2020 Vision for Humanity Symposium: Toward Human Security Worldwide
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Conference Fee
Tickets 2-Day ticket Fee $20
Tickets 1-Day ticket Fee $15
1-Session ticket Fee $10
(3/31- breakfast, lunch, dinner included, 4/1 - breakfast & lunch included)
** Keynote Address and Panel Discussion – Free Event
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If you experience difficulty to register through EventBrite or would like to pay the fee by cash or check, please email at "2020visionforhumanity@gmail.com" to let us know which date and time and how many people will attend the conference sessions, then, visit the registration table on the day to pay the fee.
Conference Fee
Tickets 2-Day ticket Fee $20
Tickets 1-Day ticket Fee $15
1-Session ticket Fee $10
(3/31- breakfast, lunch, dinner included, 4/1 - breakfast & lunch included)
** Keynote Address and Panel Discussion – Free Event
Conference Program
2020 Vision for Humanity Symposium [March 30 (Thurs) -April 1 (Sat), 2017]
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Keynote Address & Panel Discussion
THEME: “Building A Culture of Peace in Our Community” <FREE EVENT>
Thursday, March 30 (Th), 2017 (Doors open 6:00 pm) 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Lincoln Park Room, Lincoln Park Campus (Main Campus), Mount Royal University
J301 (3rd floor), 4825 Mt Royal Gate SW, Calgary (Paid parking or Public Transit Bus # 13, 18, 20, 72, 73, 306)
Keynote Speaker
Cesar Jaramillo (National Director of Project Ploughshares)
Panelists
MC: Saima Asad (UNAC-Calgary Branch)
Conference (※ See the Fee Schedule Below)
THEME: “Human Security Worldwide: The Calgary Model”
March 31 – April 1 (Friday – Saturday), 2017
Parkdale United Church at 2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary (Friday morning, March 31, and all day Saturday April 1)
The Folk Tree Lodge in Bragg Creek [146212 Highway 762, Bragg Creek] (Friday afternoon, March 31)
Session 1
March 31, Friday Morning, Doors open 8:00 am, Session 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
@ Parkdale United Church (2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary)
“Using Our Imagination to Transform the Culture of Calgary”
8:00 Doors Open - Breakfast
8:30 Registration begins
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and Orientation
by Co-Chairs - Arthur Clark and Cesar Jaramillo
Podium/Poster Presentation
9:10-9:45 “The Fractals of Violence, An Overview: Its Origins and Prevention” by Stella Constance
9:45-10:45 Poster Presentation Tour (See the following list of the poster presentations.)
BREAK 10:45 to 11:00
11:00- 12:00 Small Group Discussions
Poster Presentations [On display throughout the Conference Sessions]
Abosede Babatude, Enhancing Social Relations and Community Peacebuilding in Unilorin
Community, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Erin Bird and Farzad Olya, Making Calgary a Fair Trade Town and Contributing to a Global
Community
Arthur Clark and Dak Nyuon, From Materialism to Healthy Human Relationships: The Calgary
Social Capital Society as a Catalyst of Social and Cultural Change in Calgary
Nyabuoy Gatbel, Machar Village Children Fund Project: Paarman Maternity Centre
Rita Khanchet Kallas (translated by Ghada Alatrash) How does one become a refugee? (with
discussion orientation based on her work for which she received the 2016 People’s Choice
Peace and Human Rights Award)
Janyce Konkin, Fire Circle Reconciliation in the World: Peace Africa Alliance Consulting,
Educating, and Training Centre (PAACET)
Tina Larkin-Black, Allegra Samaha, Jennifer Hewson, Crystal Kwan, Daniel Lai (Faculty of Social
Work, University of Calgary) Is Calgary Age-Friendly? Insights from Service Providers and
Baby Boomers
Ahmer Memons, Thar (Pakistan) Famine Relief Efforts: “Adopt a Hand Pump Program”
Mahendra Singh, Naomi Terner, Spencer Klettke, A New Global Governance System: Why,
What, and How
- Mary-Ann Stushnoff, Ron Bennett, Phillip Poon, People for Progress Foundation:
Empowerment through Education in East Africa
LUNCH [PICK UP & GO] 12:00 pm -
Excursion to Folk Tree Lodge in Bragg Creek – Need your own transportation
Session 2
March 31, Friday Afternoon, 14:00 – 20:00 pm
@ Folk Tree Lodge in Bragg Creek
“Food and Water Security”
13:00 – 14:00 Arrive at Folk Tree Lodge
14:00 – 14:45 Intro Folk Tree Lodge and Tour of the site
BREAK & Socializing 14:30 to 15:00
15:00 – 15:45 Food & Water Security workshop by Earth Educators Inc.
