Program Events
Collective Leadership Training
A fundamental aspect of the CCSL program is building professional skills for collaboration. Beyond technical expertise, we recognize the essential role of ‘soft' or human skills in helping effectively apply complex knowledge to advance climate solutions. Key amongst these skills is "Collective Leadership," a model that views leadership as a collaborative process, emphasizing the need for self-awareness and reflection.
Margaret Krebs, Director of Stanford's new "Leading Interdisciplinary Collaborations Program," is a leading practitioner and professional facilitator of the Collective Leadership Training model. Margaret created and delivered customized training for both the 2023 and 2024 cohort of Coastal Climate Solutions Leaders trainees this spring.
Over two days of facilitation, trainees learned tools for creative problem-solving, conflict resolution, transdisciplinary project management and collaborating across difference.
Coastal Climate Connections Event (C3E) 2024
Coastal Climate Connections
“Careers in Climate Solutions” Guest Panelists
This Spring, we hosted 50+ UVic faculty, administrators, and local climate change professionals along with CCSL trainees, at the Gorge Park & Pavilion for our very first, year-end celebration and networking event, Coastal Climate Connections. Students showcased their designs and recommendations for the 2024 BC Coastal Climate Challenge.
It was an honour to host three diverse speakers for our Navigating the Future: Careers in Climate Solutions panel: Jeremy Hewitt (Assistant Deputy Minister, Climate Action Secretariat), Merran Smith (President, New Economy Canada), and Devesh Bharadwaj (CEO and Founder, Pani Energy Global). The panelists addressed the complexity, challenges, and opportunities associated with BC’s energy transition and the interdisciplinary skills needed to succeed in the growing climate-action workforce.
Attendees networked, enjoyed wonderful refreshments and drinks provided by our two sponsors, Driftwood Brewery and Victoria Cider Co.
Coastal Climate Solutions Leaders and PICS present: The Drawdown Roadmap
The Drawdown Roadmap
Presented by Dr. Jonathan Foley of Project Drawdown, The Drawdown Roadmap is a science-based strategy for accelerating climate solutions. It points to which climate actions we need to prioritize to stop climate change. By showing how to work together on solutions (across sectors, time and place), how to engage the power of co-benefits, and how to recognize and remove obstacles, the Roadmap charts a path to progress on climate solutions… before it’s too late.
Watch the the full presentation here ↗
About the speaker: Jonathan Foley is a world-renowned environmental scientist, sustainability expert, author, and public speaker. His work focuses on understanding our changing planet and finding new solutions to sustain the climate, ecosystems and natural resources we all depend on.
Indigenous Cultural Acumen Training
Indigenous Cultural Acumen Training
“The transition itself must be just and equitable; redressing past harms and creating new relationships of power for the future through reparations.”
One of our essential Professional Development workshops is UVIC’s Indigenous Cultural Acumen Training (ICAT). This vital session provides foundational knowledge about the colonial history and contemporary realities of Indigenous peoples in Canada. The 2-hour Foundation Module equips members of the university community with an essential understanding of Canada’s colonial context.
Program Orientation 2023
Program Orientation 2023
We launched CCSL with a two-day program orientation in September. During this time, trainees explored the challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary work, connected with CCSL faculty over lunch, participated in a specially designed Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) training led by UVic’s Mami Schouten, and engaged in discussions on transforming climate change anxiety into proactive agency during a beach walk.
CCSL in the News
Uvic press release covering this new graduate program
CCSL is covered by CTV News Vancouver Island
Photo by Armon Arani on Unsplash
The story was also picked up by Victoria News