Alison Loat and others: Youth and the Public Good
Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 5:30 - 6:45 p.m.
As part the Rotman School of Management's MPI "Shift Disturbers" Speaker Series, the panel will explore the belief that people under 40 are heavily engaged in building a better, brighter future, just not in the traditional ways that are favoured by the earlier Baby Boomer generation. They will also examine ways for even greater civic participation and building the public good. Each panelist will highlight their own observations followed by 30 minutes of moderated discussion and Q & A.
Event Details:
Cost: $40.00 (general); $20.00 (Rotman School of Management or U of T alumni); $10 (Youth Leaders)
Location: Desautels Hall(2nd floor, South Building)
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto,
105 St. George Street
Toronto, ON
M5S 3E6
Further Information:
Please see the event listing on the Rotman School of Management website.
About the Speakers:
Alison Loat is Co-founder and Executive Director, Samara. She previously worked at McKinsey & Company and co-founded Canada25, an organization that successfully involved thousands of Canadians under 35 in the development of public policy. For her public service work with Canada25, Alison was chosen as one of Canada's Top 25 under 30 by Maclean's magazine and in 2005 she received the Public Policy Forum Young Leaders Award. Alison is a graduate of Queen's University and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She is also an associate fellow and instructor at the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto.
Marc Kielburger, with his brother Craig, co- founded Free The Children - an international charity and renowned educational partner that empowers youth to achieve their fullest potential as agents of change. Marc is also co-founder and co-CEO of Me to We - an innovative social enterprise. Each year, both Craig and Marc Kielburger organize Free The Children’s We Day the organizations signature domestic event where they share the stage, and their voices, with Nobel Peace Laureates, heads of state, celebrities, rock bands, actors and pop icons, including Former President Bill Clinton, Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir Richard Branson and many more. Marc graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, completing a degree in international relations. He won a coveted Rhodes Scholarship and went on to complete a law degree at Oxford University. Marc has also received nine honorary doctorates and degrees for his work in the field of education and human rights. Along with his brother Craig, Marc writes Global Voices, a weekly column about the pressing issues of our time, syndicated in the Vancouver Sun, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Calgary Herald, Winnipeg Free Press and the Huffington Post and Huffington Post Canada online. The Kielburgers are weekly Globe & Mail columnists for a weekly advice column called “Ask the Kielburgers.” Marc is also a New York Times bestselling author who has written five books, including Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World. Marc is the recipient of many honours, including the Order of Canada and selected by the World Economic Forum as one of 250 Young Global Leaders. His work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Colbert Report, 60 Minutes, CNN, BBC, as well as many other news and print media.
Dave Meslin is a Toronto-based artist and organiser who has instigated a variety of urban projects including the Toronto Public Space Committee, Spacing Magazine, City Idol, Human River, Toronto Cyclists Union, Dandyhorse Magazine and Better Ballots. Multi-partisan and fiercely optimistic, Dave embraces ideas and projects that cut across traditional boundaries between grassroots politics, electoral politics and the arts community. In his work, he attempts to weave elements of these communities together. Dave blogs at Mez Dispenser, and is currently co-editing a book with Coach House Press about civic engagement in Toronto.
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