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First Annual
Graduate Student Conference
Participation for Social Change:
Critical dialogues on local and global possibilities
September 26-27, 2008, University of Ottawa,
Ottawa, Canada |
Goal of the
Conference
- To engage students
and youth in fostering proactive global citizenship by linking local
actions globally for social change.
Objectives of the
Conference
- To showcase
high-quality graduate student research on international or Canadian
participation issues through presentation and publication
- To facilitate a
networking opportunity among students from different faculties, and
universities; interested academics; and local practitioners
- To publish and
profile student research internationally on PD Forum’s Virtual
Gateway
This conference is
organized by PD Forum in collaboration with Carleton University and the
University of Ottawa with the financial support of the International
Development Research Centre. It is open to all.
To find out more about the conference - speakers, student panels
and workshops, check out the
Program (MS-Word)
or (PDF).
Register on-line to reserve your attendance at the conference. |
Speakers:
Pablo Leal,
Professor and Social Activist, Benito Juarez University, Mexico
Title of presentation: Popular power, emancipation and the
reconstruction of the social subject: Challenges for participatory
action research (PAR) in the XXI century Latin America
Meena Menon, Senior Associate, Focus on the Global South,
India
Title of presentation: The strengths and challenges of social
movements
Elizabeth Whitmore, Co-Chair, Community Based Research
Network Ottawa
Title of presentation: Creating a learning community: successes
and challenges of a community based research network.
Daniel Schugurensky, Associate Professor, Adult Education
and Community Development, OISE, U of T
Title of presentation: Social movements and social change:
Stories and reflections
Awad Ibrahim, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education,
University of Ottawa
Title of presentation: From Hip-Hop to Citizenship Education:
Grassroot Democracy and the Politics of "Project Citizen"
Mark Fried, Public Policy Coordinator, Oxfam Canada
Title of presentation: Some thoughts on how change happens: the
role of active citizens and effective states in development
Tara Guenette, Co-Chair of the Miss G_ Project for Equity
in Education's Ottawa/Carleton Chapter
Title of presentation: Remember Your (grass)Roots: The Importance
of Grassroots Organizing to the Miss G_ Project for Equity in Education
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The Participatory Development (PD) Forum/ Forum sur le
développement participatif (DP) is a leading edge international
network of several hundred development practitioners,
non-governmental organizations, academics/action researchers,
private sector representatives, and policy makers interested in
advancing reflection and practice in the area of participatory
development.
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the 2007 board election and its membership for participating in the election
process. We look forward to working with you in the years to come.
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and the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, Asia /Pacific and Ottawa. Five board
members are based in Ottawa in order to provide a foundation to oversee
funding, programming and staffing.
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