Welcome and report from the Chair: Activities of the past year | Meg Beckel, CC-IUCN President |
| Report from the Treasurer | Meg Beckel on behalf of Brian Roberts (CC-IUCN Treasurer) |
| Report from the Membership Committee | Lisa McLaughlin, Chair, Membership Committee |
| Report from the Communications Committee | Elyse Curley, Chair, Communications Committee |
| Report from the Youth Representatives: 2019/20 Youth Ambassador Program Renewal | Shailyn Drukis, Board Member and Youth Ambassador Lead |
| Report from the Parks Canada Agency as Canada’s IUCN State Member | Darlene Upton, Vice President, Protected Area Establishment and Conservation |
| Report from the IUCN Council
| Rick Bates, Regional Councillor, North America
Frank Hawkins, Director, IUCN Office, North America |
| Report from the Nominations Chair: Election of Board of Directors | Dawn Carr, Nominations Committee Chair, CC-IUCN Secretary |
| FORUM DIALOGUE – PART 1: SELECT IUCN COMMISSION REPORTS AND CONNECTIONS TO CANADA | |
| Part 1 Context: Overview of the IUCN and its 6 Commissions | Meg Beckel, CC-IUCN President |
| 1.2 Commission for Ecosystem Management (CEM)
Commission on Ecosystem Management: its activities and possibilities to Canada | Liette Vasseur, Vice-chair (North America) and Chair (Ecosystem Governance Thematic Group) at the Commission for Ecosystem Management |
| 1.3 Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
| Sean Southey, CEC Chair / Co-chair #NatureForAll |
| 1.4 World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Introduction to the work of the WCPA Program Initiatives: IUCN Green List and Key Biodiversity Area’s in Canada | Mike Wong, Regional Chair for North America, WPCA
Stephen Woodley, Vice-chair for Science and Biodiversity, WCPA |
| FORUM DIALOGUE – PART 2: CONSERVATION INITIATIVES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN CANADA | |
| 2: Introduction and Context | Meg Beckel, CC-IUCN President |
| 2.1 Furthering Indigenous-led Conservation: What does Aichi Target 18 mean to Conservation in Canada | Larry McDermott, Plenty Canada |
| 2.2 Canada and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity | Scott Wilson, CBD lead, Environment Canada |
| 2.3 Update and progress report on Canada’s effort to meet Target 1: | |
| 2.3.1 Pan-Canadian Approach to Transforming Species at Risk Conservation in Canada & Canada Nature Fund Species Stream | Kaaren Lewis. Executive Lead, Pan Canadian Approach and Species at Risk Program, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada Sarah Fraser, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada |
| 2.3.2 Update on Aquatic Stream of Canada’s Nature Legacy | Kate Ladell, A/Director, Species at Risk Operations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
| 3. CC-IUCN Members’ Dialogue: 5 Minutes Member Updates: | |
| 3.1 Canada’s Biosphere Reserves and the Pathway to Canada Target 1:
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Monica Shore, Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association 3.2 People of the ice bridge: The future of the Pikialasorsuaq Stephanie Meakin, Inuit Circumpolar Council 4. Facilitated discussion to engage member input into 2019 CC-IUCN priorities Lisa McLaughlin, CC-IUCN Board Member Closing words
Closing and adjournment Elder Larry McDermott
Meg Beckel, CC-IUCN President
2018 Annual General Meeting
The 2018 CC-IUCN Annual General Meeting and Forum was held January 18, 2018 in Ottawa. The proceedings were recorded and may be viewed here. The formal proposed minutes are here.
2017 Annual General Meeting
The 2017 CC-IUCN Annual General Meeting was held January 19, 2017 in Ottawa. The proposed minutes are here. The agenda, with links to the presentation files if available, is below.
| Topic | Speaker |
| AGM Business meeting | |
| Report from the Chair: activities of the past year | Meg Beckel |
| Report from the Treasurer | Mike Wong |
| Report from the Youth Ambassadors: World Conservation Congress and beyond | Shailyn Drukis, Samantha McBeth |
| Report from the Nominations Chair: election for new board members | Mike Wong |
| Forum dialogue | |
| Canada’s Climate Plan | Frédéric Beauregard Tellier, Climate policy office, Environment and Climate Change Canada |
| Green Budget Coalition | Andrew Van Iterson, Manager, Green Budget Coalition |
| World Environment Day | Julie Boucher, Manager World Environment Day, Environment and Climate Change Canada |
| News from members : Biodiversity Without Boundaries 2017 | Patrick Henry, NatureServe Canada |
| The Hawaii Commitments from the World Conservation Congress | Rick Bates, IUCN Regional Councillor |
| #NatureForAll:
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Parks for All Karen Keenleyside, Parks Canada;
Dawn Carr, Canadian Parks Council Pathway to Canada Target One
En route vers l’objectif 1 du Canada Nadine Crookes, Parks Canada Growing Forward – consultation on Canada’s agriculture industry Carolyn Callaghan, Canadian Wildlife Federation
2016 Annual General Meeting
The 2016 CC-IUCN Annual General Meeting was held on January 19, 2016 in Ottawa. The proposed minutes are here.
2015 Canadian Regional Conservation Forum
The Canadian Regional Conservation Forum for IUCN was held on September 10, 2015 in Ottawa. The main purpose of the Forum was to review and provide input on the 2017-2020 IUCN Programme and to review and provide feedback on the draft agenda for the World Conservation Congress.
The Facilitators Summary Report is available here as a pdf file.
The Forum was webcast and is available to view online at http://archive.isiglobal.ca/cmn/2015-09-10.html
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