Wales and Canada – Sharing lessons learned and approaches in moving beyond GDP
Roundtable discussion with Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
00:00 Start, Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commisioner for Wales
22:50 Stephanie Gan, Director of Frameworks Integration, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
33:05 Danny Graham, Chief Engagement Officer, Engage Nova Scotia
43:05 Ben Horowitz, Director of Communications, Executive Council Office, Government of Yukon
51:43 Start of panel discussion
52:16 Do we really still need to frame this stuff in terms of moving beyond GDP?
1:00:47 How to (whether to) combine wellbeing and sustainabiliity within an overarching policy framework?
1:14:18 The value of having a figurehead individual Commissioner to lead the transition / implementation of sustainable wellbeing
1:19:41 How does one avoid /move beyond a rhetorical exercise of relabelling / reclassifying and box-ticking, and instead put in a framework which changes what gets done
1:27:25 Wrap-up
The Canadian Wellbeing Knowledge Network (CWKN), an emerging initiative of a growing group of organizations and individuals from public, private, academic and community sectors is pleased to invite you to the first talk in its 2022-23 Wellbeing Policy Webinar Series, co-hosted with the McGill Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy. Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, will be joined by a group of Canadian federal, provincial, territorial, and local leaders, to exchange learnings and approaches in moving beyond GDP to prioritize wellbeing and quality of life.
Moderator
Chris Barrington-Leigh, Associate Professor, Institute for Health and Social Policy and Bieler School of Environment, McGill University
Speakers
Sophie Howe, Future Generations, Commissioner for Wales
Stephanie Gan, Director, Frameworks Integration, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Danny Graham, Chief Engagement Officer, Engage Nova Scotia
Ben Horowitz, Director, Communications, Executive Council Office, Government of Yukon
Vincent Klassen, Director General, Sustainability Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada
