10:45 – 12:15

Climate Crisis: Work and Employment Impacts

Angela Carter (Associate Professor of Political Science and a Basillie School of International Affairs Fellow at the University of Waterloo. She is a regular commentator on climate issues and is the author of Fossilized: Environmental Policy in Canada’s Petro-Provinces, UBC Press, 2021)

Jim Stanford (Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work, Vancouver, BC/Sydney, Australia. He is one of Canada’s best-known economic commentators and was formerly the Economist and Policy Director for UNIFOR, Canada’s largest private sector union)

13:30 – 15:00

The Green Economy and Prospects for Climate Jobs

Guillermo Montt (International Labor Organization’s – ILO social protection specialist for the Southern Cone of Latin America. He was formerly Senior Economist at the Research Department of the International Labour Office – ILO leading Green Jobs research on the relationship between employment, decent work and the transition to a green economy) 

Audrey Murray (President of the Commission des partenaires du marché du travail – CPMT since June, 2018. Prior to joining the CPMT, Audrey Murray was Vice President for Client Service and Development at the Commission de la Construction du Québec. Her responsibilities included putting policies in place toward integrating women, First Nations and immigrants into the workforce of the construction industry)

9:00 – 10:30

Labour and the Environment: Comparative Cases

Samantha Smith (Director of the Just Transition Centre, working for a just transition for workers and communities. The Centre was established by the International Trade Union Confederation and partners to help unions and their allies get good plans for just transition at all levels. Previously, Ms. Smith was the global climate and energy leader for World Wildlife Fund – WWF, the world’s largest conservation organization)

Adrian Thomas (Adrien Thomas joined the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research in 2009 after studying at Sciences Po Paris and receiving a Ph.D. in political science from the University Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne in 2008. His research interests focus on collective bargaining, the sociology of trade unions and labour environmentalism. He has published among others in Global Environmental Change, Environmental Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies and British Journal of Industrial Relations)

10:45 – 12:15

Unions and the Climate Crisis in Canada

Meg Gingrich (Assistant to the national director at the United Steelworkers – USW, Canadian National Office. She also serves as president of Blue Green Canada)

Patrick Rondeau (Union staff representative at the Fédération des travailleurs et des travailleuses du Québec – FTQ, responsible for the Environment and Just Transition. Formerly, the regional director the Quebec Federation of Labour, he led several provincial campaigns for the including ‘The Fight for 15$’. He was also a member of the coordination committee of the Common Front for the Energy Transition from 2016 to 2021)

13:30 – 15:00

A Climate Action Plan for Canada

Melanie Busby (Mélanie Busby is responsible for the associative life at the Common Front for Energy Transition. She participated in the coordination of the development process of the Roadmap for Quebec’s transition to carbon neutrality as part of the Quebec ZéN (net zero emission) project. She is also active in various groups in favor of socio-ecological transition, including Mobilisation environnement Ahuntsic-Cartierville (the MEAC), a citizen group concerned about climate change and transformation at the neighborhood level. She is also active in the Coalition Sortons la Caisse du Carbone, which is lobbying for the Caisse de depot et de placement du Québec to divest from fossil fuels. She holds a doctorate in biology from the INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier and completed a microprogram in post-secondary education at the University of Montreal)

Seth Klein (Director of the Climate Emergency Unit and is the author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. Formerly the founding director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC Office, he is also a policy consultant, speaker, and writer)

9:00 – 10:30

Social Dialogue and Climate Change in the Metalworking Sector

Louis Bégin (President, Fédération de l’industrie manufacturière – FIM, Confédération des syndicats nationaux – CSN)

Marie-France Charbonneau (General director, Comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre de la métallurgie du Québec – CSMO-M)

Mathieu Dupuis (Professor, Department of Industrial Relations, Université Laval)

François Lamoureux (President, Comité consultatif du travail et de la main d’œuvre – CCTM. Under his direction, the members of the CCTM have produced various opinions for the Minister of Labour concerning, among other things, the future of telework, the modernization of the occupational health and safety system, disparity of treatment clauses in pension plans, the modernization of the arbitration system in Quebec, the financing of defined benefit pension plans, the modernization of the Act on collective agreement decrees)

Steve Morin (Steve Morin has been with Rio Tinto since 1999 where he has held various human resources positions in Canada, the United States and Europe. He currently holds the position of Executive HR Manager and leads the Human Resources operational team for the Atlantic region which includes business units based in Canada, the United States, South America, Iceland and Africa)

Gregor Murray (Professor, School of Industrial Relations, Université de Montréal and Director of CRIMT)

10:45 – 12:15

Blue-Green Alliances: Worker and Climate Action

Mark Rowlinson (Former Counsel and Assistant to the Canadian National Director of USW Canada, 1994-2021. He also served as the President of Blue Green Canada, 2011-2021, an alliance of Canadian labour unions, environmental and civil society organizations. He remains on the Board of Blue Green Canada, and is active with several organizations in advocating for working people and the environment)