15:45-16:45 Group activities related to food and water security
BREAK & Socializing 16:45 to 17:30
DINNER 17:30 to 19:00
19:00 – 20:00 Group discussion on Food & Water Security
Session 3
April 1, Saturday Morning, Door open 8:00 am, Session 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
@ Parkdale United Church (2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary)
“Nuclear Disarmament and Human Security”
8:00 Door Open - Breakfast
8:30 Registration begins
8:45 – 9:00 First Nations Opening ceremony – Chantal, Cheryle
9:00 -9:20 Welcome and Introduction by Cesar Jaramillo
9:20 – 9:40 Q & A discussion session with Cesar
9:40 – 10:20 “Defending” Canada with Nuclear Weapons by Cesar and Bev Delong
10:20 – 10:40 Q & A discussion session
BREAK 10:40 to 11:00
11:00 – 11:15 Making a Killing - Canadian Arms Sales by Cesar
11:15 – 11:30 Q & A discussion session
11:30 – 12:00 Steps we can take to improving the security of Canadians:
Small group discussion [facilitated by PPC executive members]
LUNCH 12:00 to 13:00
Session 4: Human Rights Issues: First Nations & Syrian Refugees
@ Parkdale United Church (2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary) 13:00 – 13:20 Background: Understanding what is lost, Structured inequality
13:20 – 13:50 Reconciliation commission; Introduction to the report and panel discussion (Chantal Chagnon, Cheryl Chagnon, Noella Wells, Cindy Provost)
BREAK 13:50 to 14:00 – reorganise the room into 2 circles
14:00 – 15:00 Break out session 1: (divide audience in 2 groups)
First Nation Spirituality - Walter Macdonald White Bear (group 1)
A Dialogue on Reconciliation and Belonging (group 2)
15:00 – 16:00 Break out session 2: (2 groups switch breakout)
First Nation Spirituality - Walter Macdonald White Bear (group 2)
A Dialogue on Reconciliation and Belonging (group 1)
16:00 – 16:50 “Workshop with Rita: Modeling Spirit of Syrian Entrepreneur” by Rita Khanchet Kallas and Syrian Refugee Support Group
16:50 – 17:00 Closing Summation by Arthur Clark
First Nation’s Closing Ceremony by Chantal, Cheryle
Concurrent Exhibition “Everything You Treasure: For A World Free From Nuclear Weapons” [Free Event]
(1) March 29 (W) – 31 (F), 2017 @ Main Street in Mount Royal University, by SGI-Calgary
(2) March 31 (F), 2017 @ Parkdale United Church (2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary
This symposium is sponsored by St. David’s United Church Foundation and Parkdale United Church
Proudly in partnership with Project Ploughshares Calgary Supported by Folk Tree Lodge Learning Center
Special Thanks to Peace Studies Initiative, Mount Royal University,
United Nations Association in Canada-Calgary Branch and Soka Gakkai International-Canada
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Keynote Address & Panel Discussion
THEME: “Building A Culture of Peace in Our Community” <FREE EVENT>
Thursday, March 30 (Th), 2017 (Doors open 6:00 pm) 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Lincoln Park Room, Lincoln Park Campus (Main Campus), Mount Royal University
J301 (3rd floor), 4825 Mt Royal Gate SW, Calgary (Paid parking or Public Transit Bus # 13, 18, 20, 72, 73, 306)
Keynote Speaker
Cesar Jaramillo (National Director of Project Ploughshares)
Panelists
- Mark Ayyash (Professor and Director of Peace Studies Initiative of MRU)
- Tony Meer (Director of Soka Gakkai International - Canada)
- Rabbi Shaul Osadchey (President of Calgary Council of Christians and Jews)
- Bev Delong (Chairperson of Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons)
MC: Saima Asad (UNAC-Calgary Branch)
Conference (※ See the Fee Schedule Below)
THEME: “Human Security Worldwide: The Calgary Model”
March 31 – April 1 (Friday – Saturday), 2017
Parkdale United Church at 2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary (Friday morning, March 31, and all day Saturday April 1)
The Folk Tree Lodge in Bragg Creek [146212 Highway 762, Bragg Creek] (Friday afternoon, March 31)
Session 1
March 31, Friday Morning, Doors open 8:00 am, Session 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
@ Parkdale United Church (2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary)
“Using Our Imagination to Transform the Culture of Calgary”
8:00 Doors Open - Breakfast
8:30 Registration begins
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and Orientation
by Co-Chairs - Arthur Clark and Cesar Jaramillo
Podium/Poster Presentation
9:10-9:45 “The Fractals of Violence, An Overview: Its Origins and Prevention” by Stella Constance
9:45-10:45 Poster Presentation Tour (See the following list of the poster presentations.)
