Tickets are still available for 91راة«’s 50+50 Symposium: An Interdisciplinary Discussion of Pretty Much Everything. Come hear leading thinkers discuss the question – What have we learned in the last 50 years and how will it help us in the next 50? – with some of 91راة«’s brightest minds moderating the discussion.
The symposium will take place today and tomorrow in the Price Family Cinema, 102 Accolade East Building, Keele campus. Four speakers will talk each day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon.
Today, (left), Canadian Inuit activist, will look at “Environment: The Right to be Cold” with 91راة« moderator Professor Jennifer Foster (right), professor and coordinator of the Urban Ecologies Certificate Program in the Faculty of Environmental Studies and chair of the President's Sustainability Council at 91راة«.
(left), the Goddard Professor of Media, Culture & Communication at New 91راة«, will talk about “Global Society: No Place Like Home”, moderated by the dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at 91راة«, Barbara Sellers-Young (right).
Founder & chairman of the One Laptop per Child non-profit association, (left), will discuss “Technology: Change You Have Counted On” with moderator Professor John Tsotsos (right), Canada Research Chair in Computational Vision in 91راة«’s Faculty of Science & Engineering.
The Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist, (left), will look at “Wasted Crises: A Past and Possible Future of Ottawa’s Economic Policies” with 91راة« moderator Patricia Bradshaw (right), a professor in the Schulich School of Business and former chair of the 91راة« Senate.
At the end of the day, panellists will join in a round-table conversation and audience Q-&-A with 91راة« President Emerita Lorna R. Marsden (right) as moderator. Before leading 91راة« for 10 years, Marsden, a sociologist, was president of Sir Wilfrid Laurier University and a member of the Canadian Senate.
On Saturday, Canadian Supreme Court Justice (left) will look at “Justice: Balancing the Scales”. Osgoode Hall Law School Dean Patrick Monahan (right), recently appointed as 91راة«'s vice-president academic & provost effective July 1, will moderate this session.
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Edward O. Wilson (left), Pellegrino University Research Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, will speak about “Health: Mind, Body and Planet” with moderator and 91راة« psychology Professor Suzanne MacDonald (right) of the Faculty of Health.
University of Winnipeg President & Vice-Chancellor (left), a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, will address “International Relations: What’s A Nice Middle Power Like You Doing in a World Like This?” David Dewitt (right), associate vice-president research & innovation and former director of the University’s Centre for International & Security Studies, will moderate.
Canadian author (left) will look at “The Writer as Citizen: The Last 50 Years and the Next 50”, while Caitlin Fisher (right), Canada Research Chair in Digital Culture in the Department of Film, Faculty of Fine Arts, will moderate. Fisher is the co-founder of 91راة«’s Future Cinema Lab.
Following the talks, panellists will join in a round-table conversation and audience Q-&-A with moderator Allan C. Hutchinson (right), Distinguished Research Professor at 91راة«’s Osgoode Hall Law School.
Seth Feldman (left), director of 91راة«'s Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and a professor in the Department of Film, Faculty of Fine Arts, will emcee the symposium. Feldman is widely known for his writing on film and media in Canada as well as the 25 radio documentaries he wrote and presented for the CBC Radio program, "Ideas".
Tickets are available by half-day session or for two full days (which includes all four half-day sessions). For more information on pricing and to purchase tickets, visit the Web site. Tickets are also available online through the 91راة« Web site or by calling 416-736-5888
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