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The Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) focuses on promoting collaborative, multidisciplinary, and cross-regional research connecting research in the field of global studies to local, national, and international communities. CFGS bridges academic research and student mentoring with knowledge mobilization and community engagement. As part of CFGS, the project Communication and Media Strategies for EU Experts in Canada, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, provides the core support for the panel discussion.
One of CFGS’ new initiatives is the development of a so-called Cedar Tree Institute that is designed to build a place for pioneering, engaged research and citizenship at the nexus of the local and the global, of practice and theory. This initiative provides the broader context in which the panel discussion and the two-day workshop entitled Democracies and its Futures will be organized at UVic on March 21 and 22.
It was a pleasure working with UVic Centre for Global Studies to bring you this incredible event!
Thank you to Moderators Oliver Schmidtke and Rebeccah Nelems, and panelists Laurel Collins, Ben Isitt, Tom Junes, Pablo Ouziel, David Owen, Dennis Pilon & Antje Wiener for joining us.
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EVENT SUMMARY
While democratic ideals rest on the principle of free and equitable public dialogue and deliberation, contemporary Western democracies are experiencing deepening divisions and growing non-engagement in the public sphere amidst massive disinformation, in particular in social media.
This, as the world stands at the nexus of intensifying and intertwining crises of democratic, social, ecological, economic and earth systems. The panel discussion will address the conditions under which civic dialogue and democratic deliberation can be effective.
What forms should and could public debates take?
What role can academia and the media play in facilitating and reviving processes of public deliberation as a cornerstone of democratic practice?
This event addressed the issues of Democracy and its Futures through a multilogue between experts from academia, media, and civil society.
This panel discussion was moderated by Rebeccah Nelems and Oliver Schmidtke from the Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria.
SPEAKERS
>>Ben Isitt: University of Victoria and Victoria City Councillor
>>Tom Junes: HSSF Sofia
>>Laurel Collins: Victoria City Councillor
>>Pablo Ouziel: University of Victoria
>>David Owen: University of Southampton
>>Dennis Pilon: York University
>>Antje Wiener: Universität Hamburg
>>Boaventura de Sousa Santos: University of Coimbra
>>James Tully: University of Victoria
THE 2020 VISION PROJECT
20 local non-profits. 20 broadcasts. 20 months. 1 gift.
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We’re gifting 20 live broadcast events, over 20 months, to 20 local community-based organizations in order to help them reach more people, scale their message, capture some beautiful video, host an event, and build an expanded awareness of the cause they champion! 2020 Vision is our way of saying THANK YOU for all that you’re doing to make the world a more beautiful, just, compassionate, balanced and sustainable world.
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