BREAK 10:45 to 11:00
11:00- 12:00 Small Group Discussions
Poster Presentations [On display throughout the Conference Sessions]
Abosede Babatude, Enhancing Social Relations and Community Peacebuilding in Unilorin
Community, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Erin Bird and Farzad Olya, Making Calgary a Fair Trade Town and Contributing to a Global
Community
Arthur Clark and Dak Nyuon, From Materialism to Healthy Human Relationships: The Calgary
Social Capital Society as a Catalyst of Social and Cultural Change in Calgary
Nyabuoy Gatbel, Machar Village Children Fund Project: Paarman Maternity Centre
Rita Khanchet Kallas (translated by Ghada Alatrash) How does one become a refugee? (with
discussion orientation based on her work for which she received the 2016 People’s Choice
Peace and Human Rights Award)
Janyce Konkin, Fire Circle Reconciliation in the World: Peace Africa Alliance Consulting,
Educating, and Training Centre (PAACET)
Tina Larkin-Black, Allegra Samaha, Jennifer Hewson, Crystal Kwan, Daniel Lai (Faculty of Social
Work, University of Calgary) Is Calgary Age-Friendly? Insights from Service Providers and
Baby Boomers
Ahmer Memons, Thar (Pakistan) Famine Relief Efforts: “Adopt a Hand Pump Program”
Mahendra Singh, Naomi Terner, Spencer Klettke, A New Global Governance System: Why,
What, and How
- Mary-Ann Stushnoff, Ron Bennett, Phillip Poon, People for Progress Foundation:
Empowerment through Education in East Africa
LUNCH [PICK UP & GO] 12:00 pm -
Excursion to Folk Tree Lodge in Bragg Creek – Need your own transportation
Session 2
March 31, Friday Afternoon, 14:00 – 20:00 pm
@ Folk Tree Lodge in Bragg Creek
“Food and Water Security”
13:00 – 14:00 Arrive at Folk Tree Lodge
14:00 – 14:45 Intro Folk Tree Lodge and Tour of the site
BREAK & Socializing 14:30 to 15:00
15:00 – 15:45 Food & Water Security workshop by Earth Educators Inc.
15:45-16:45 Group activities related to food and water security
BREAK & Socializing 16:45 to 17:30
DINNER 17:30 to 19:00
19:00 – 20:00 Group discussion on Food & Water Security
Session 3
April 1, Saturday Morning, Door open 8:00 am, Session 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
@ Parkdale United Church (2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary)
“Nuclear Disarmament and Human Security”
8:00 Door Open - Breakfast
8:30 Registration begins
8:45 – 9:00 First Nations Opening ceremony – Chantal, Cheryle
9:00 -9:20 Welcome and Introduction by Cesar Jaramillo
9:20 – 9:40 Q & A discussion session with Cesar
9:40 – 10:20 “Defending” Canada with Nuclear Weapons by Cesar and Bev Delong
10:20 – 10:40 Q & A discussion session
BREAK 10:40 to 11:00
11:00 – 11:15 Making a Killing - Canadian Arms Sales by Cesar
11:15 – 11:30 Q & A discussion session
11:30 – 12:00 Steps we can take to improving the security of Canadians:
Small group discussion [facilitated by PPC executive members]
LUNCH 12:00 to 13:00
Session 4: Human Rights Issues: First Nations & Syrian Refugees
@ Parkdale United Church (2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary) 13:00 – 13:20 Background: Understanding what is lost, Structured inequality
13:20 – 13:50 Reconciliation commission; Introduction to the report and panel discussion (Chantal Chagnon, Cheryl Chagnon, Noella Wells, Cindy Provost)
BREAK 13:50 to 14:00 – reorganise the room into 2 circles
14:00 – 15:00 Break out session 1: (divide audience in 2 groups)
First Nation Spirituality - Walter Macdonald White Bear (group 1)
A Dialogue on Reconciliation and Belonging (group 2)
15:00 – 16:00 Break out session 2: (2 groups switch breakout)
First Nation Spirituality - Walter Macdonald White Bear (group 2)
A Dialogue on Reconciliation and Belonging (group 1)
16:00 – 16:50 “Workshop with Rita: Modeling Spirit of Syrian Entrepreneur” by Rita Khanchet Kallas and Syrian Refugee Support Group
16:50 – 17:00 Closing Summation by Arthur Clark
First Nation’s Closing Ceremony by Chantal, Cheryle
Concurrent Exhibition “Everything You Treasure: For A World Free From Nuclear Weapons” [Free Event]
(1) March 29 (W) – 31 (F), 2017 @ Main Street in Mount Royal University, by SGI-Calgary
(2) March 31 (F), 2017 @ Parkdale United Church (2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary
This symposium is sponsored by St. David’s United Church Foundation and Parkdale United Church
Proudly in partnership with Project Ploughshares Calgary Supported by Folk Tree Lodge Learning Center
Special Thanks to Peace Studies Initiative, Mount Royal University,
United Nations Association in Canada-Calgary Branch and Soka Gakkai International-Canada
Conference Invitation
Please consider submitting an abstract for the poster session at this year’s 2020 Vision for Humanity Symposium which takes place Thursday March 30 through Saturday April 1.
