The Faculty of Environment invites the University of Waterloo community to a special screening of CAUGHT on September 13 on campus at the Modern Languages Theatre.
As part of the 2022 Wildscreen Festival's official selection, this short documentary by environmental alliance Age of Union reveals the critical impacts of dangerous fishing methods and dolphin bycatch off the coast of France, while the French government does little to intervene. Through a raw, unfiltered look at boots-on-the-ground activism by the Sea Shepherd crew of the M/Y Age of Union, the film also pinpoints the potential catastrophic ripple effects of overfishing, jeopardizing sustainability for all life on earth in the foreseeable future. To view the official trailer, click here.
The screening will be followed by a fireside chat with film contributors Dax Dasilva, Founder of Age of Union, and Will Allen, Cinematographer and Photographer, University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment faculty members, Trevor Swerdfager, Practitioner-in-Residence, School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability and Prateep Nayak, Associate Professor, School of Enterprise, Enterprise and Development. The fireside chat will be moderated by Dr. Sarah Burch, Professor in the School of Geography and Environmental Management and Executive Director of the Waterloo Climate Institute who will also be taking questions from the audience. Guests are invited to a reception following the screening.
Seating is limited. Please RSVP before September 8th.
PROGRAM
4:30 PM | Registration
5:05 PM | Welcome remarks
5:10 PM | Film introduction
5:15 PM | Film screening
6:00 PM | Fireside chat & Q&A
6:45 PM | Closing remarks
6:50 PM | Reception
8:00 PM | End of Event
Dax Dasilva
Dax Dasilva is the Founder of Age of Union and Founder and Executive Chair of tech company Lightspeed Commerce. With its debut as a book in 2019 and its evolution into an environmental alliance in 2021, Age of Union brings together leadership, culture, spirituality, and environmental guardianship to support and inspire the impactful changemakers that our world needs now.
Will Allen
Will Allen has been a photographer and cinematographer since 2003. Primarily focused on aquatic life, he has worked on several adventure documentary films including Bouvetoya, The last place on Earth, traveling to the most remote uninhabited island on Earth with a small group of explorers to summit the island. He has worked on five IMAX films including Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D and Rescue 3D with director Stephen Low. However, the films that have meant the most have been Revolution and Sharkwater: Extinction with his late friend Rob Stewart. They both shared the same passion for the planet, the ocean, and saving its inhabitants through conservation and education.
Aside from working as a cinematographer, Will co-owns two restaurants in Montreal, Quebec where they try to exercise the buy-local mentality and serve only sustainable foods in a plastic-free environment. He hopes, through his efforts in film and photography, to share the beauty of the oceans to inspire future generations to make positive changes towards helping the environment.
Trevor Swerdfager
Practitioner-in-Residence, School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability
Trevor is a Practitioner-in-Residence at the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment, School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability. He graduated from the Faculty of Environment in 1985. Before rejoining the Faculty of Environment as a practitioner, he had a career in the federal Public Service spanning over 30 years. He held positions in Environment Canada offices in Sackville, New Brunswick, Edmonton and Vancouver before becoming Director General, Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa. He then spent 18 months on Executive Interchange with the Forest Products Association of Canada before moving to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans as Director General, Aquaculture in 2007. The next ten years saw Trevor moving in to roles as head of law enforcement and then a succession of Assistant Deputy Minister roles responsible for operational policy, fisheries management, marine protected areas, species at risk, aquaculture and environmental assessment before assuming the role of Assistant Deputy Minister, Science. The last 18 months of his Public Service career were spent as the Senior Vice-President Operations at Parks Canada where he was responsible for the operation of all Parks Canada National Parks and National Historic Sites. Trevor now teaches at the Faculty of Environment with a focus on courses in fish, forest and wildlife management, environmental policy and decision-making and oceans conservation and protection. He also assists the Dean and the Faculty leadership team in the areas of educational partnerships and government relations.
Prateep Nayak
Associate Professor, School of Enterprise, Enterprise and Development (SEED)
Prateep is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment, School of Enterprise, Enterprise and Development (SEED), a member of the Water Institute, and Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice. His academic background is in political science, environmental studies, and international development. He does transdisciplinary work with an active interest in combining social and ecological perspectives. Prateep’s research focuses on understanding complex human-environment connections (or disconnections) with particular attention to change, its drivers, their influence, and possible ways to deal with them. His main areas of expertise and interest include commons, governance, social-ecological system resilience, wellbeing, environmental justice, and political ecology. Currently, he teaches international development and environment. In the past, Prateep worked as a development professional in India on issues around community-based governance of land, water, and forests, focusing specifically on the interface of research, implementation, and public policy. Prateep is a past Trudeau Scholar, a Harvard Giorgio Ruffolo Fellow in Sustainability Science, a recipient of Canada's Governor General Academic Gold Medal, and SSHRC Banting Fellow.
Sarah Burch
Professor, Geography and Environmental Management; Executive Director, Waterloo Climate Institute; Canada Research Chair
Dr. Sarah Burch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Canada. She is also the Executive Director of the Waterloo Climate Institute. Dr. Burch has published widely on transformative responses to climate change at the community scale, and innovative strategies for governing sustainability. She co-teaches a Massive Open Online Course called ‘Climate Literacy: Navigating Climate Change Conversations,’ which reaches thousands of students in over 130 countries.
Dr. Burch received a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies from the University of British Columbia, Canada (2009) and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oxford (2009-2011). She is a Coordinating Lead Author in the Second Assessment Report on Climate Change in Cities, and North American coordinator of the Earth System Governance network of Research Fellows. She was a Contributing Author to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007) and was awarded a Banting Fellowship for her work on sustainability innovation. Her most recent book (2014) is entitled ‘Understanding Climate Change: Science, Policy and Practice.
PARKING
Attendees without UW parking passes are advised to park on campus at C Lot of H Lot. C Lot is on the corner of Seagram and University and is $5 for the day at the pay and display station. H lot is $2/per hour with a max of $10 or two hours.