Victoria Forum: Bridging Divides in the Wake of a Global Pandemic

Virtual Victoria Forum 2020 Theme

We are dealing with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and its widespread impact on our economies, our societies and our environment. The virus is exposing the limitations of existing institutions, structures and systems, and exacerbating many divides and vulnerabilities in Canada and around the world. Social and economic divisions are being widened through the differential impact of the pandemic on vulnerable populations. At the same time, the pandemic also appears to be providing short-term relief to the environment through reduced emissions and consumption.

The webinars and the Virtual Victoria Forum 2020 aim at understanding the long-term implications of the pandemic and developing solutions and responses to it. In so doing, they will also lay the groundwork for the Victoria Forum 2021 by applying the lenses of Turf, Trust and Truth to a broader range of economic, social and environmental divides.

Impact of the pandemic…