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The Global Engagement Seminar's ARTS 490, The Future of Nature, was among the 975 Faculty of Arts courses that had to pivot to online delivery in mid-March. The class was deep into preparing final team projects that would have been presented at the public Summit held at the Balsillie School in early April. Along with the Summit cancellation, there would also be no public keynotes by the GES mentors, renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky and prolific scholar and expert on socio-political activism Mike Davis.

Join the conversation at the Global Populism & Democratic Futures Summit

The outcome of the Brexit vote, the election of President Trump, the erection of border walls across the European continent, and recent populist gains in Italy, Germany, Austria, and Canada raise important questions about democracy and the power of citizen’s disillusionment with t

Call for participation

We are pleased to invite students, researchers, activists and faculty members to contribute to the workshops and panel discussions of the “Global Populism and Democratic Futures Summit” to be held on Thursday March 29, 2018 at the Balisillie School of International Affairs.

We welcome a wide variety of submissions (academic papers, policy briefs, creative writing and poetry, posters and workshops) related to the theme of Global Populism and Democratic Futures.

Global Engagement film series

The Global Engagement Seminar Program is pleased to announce its film nights. Each Tuesday night, you will have the opportunity to see award-winning documentary films and to participate in lively post-film discussions. All selected films relate to the topic of Global Populism and Democratic Futures.