WORKSHOP


  1. Bullet Socio-economic impact of AIDs

  2. Bullet Everyday Environmentalism

  3. Bullet Women in Media

  4. Bullet Millennium Development Goals

  5. Bullet Root Causes of Poverty

  6. Bullet Fair Trade

  7. Bullet Art and Activism

  8. Bullet Wildlife Conservation



KEYNOTE ADDRESS

  1. -The History of Ideas


FILM

FaVela Rising:  A film about a man who emerges from the slums of Rio to lead the nonviolent cultural movement known as Afro-reggae.


INFORMATION


sab@ucalgary.ca

 

Come and join University of Calgary student leaders in this comprehensive conference with interactive workshops, keynote addresses, and a film, etc. Learn innovative ways students and youth can make a positive impact in dealing with environmental sustainability, ethical purchasing, gender equivalency, HID/AIDS crises and more. 


Registration will also include: 

  1.   Ticket to LGen. Romeo Dellaire presentation (March 16, 2008 at 5pm Jack Singer Hall) 

  2. Lunch and dinner. 

  3. An exclusive screening of Shake Hands with the Devil (U of C, ST 145 - Sunday, March 16th  at 12:30pm)

  4. A copy of "A Teen Guide To Global Activism" by Barbara Lewis


PROGRAMME


8:00      Registration     

8:30       Opening Ceremony

9:00      Keynote Address 

10:00    BEADS: Socioeconomic Impact of AIDs,  presented by the

             Canadian Red Cross

                Everyday Environmentalism,  presented by the Eco Club 

                Women in Media: Add Busters,  presented by Fire

                The Millennium Development Goals, presented by WUSC

12:00     Lunch

13:00     Root Causes of Poverty, presented by Engineers without Borders 

              Introduction to Fair Trade, Presented by Transfair

                 Art and Activism, presented by 11th  Transmission’s Kirth Ramdeth     

                 Wildlife Conservation, presented by Canadian Parks and Wildlife Sanctuary     

15:00     Break

15:30      Panel: "Taking Action Across Borders." 

16:30     Film: Favela Rising.

18:00     Dinner

18:45  Concluding remarks

Youth Action Symposium 2008

Social Action Board

Development Studies Club

World Service University of Canada

Students’ Union

Alumni Association

Uniterra

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Saturday, March 15, 2008 |  9am to 7pm

Alberta Room (Dinning Center), UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY

To register:  Parneet Kahlon:  sab@ucalgary.ca   618-7476

RSVP by March 8, 2008