The Tommy Douglas Institute 2015 Program

The Tommy Douglas Institute 2015 / Program
■ Thursday May 21st, 2015
9:30 a.m.
■ George Brown College (St. James)
Registration [4th Floor / Open Area]
Community Open Space:
Images & Words*
12:30 p.m.
Opening Session**
[Lecture Hall – Rm. 406]
Resh Budhu, TDI Coordinator / CWRK Faculty
Introduction to Institute /
Community Worker Program
Georgia Quartaro, Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Anne Sado, President, George Brown College
Introduction to Keynote
Krystal Maietta, CWRK /Anishnawbe Health Student
 Beyond Classroom Walls:
Popular Education, Engagement and
Activism
 The Legacy of Tommy Douglas
Keynote Speaker
Chris Hedges,
Public Intellectual / Writer / Activist
2:00 p.m.
Community Open Space*
[4th Floor / 290 Adelaide St. E.]
Conclusion to Opening Session / Further Steps
2:30 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
 Community Partners and
Post-Secondary Education:
Breaking Down the Walls
 Student Perspectives: From Consumers
to Learners – Reversing the Trend
 Labour Perspectives: Work with Dignity
in These Times
Welcome to George Brown College
Neil Price, CWRK Faculty
 Aboriginal Perspectives:
Decolonizing Post-Secondary Education
 From Access to Inclusion:
Rights-Based Approaches to
Post-Secondary Education
 Faculty Perspectives on Critical
Pedagogy and Educating for Change
 Is There a Better Way?
Policy Alternatives in
Post-Secondary Education
Welcome to Tommy Douglas Institute
Question & Answer Period / Vote of Thanks
Focus Sessions / Working Lunch
[Facilitators / Rooms TBA]
[4th Floor / Open Area]
 Democracy Wall (TCDI)
 Community Worker (CWRK) Art Space / Button Table
 Community Information Tables
 Book / Book Signing Tables
10:00 a.m.
■ 290 Adelaide Street East, 4th Fl.
Closing Session**
[Lecture Hall – Rm. 406]
Community Open Space:
Images & Words * / Break
Chaired by
Rusa Jeremic, CWRK Faculty
[4th Floor / Open Area]
Message from George Brown College
Greetings from the Student Association
* Community Open Space: Images and Words allows
participants the chance to reflect on and discuss the
day’s ideas by engaging with interactive tools, art and
each other.
** A living visual document of the Institute’s main sessions
will be created throughout the day in Rm. 406.
Mohammad Ali Aumeer
Performance
Intergenerational Panel / Open Forum
40 Years Back / 40 Years Forward:
How do we Rethink, Resist, Reclaim?
Guest Panelists & Facilitator TBA
Closing Remarks
4:00 p.m.
Community Worker Program
40th Anniversary Reception