Livable Cities, Collaborative Communities 2024 | Thompson Rivers University | 22 February 2024 | Thompson Rivers University, 805 Tru Way, Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8, Canada

As a leader in sustainability, TRU invites all interested to a conversation on resilience and adaptation at a three-day conference. Against a confluence of global and local crises, including climate change and the recent COVID-19 pandemic, TRU aims to identify solutions for building a better future for all people and the planet. This Conference calls for the inclusion of academic publications and community resources that offer solutions to build a better future for all people and the planet.

The world is invited to join this three-day conversation, as our futures are intertwined regardless of geographic, economic or social boundaries.

Just as the conference tackles issues being grappled with around the world, the diversity of participants is expected to be broad: Indigenous knowledge keepers, local residents, community groups, non-governmental organizations, business and industry representatives, architects, urban planners, activists, researchers, politicians and students from the BC Interior, and also interested people from Western Canada, North America and beyond.

Participants will be encouraged to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable change by offsetting the carbon cost of their involvement through contributions to local environmental initiatives and making personal sustainability pledges.

2024 Speakers

Mike Flannigan
BC Innovation Research Chair in Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science, Thompson Rivers University

Suzanne Simard
Leader of The Mother Tree Project, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia

Seth Klein
Director of Strategy Climate Emergency Unit, author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency (2020)