People behind the 2020 Vision for Humanity Group
Participants in the 2020 Vision for Humanity (Symposium and Memorial Lantern)
The world is changing every day, and over the course of a century or two the changes are vast and largely unpredictable. We cannot predict what the world will be like fifty or a hundred years from now, yet each day each of us influences the future, by our thoughts, our words, and our actions. The people involved in the 2020 Vision for Humanity, the Symposium and the Memorial Lantern event organizers are distinguished by their ability to envision a better world than the one we have and their dedication to actualizing their vision.
The world is changing every day, and over the course of a century or two the changes are vast and largely unpredictable. We cannot predict what the world will be like fifty or a hundred years from now, yet each day each of us influences the future, by our thoughts, our words, and our actions. The people involved in the 2020 Vision for Humanity, the Symposium and the Memorial Lantern event organizers are distinguished by their ability to envision a better world than the one we have and their dedication to actualizing their vision.
Dr. Arthur Clark
Chair, 2020 Vision for Humanity Symposium
Founder, Calgary Centre for Global Community
Arthur is a Professor Emeritus of Neuropathology and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary. He is a citizen of the United States and of Canada, and served as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps 1971-73, during the era of the Vietnam War. Dr. Clark has been active in public affairs since the time of the 1990-91 crisis involving Iraq. His emphasis has been on the necessity of responsible global citizenship and on the failure of governments to uphold international law as a major factor jeopardizing human security. His book, The ABCs of Human Survival: A Paradigm for Global Citizenship, was published in April 2010 by Athabasca University Press. Email: [awcimp@shaw.ca]
Chair, 2020 Vision for Humanity Symposium
Founder, Calgary Centre for Global Community
Arthur is a Professor Emeritus of Neuropathology and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary. He is a citizen of the United States and of Canada, and served as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps 1971-73, during the era of the Vietnam War. Dr. Clark has been active in public affairs since the time of the 1990-91 crisis involving Iraq. His emphasis has been on the necessity of responsible global citizenship and on the failure of governments to uphold international law as a major factor jeopardizing human security. His book, The ABCs of Human Survival: A Paradigm for Global Citizenship, was published in April 2010 by Athabasca University Press. Email: [awcimp@shaw.ca]
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Saima Jamal is one of Calgary most active community organizer, social activist, humanitarian, and volunteer, currently serving as the Social Capital Tournament Coordinator for the Calgary Centre for Global Community. Using her uniquely multi-faith, multi-cultural and multi-community approach to problem solving, Saima has taken the lead in many social movements and concerns in our city throughout the last 6 years, but none has been so prominent as the work she has been doing for the Syrian Refugee Support Group Calgary since Sept 2015. She along with army of supercharged community changing volunteers has been in the forefront of community engagement work in welcoming Syrian refugees to Calgary and easing their resettlement process. Previously Saima has worked for 15 years at the University of Calgary in various positions, work that has included such varied experiences as administering the training of public health physicians and managing the Consortium for Peace Studies in The Faculty of Social Work. At the same time she has been a long time federal and provincial volunteer with the Liberal Party. However she has never been afraid to cross any aisle as she always worked with anyone of any background who shared positive and good intentions. Her mobilizing 1000s of Calgarians to work towards making Calgary a global voice for peace, for anti-racism and Islamophobia issues and for gender issues as well as her efforts for Calgary’s Syrian refugees has been very well covered in the media. We can all be proud of her more than significant peacebuilding efforts and compassionate work that has ranged through issues as diverse as conflict in the Middle-East, Africa and Latin America through to Pakistan’s fight against terrorism, our global war against deviant terrorist groups, curbing radicalization in Calgary, and finding reconciliation for sectarian issues in the Middle East as well as civil war in South Sudan.
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Dr. Shinobu Apple has been an instructor at the University of Calgary since 2009. She holds a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests include East Asian Buddhism, Buddhism and culture in pre-modern Japan, Women and Buddhism, Pedagogy of Japanese Language, and Contemporary Buddhist Peace movements with a focus on human security and peace education.
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Sally Hodges
Past Chair, Project Ploughshares Initiative puppets for peace and youth action for peace. Recipient of the YMCA Peace medal. |
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Seema Jindal is a workshop facilitator for Earth Educators Inc., a social business focused on providing experiential learning and immersion into topics related to personal growth, nature and creating a sustainable world.She is also a professional artist and a certified Reiki Master. She has had over 20 solo and group shows in India and Canada. She has been practicing Reiki for 15 years.
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Mark van Engelen is the Co-founder of Earth Educators Inc. and principal consultant. 14+ years of experience in business change, process design, implementation, improving operations and education. He has helped set up foundations, implemented predictive SROI and grow businesses through planning, consulting and optimizing use of resources.
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Bev Delong
Bev Delong was trained as a lawyer and is a founder of Project Ploughshares Calgary. She is currently the Chairperson of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and on the Board of the Canadian Pugwash Group.
Bev Delong was trained as a lawyer and is a founder of Project Ploughshares Calgary. She is currently the Chairperson of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and on the Board of the Canadian Pugwash Group.