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ONTARIO COUNCIL
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 2012
MAY 11th and MAY 12th

Host:  CFUW Etobicoke
Location:  Hampton Inn, 5515 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto

BROCHURE     REGISTRATION FORM

Each year in May, the Ontario Council holds its Annual General Meeting to bring together members from the 55 CFUW Clubs in Ontario. In 2012, this important event will be hosted by CFUW Etobicoke.

The conference begins on Friday afternoon with registration, a meeting of the Ontario Council Executive, a leadership workshop for club executive members and an opening reception where club members from around the province have a chance to meet each other, exchange ideas and touch base with their Regional Directors as well as other members of the Ontario Executive.

If attendees wish, they can take the opportunity of going out for dinner before the reception with members of the host club, CFUW Etobicoke. See the Schedule below for more details.

Saturday morning is taken up with the business meeting of the Ontario Council Anual General Meeting, followed by the keynote speaker.

After lunch the conference theme will continue with a panel of three experts.

Green Energy: Is a Future without Fossil Fuels Viable?
Wind power, solar power, renewable energy, oil sands, pipeline construction. Increasingly we are concerned about the sustainability and environmental impact of fossil fuels. Producing clean, sustainable power in substantial quantities from renewable energy sources is being discussed and debated. But do we understand the environmental and economic implications of this change? Do we understand what renewable energy is and what it will mean to us? Can we see a future without fossil fuels?

Morning Keynote Presentation: Understanding Renewable Energy:

Afternoon Panel Discussion: Environmental, Economic and Societal Impacts

Three experts will present their perspectives of the economic, environmental and societal impact of incorporating renewable energy into a sustainable energy future for Canada.

Peter Love is an adjunct professor at York University in the Faculty of Environmental and was the first president of Energy Services Association of Canada, promoting government policies and regulatory support for more energy efficiency, renewable energy and infrastructure renewal projects. He is also the president of Love Energy Consultants Inc. Love was a co-founder of EnerQuality Corporation, created to deliver the R-2000 and Energy Star New Homes programs, and started his career with the Pollution Probe team that developed the 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Dr. Jose Etcheverry is assistant professor at the Faculty of Environmental Studies of York University. He conducts research, graduate training and undergraduate teaching on renewable energy and is also the Co-Chair of the Sustainable Energy Initiative. Dr. Etcheverry is a member of the Chairmen Committee of the World Council for Renewable Energy, the Windfall Ecology Centre, REAP Canada, and he is the President of the Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance.

Ralph Torrie is Managing Director of the Trottier Energy Futures Project, a partnership between the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the David Suzuki Foundation, to begin building a low carbon, sustainable energy future for Canada. Over 30 years ago he developed the first comprehensive assessment of the potential for conservation and renewable energy in Ontario and he also produced the first low carbon scenario for Canada.