The two-day Summit attracted over 120 attendees who came in to listen to the keynote lectures on populism, participate in the student-led panel discussion on feminism and explore the students’ projects. The Summit was successful in raising awareness about global populist trends and starting a broader discussion on meaningful civic participation in the digital era, cultural belonging in Canada amid rising populist attitudes toward immigrants, greater sexual equality on campus, the effects of neoliberalism on democracy and the responses to anti-science movements.
You can watch the Summit's lectures and presentations below.
Opening Summit night - March 28, 2018
Doug Peers, Dean of Arts, Opening Remarks
John Ravenhill, Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs
Ann Komaromi, ‘Framing’ Social Media
Kurt Huebner, Cultural & Socio-Economic Factors of Populism in Europe
Jasmin Habib, Q&A Session and Closing Remarks
Read the transcript here: transcript_-_opening_summit_night.docx
The Challenge of Higher Education in a Time of Tyranny
Henry Giroux, 2018 Jarislowsky Fellow
Read the keynote's transcript here: transcript_-_the_challenge_of_higher_education_in_a_time_of_tyranny.docx
Students' Presentations: Opening Remarks
Bruce Muirhead and Jasmin Habib
Read the transcript here: opening_remarks_-_transcript.pdf
The Evolving Relationship Between Capitalism and Democracy in the United States
Keegan Morrissey
Read the presentation transcript here: keegan_-_transcript.pdf
The Rise & Response to Anti-Science Movements
Ben MacLellan, James Mallari and Erin Tonita
Read the presentation transcript here: science_group_-_transcript.pdf
You Won’t Believe What Social Media is Doing to Your Democracy
Robyn Peers, Samir Reynolds, Logan Miller, Don Tu and Savannah Voll
Read the presentation transcript here: social_media_group_-_transcript.pdf
(M)Otherland: Cultural Belonging in the Wake of Populism
Mariam Flifli, Michelle Gomez, Saleha Habib, Sarah Lukaszczyk and Charity Nonkes
Read the presentation transcript here: belonging_group_-_transcript.pdf