Jason Walsh (Executive director of the BlueGreen Alliance in Washington, DC a non-profit that unites labor unions and environmental organizations. The organization advocates for environmental solutions that create and maintain quality jobs. Walsh has more than twenty years of experience at state and federal levels in policy development and advocacy in a range of issue areas—including climate, clean energy, and economic and workforce development)

15:15 – 16:45

Climate Jobs and Labour Coalitions

Mike Fishman (President and Executive Director of Climate Jobs National Resource Center – CJNRC located in New York city. He is a founding officer of Climate Jobs New York, a labour and community coalition that has helped secure over $10 billion in new public investment in clean energy, electrified transportation, and building efficiency)

Éric Pineault (Professor of Sociology at l’université du Québec à Montréal – UQAM. He is a member of the Institute of Environmental Sciences at UQAM and an associate researcher with the UQAM Research Chair in Ecological Transition as well as with the Center for Research on Innovations and Social Transformations at Saint Paul University)

9:00 – 10:30

Climate Jobs in Action – New York and Quebec

Dominique Dodier (Executive Director, EnviroCompétences, Comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre de l’environnement)

Lara Skinner (Executive Director of the Worker Institute at Cornell and leads the ‘Labor Leading on Climate’ initiative. She is also an executive board member on the Climate Jobs National Resource Center. Her research, writing, and labor education work focuses on the intersection of job creation, economic development, and climate protection)

15:15 – 16:45

Winning Climate Policies at the Ballot Box

Ghyslain Bolduc (Postdoctoral researcher, CIRST & IHPST – Institut d’histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Caroline Brouillette (National policy manager for Climate Action Network in Montreal)

Daniel Aldana Cohen (Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is Director of the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative. He is also Founding Co-Director of the Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank. He is the co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green Deal, 2019)

Lauren Maunus (Lauren Maunus (she/her) is Sunrise Movement’s Advocacy Director, where she translates the power young people are building into political and policy progress towards a Green New Deal. Lauren got her start organizing across constituencies for climate justice in Florida, Michigan, and Rhode Island, before applying this to the national level over the past four years. When she’s not working to win a Green New Deal, Lauren loves making kombucha, playing pickleball, and spending time near the ocean)

9:00 – 10:30

La crise climatique: une introduction

Mélanie Laroche (Professeure titulaire, Université de Montréal)

Ian MacDonald (Professeur agrégé, Université de Montréal)

15:15 – 16:45

Le dialogue social au Québec pour transformer le travail et adapter les compétences de la main-d’œuvre

Samuel Lesage  (Conseiller syndical, Centrale des syndicats démocratiques – CSD)

Isabelle Ménard  (Conseillère environnement santé et sécurité, Confédération des syndicats nationaux – CSN)

15:15 – 16:45

Militantisme actionnarial

Sébastien Collard  (Conseiller syndical, Confédération des syndicats nationaux – CSN)

Marie-Josée Naud  (Conseillère syndicale – Service de l’éducation, Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec – FTQ)

13:30 – 15:00

Dialogue social sectoriel

Sammi Dellah (Représentant syndical et responsable du dossier de l’environnement et de la transition juste, Syndicat des Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l’alimentation et du commerce – TUAC)

Philippe Lapointe (Conseiller aux communications, FTQ-Construction)

10:45 – 12:15

Le rôle des services publics comme solution à la crise climatique

Dominique Bernier (Conseillère à l’environnement, Centrale des syndicats du Québec – CSQ)

David Boys (Secrétaire général adjoint de l’Internationale des services publics – ISP, David Boys, travaille dans le mouvement syndical depuis plus de 30 ans. Il a rejoint l’ISP en 1999 pour soutenir les secteurs de l’eau et de l’énergie, avec pour objectif initial de mettre un terme au fléau de la privatisation. Il a dirigé avec succès la campagne mondiale pour l’eau, en soutenant les syndicats nationaux, en développant et en entretenant des alliances syndicales avec la société civile, et en luttant contre les politiques d’ajustement structurel de la Banque mondiale)

Louis-Joseph Saucier (Conseiller en recherche et planification socioéconomique, Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec – SFPQ)

13:30 – 15:00

Les alliances syndicales nécessaires

Marie-Ève Bélanger-Southey (Marie-Ève est chargée du projet Collectivités ZéN du Front commun pour la transition énergétique, un projet visant à élaborer et mettre en place à l’échelle territoriale des démarches collectives inclusives menant à la carboneutralité et à la résilience. Elle a également cofondé et coordonné le mouvement Vague écologiste au municipal qui a œuvré à l’émergence et l’élection de candidatures écologistes un peu partout au Québec à l’automne 2021)

Mireille Bénard (Conseillère syndicale, Confédération des syndicats nationaux – CSN)

