Sandra Bromley and Wallis Kendal say they were informed by e-mail that a board showing photos of victims of gun violence from around the world was taken down.

"We don't understand it. We're speechless, we're furious and we feel it's a real violent act to our exhibit," Ms. Bromley said Wednesday

Read the Globe and Mail and Edmonton Journal's coverage of the incident. Ken was also interviewed on the CTV News Channel on the controversy over the sculpture. Watch the segement  here.

Both Satya and Ken attended the Canada at 150: Rising to the Challange conference in Montreal, you can read the summary report here. Below is an excerpt from the Energy, Environment and Economy in 2017: Growth and Responsiblity panel that Satya was part of:

It is Time for a National Dialogue on the Oil Sands

Patrick Tobin, Director of Business Development at Rio Tinto Alcan and moderator for the clean energy panel, raised the controversial issue of the oil sands as part of Canada's energy mix. Satya Brata Das, founder of Cambridge Strategies, indicated that it was time for a serious national dialogue about the oil
sands. While it was a source of significant greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution, it is nonetheless a national resource with a potential value of $15 trillion."

Ken was the top rated speaker out of representatives from the municipal government and communciations and web consultants.

Ken presented on the role of social media to influence power in starting conversations and getting the word out on issues and shifting paradigms at the Acuity Forums Calgary conference held July 17-18.

Read the Acuity Forums evalution here .

 

 

Cambridge Strategies is one of the sponsors of Learning our Way to the Next Alberta. Public dialgoues that will raise awareness and advance the public dialogue on the role of learning as a foundation for co-creating the next Alberta.

You can get your tickets now at learningourway.ca to attend the Edmonton and Calgary evening dialogues May 31st and June 1st and find more information on continuing the dialogue with links to resources on speakers and learning initiatives, agendas for the events and details on how to attend a full day symposium in Edmonton at the Mayfield Inn on June 2nd.

Speakers will open up the dialogue on how we can create a well informed knowledge base to address theme areas that include; Alberta’s environmental and political challenges, the process of gentle action to foster transparency and stability in our institutions  and the impact of declining literacy and essential skills on Alberta’s adaptive capacity.