PACHA -Better Air Symposium -

Saturday, Feb 2, 2008-Coast Inn of the North

Learn about and discuss Prince George's air quality challenges and what we can do about them - Listen to some great speakers & musicians - Check out the information booths - Admission is Free! Kids Activities!

9am Opening comments by MC, Dan Rogers

9:15 am Dr. Catherine Elliott, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
"How dangerous is our air shed to the community: The link between particulate levels and mortality"

10:30 Key Note - Mark Bekkering, Acting Manager, Environmental & Planning Support, City of Toronto.
"Working together to address climate change and air quality"

12:15-Music - Performance by ColdSnap Musical Artist Carla Luft of the Wailing Jennys

12:30-1:30 Free Lunch
(no cost to first 250 symposium attendees)
Presentation of 1st annual PACHA Clean Air Awards - Awards will be given to Individuals, Businesses, Government / Politicians and Media representatives who have shown leadership and contributed to the improvement of air quality in Prince George-Green Card Children's Art Competition Awards ˆ 2 elementary school students will talk about their experiences with the air quality in Prince George (Awards presented by Hon. Pat Bell, MLA, & Sean Sharpe, Regional Director, Ministry of Environment)

1:30-1:45 -- Performance by Musician - Jeremy Stewart

1:45 - Break-out sessions with short introductions by each of the session speakers.

The Breakout sessions will focus on the following areas from 2:10-3:30 and will include sessions on Monitoring, Implementation Committee, Mayors Task Force, Designing and using effective airshed plans, Politics and Air Quality, Best Available Technology what is it? Reducing Vehicle emissions, Reducing your impact Greenhouse gasses and emissions, Benefits of Transit,

Everyone Welcome - Free Admission - Kids activities
Please drop in to show you care about our air!

See online schedule here