Media Release | Aug. 14, 2002
Martha Piper invites public to participate in Global Citizenship
Conference
As the first anniversary of Sept. 11 approaches, UBC President
Martha Piper is inviting the public to join scholars and students
to explore the ways UBC and other universities can respond to post
9/11 world issues and events.
The Global Citizenship conference takes place Sept. 4-5 on UBC’s
Point Grey campus and is expected to attract 500 participants. Organizers
say it is the first of its kind to bring members of the public together
with the university community for group discussions on a number
of current global issues. