Join us for a conversation on how cities and communities across Canada are navigating extreme weather events and demonstrating leadership when it comes to strengthening local climate adaptation and resilience.
We’ll be diving into this topic with Rebecca Alty, Mayor of Yellowknife, and Don Iveson, former Mayor of Edmonton and Executive Advisor of Climate Investing and Community Resilience at The Co-operators.
What to Expect
Mayor Alty will share insights from leading Yellowknife through the unprecedented 2023 wildfires, discussing emergency response, community resilience, and lessons for other municipalities facing climate-related crises. Don Iveson will speak to his experience as mayor of one of Canada’s largest cities and will explore his current work at The Co-operators and as a member of the Canadian Climate Institute’s Expert Panel on Climate Adaptation, highlighting innovative approaches to climate adaptation, risk reduction, and financial resilience for communities.
Whether you are a municipal leader, policymaker, community organization, business leader or active resident, this webinar will help you unpack strategies for building climate-resilient communities, fostering collaboration, and advancing equity-driven adaptation plans.
Speakers
Mayor Rebecca Alty, City of Yellowknife 
Rebecca Alty is serving her second term as Mayor of Yellowknife. Prior to being elected as Mayor, she served as a Yellowknife City Councillor for 2 terms, from 2012 to 2018, and worked in communications and community relations for the Diavik Diamond Mine, NGO's and the Government of the Northwest Territories.
Outside of work, she enjoys walking, gardening and traveling.
Don Iveson, former Mayor of Edmonton and Executive Advisor of Climate Investing and Community Resilience at The Co-operators
After four terms of elected service at Edmonton City Hall, Don Iveson founded Civic Good, a public policy advisory practice working on climate resilience, housing affordability, and complex governance projects with clients ranging from startups to governments. His primary engagement is with Co-operators as Executive Advisor for Climate Investing and Community Resilience. Don continues to live in Edmonton, though he works with organizations across Canada, including his recent appointment as Chairperson of the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation.
Kieran Maingot, Lead, Community Climate Transitions, Tamarack Institute
Kieran (they/them) eagerly supports and coaches communities across so-called Canada to work toward just and equitable climate transition efforts. Their interests and involvement in the climate movement are ever evolving and currently focused in areas including, but not limited to, climate action as culture change, healing-centred engagement, environmental racism, Indigenous-led solutions, youth climate leadership, and disruptive resource mobilization.
Their background is in sociology, with a particular interest in exploring the multi-solving solutions that respond to the interconnected social and environmental realities around us. At present, Kieran's personal studies and community work spans a variety of interrelated challenges from abolishing prisons and policing to supporting the fight for decent working conditions and livable wages for all.