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:
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• Ticket to LGen. Romeo Dellaire presentation (March 16, 2008 at 5pm Jack Singer Hall)
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• Lunch and dinner.
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• An exclusive screening of Shake Hands with the Devil (U of C, ST 145 - Sunday, March 16th at 12:30pm)
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• 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