Opening night March 30 will be at Mount Royal University; the formal conference Friday morning and all day Saturday will be at Parkdale United Church; and a half-day retreat on Friday afternoon will be at Folk Tree Lodge near Bragg Creek.
Posters will be on display at the Parkdale United Church throughout the event, and will be the hub of a participatory session on Friday morning March 31.
The overarching theme of the Symposium is “Human Security Worldwide – the Calgary Model” and the theme of the Friday morning session is “Using Our Imagination to Transform the Culture of Calgary.” The participatory poster session Friday morning gives all Symposium registrants the opportunity to get onto the playing field of collaborative imagination for cultural change. The abstract (click here) illustrates the format for abstract submissions and provides an example of how imagination and collaboration can transform the culture of Calgary.
The deadline for receiving abstracts is February 20. Send your abstracts for the Symposium to Dr. Arthur Clark, as well as any questions you may have, using the email address awcimp@shaw.ca. The attached document “2020 Vision for Humanity Symposium Instructions for Preparing and Submitting Abstracts” has the essentials. If you need assistance, Dr Arthur Clark would be glad to help with the process of preparing the abstract and poster.
Your abstract will appear in the printed program of the Symposium, which will be sent to the printers in early March. The printed program will itself be an important record of the Symposium and a useful resource for us in the years ahead.
In accord with the theme for the March 31 (Friday morning) session, we are particularly interested in posters that describe a project you will be carrying out with others to move the City of Calgary or a community anywhere in the world toward human security and healthy global community. If you are also planning to enter your project in the 2017 Calgary Social Capital Tournament, the Symposium will provide an opportunity to get an early start on preparation for the Tournament.
Once your abstract is submitted you would need to turn attention to making your poster. A separate email with instructions for preparing your poster will be sent out by January 20. As with the abstract, we will be glad to help with preparation of your poster if you ask us to do so.
Opening night March 30 will be at Mount Royal University; the formal conference Friday morning and all day Saturday will be at Parkdale United Church; and a half-day retreat on Friday afternoon will be at Folk Tree Lodge near Bragg Creek.
Posters will be on display at the Parkdale United Church throughout the event, and will be the hub of a participatory session on Friday morning March 31.
The overarching theme of the Symposium is “Human Security Worldwide – the Calgary Model” and the theme of the Friday morning session is “Using Our Imagination to Transform the Culture of Calgary.” The participatory poster session Friday morning gives all Symposium registrants the opportunity to get onto the playing field of collaborative imagination for cultural change. The abstract (click here) illustrates the format for abstract submissions and provides an example of how imagination and collaboration can transform the culture of Calgary.
The deadline for receiving abstracts is February 20. Send your abstracts for the Symposium to Dr. Arthur Clark, as well as any questions you may have, using the email address awcimp@shaw.ca. The attached document “2020 Vision for Humanity Symposium Instructions for Preparing and Submitting Abstracts” has the essentials. If you need assistance, Dr Arthur Clark would be glad to help with the process of preparing the abstract and poster.
Your abstract will appear in the printed program of the Symposium, which will be sent to the printers in early March. The printed program will itself be an important record of the Symposium and a useful resource for us in the years ahead.
In accord with the theme for the March 31 (Friday morning) session, we are particularly interested in posters that describe a project you will be carrying out with others to move the City of Calgary or a community anywhere in the world toward human security and healthy global community. If you are also planning to enter your project in the 2017 Calgary Social Capital Tournament, the Symposium will provide an opportunity to get an early start on preparation for the Tournament.
Once your abstract is submitted you would need to turn attention to making your poster. A separate email with instructions for preparing your poster will be sent out by January 20. As with the abstract, we will be glad to help with preparation of your poster if you ask us to do so.
