Ideas That Change The World Symposium

Panel Theme: Life and Health

• Panel 1: The Family
• Panel 2: Poverty & Inequality
• Panel 3: Aging in the 21st Century
• Sponsors

 

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Panel 1: The Family

 

Panel Date: Friday, August 8, 2014 Panel Location: Trent University- Symons Campus Champlain College- Lecture Hall CC-307 Panel Speakers: Profiles » Event Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Event Admission: Symposium Details » » Purchase Your Symposium Tickets

 

Panel Description

How do we now define and understand “The Family”, and how will that new understanding affect the institution itself? What are the ethical questions surrounding family members’ living wills and the challenges facing those left behind? How will the new focus on “self”, rather than on “other”, affect long-term social policies in support of the family? These and a wide range of other issues will be explored by an eclectic panel whose members include a historian, a philosopher, two physicians, and a cultural observer and analyst.

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Panel 2: Poverty & Inequality

Event Date: Friday, August 8, 2014 Event Location: Trent University- Symons Campus Champlain College- Lecture Hall CC-307 Panel Speakers: Profiles » Event Hours: 2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Event Admission: Symposium Details » » Purchase Your Symposium Tickets

Panel Description

Reframing how we see poverty, and changing perspectives toward those experiencing poverty to focus on their potential, are first steps in altering the arrangements society makes to deal with “Poverty and Inequality”. What can social reform movements in Afghanistan teach us about the large effects of even small changes? How do our basic human rights affect how we should perceive and address issues of poverty and inequality? How do we implant social justice as a basic screening device for all public and private programs and policies?

 

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Panel 3: Aging in the 21st Century

Event Date: Saturday, August 9, 2014 Event Location: Trent University- Symons Campus Champlain College- Lecture Hall CC-307 Panel Speakers: Profiles » Event Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Event Admission: Symposium Details » » Purchase Your Symposium Tickets

 

Panel Description

Trent’s new Centre for Aging and Society is an interdisciplinary initiative to promote research and awareness about aging and old age. What better topic to close the theme of Life and Health than “Aging in the 21st Century”? Symposium participants will learn about issues in aging - rural and urban, men and women, communities and individuals - from the perspectives of geography, literature, sociology, and community advocacy.

 

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Thank you to our generous Symposium Lead Sponsors

Four Corners Group

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Thank you to our generous Symposium theme sponsors:

 

Critical Cultural Inquiry

Stephen Stohn '66

Future of Education

Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Life and Health

Sustainability & Environment

 

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Further Questions?

Please email 50th@trentu.ca or phone Alumni Affairs at 705-748-1573