Patrick Rondeau (Conseiller syndical – Environnement et transition juste pour la Fédération des travailleurs et des travailleuses du Québec – FTQ. Anciennement directeur régional, il a mené plusieurs campagnes provinciales pour la FTQ, dont ‘Minimum 15$’. Il a été membre du comité de coordination du Front commun pour la transition énergétique de 2016 à 2021)

9:00 – 12:15

Mobilisation des milieux et négociation collective I & II 

François Cardinal (Représentant syndical, Syndicat des Métallos)

Alexandre Fréchette (Représentant syndical, Syndicat des Métallos)

Mélanie Laroche (Professeure titulaire, Université de Montréal)

Dominic Lemieux (Directeur québécois du Syndicat des Métallos (District 5) depuis avril 2020, Dominic Lemieux est aussi vice-président de la Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ) et un membre du conseil d’administration du Fonds de solidarité FTQ (FSFTQ). Il est également membre du conseil d’administration de la Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) ainsi que de celui de l’Institut national des mines du Québec, INMQ)

Isabelle Ménard (Conseillère environnement santé et sécurité, Confédération des syndicats nationaux – CSN)

Jonathan Michaud (Chercheur doctoral, Université de Montréal)

13:30 – 15:00

Ce qu’il faut retenir

Mélanie Laroche (Professeure titulaire, Université de Montréal)

Ian MacDonald (Professeur agrégé, Université de Montréal)

9:00 – 10:30

The Climate Crisis: A Primer

John Peters (Executive Director of Blue Green Ideas – a policy and advocacy consultancy focused on assisting unions and communities across Canada realize the benefits of a low-carbon society with high-quality jobs. He is the author of Jobs with Inequality: Financialization, Labour Market Deregulation, and Post-Democracy in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2022) and co-author of Canadian Labour Policy and Politics (University of British Columbia Press, 2022) 

15:15 – 16:45

Climate Jobs and Just Transition in Canada – The Reality So Far

David Doorey (Associate Professor of Work Law at York University and Director of Osgoode Hall Law School’s part-time LL.M program specializing in Labour & Employment Law)

Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (Senior Researcher, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)

15:15 – 16:45

The Politics of Transforming Alberta’s Energy Economy

Ian Hussey (Research director at the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute in Edmonton Alberta. He is the author of “The Future of Alberta’s Oil Sands Industry”, Parkland Institute, 2020 and co-author of “Alberta’s Coal Phase Out: A Just Transition”, Parkland Institute, 2019)

13:30 – 15:00

Advancing Progressive Climate and Labour Policy in Ontario

David Robertson (Former Director of Workplace Organization and Training for the Canadian Auto Workers (now UNIFOR) and co-author of Just Another Car Factory? Lean Production and Its Discontents, Cornell University Press, 1997. He currently works with Seniors for Climate Action Now! a climate action coalition informing and mobilizing seniors to take climate action)

10:45 – 12:15

Trade Unions and Climate Action in Western Europe

Lise Lotte Toft (Head of Department, Management Forum, EU and International Affairs, Danish Trade Union Confederation)

Andreas Ytterstad (Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the Oslo Metropolitan University in Oslo Norway and formerly Deputy Chair of Concerned Scientists Norway. A regular commentator on climate and labour issues, he is the author of Climate Jobs as Tipping Point, 2015)

13:30 – 15:00

Winning Climate Action in Unions and Workplaces

Jeremy Brecher (Writer, historian, and activist co-founder of the Labor Network for Sustainability (Takoma Park Maryland, USA). He is the author of the Climate Insurgency Trilogy (2017) and Common Preservation in a Time of Mutual Destruction, 2021) 

Todd Vachon (Director of Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) and an Assistant Professor of Practice, Labor Studies & Employment Relations at Rutgers University. He is the co-editor of Revaluing Work(ers): Toward a Democratic and Sustainable Future (Cornell University Press, 2021)

9:00 – 10:30

Opportunities for Winning Good Jobs and Sustainable Work

Chris Baldry (Emeritus Professor of Management, Work and Organization at the University of Stirling)

Jeffrey Hyman (Professor Emeritus of Employment Relations at the University of Aberdeen and Honorary Professor of Management at the University of St Andrews)

10:45 – 12:15

Union Leader Panel – How Can Labour Lead on Climate Change?

Andria Babbington (President of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council)

Janice Folk-Dawson (Executive Vice-President of the Ontario Federation of Labour)

Gil McGowan (President of the Alberta Federation of Labour – AFL)

Julee Sanderson (1st National Vice-President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers)

13:30 – 15:00

Break Away Sessions

15:15 – 16:45

Take Away Session: If Money and Time Were No Issue, What Do We Do Next?

John Peters (Executive Director of Blue Green Ideas – a policy and advocacy consultancy focused on assisting unions and communities across Canada realize the benefits of a low-carbon society with high-quality jobs. He is the author of Jobs with Inequality: Financialization, Labour Market Deregulation, and Post-Democracy in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2022) and co-author of Canadian Labour Policy and Politics (University of British Columbia Press, 2022)