Wednesday, February 15 | Summit Day 2

Schedule at a Glance

7:30 am- 10:30 am
Summit Registration
Kinnear Centre First Floor Galleria

7:30 am- 9:00 am
Buffet Breakfast & Keynote Speakers : Ronna Schneberger & Tracey Gage
Kinnear Centre Room 103

9:30 am- 12:00 Noon
Concurrent Workshops
Kinnear Centre 2nd and 3rd floor

Angela Nagy | Kinnear Centre 201
David Fennell (Online) | Kinnear Centre 205
Jara Schreiber (Online) | Kinnear Centre 301
Sonya Jakubec | Kinnear Centre 305

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Buffet Lunch
Vistas Dining Room

1:15pm – 2:30pm
Summit Synthesis - An interactive sense-making activity and Summit summary
Kinnear Centre Room 103

2:45pm- 3:45pm
Closing Keynote: Megan Epler Wood
Kinnear Centre Room 103

4:00 pm- 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Kinnear Centre Room 103

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Buffet Breakfast and Keynote Speakers

7:30 am - 9:00 am
Kinnear Centre Room 103

Ronna Schneberger & Tracey Gage of Interpretive Guides Association
Interpretation creates the love needed to promote purposeful travel

Presented by Parks Canada

Keynote Speakers

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Tracey Gage

Concurrent Workshops

9:30am- 12:00 pm
Kinnear Centre 2nd and 3rd floor

Angela Nagy (In Person)
Can Tourism Meet Science-Based Carbon Reduction Targets by 2030?

Kinnear Centre Room 201

Achieving science based reduction targets means reducing the carbon footprint of the tourism industry by 50% by 2030 and 90% by 2050. Is this possible? In this session, we’ll explore the makeup of the tourism sector’s carbon footprint, what steps can be taken now and over the next 7 years to hit these targets, how regenerative tourism fits in, and what the future holds for achieving net zero and climate positive tourism.

David Fennell (Online)
What should responsibility & sustainability really mean in tourism?

Kinnear Centre Room 205

Until recently, animals have been left off the table in discussions on what represents a responsible and sustainable approach to tourism. Animals have thus been viewed as holding only instrumental rather than intrinsic value. This presentation, based on several years of cutting-edge research, sets the stage for a new era of tourism by opening up channels of engagement between many stakeholders, at many scales, for a deeper consideration of the needs and interests of animals used in the tourism industry.

Jara Schreiber (Online)
Human Rights in Tourism

Kinnear Centre Room 301

Sustainability - the big buzzword of our time - is often associated primarily with environmental issues like plastic reduction or the ecological footprint. Tourism as a people's business depends on the people who work in the industry and live in destinations. And every business activity, also in tourism, has an impact on human rights. We will elaborate examples for human rights impacts of tourism and explore how a human rights-based approach can create social benefit for destinations but also long-term economic benefit for the tourism business.

Sonya L. Jakubec (In Person)
"For the health of it": The push and pull of purposeful travel for health and wellbeing

Kinnear Centre Room 305

Health and wellbeing are always interwoven into the push and pull of travel. Purposeful travel pulls us towards experiences that shape and are shaped by our health, disease, and disability. Across the lifespan, the place of travel as a tonic for what ails us will be explored in this presentation. Prepare to reflect on our personal journeys toward wellbeing and a bigger planetary health, considering also how environmental healing might be part of travel "for the health of it"!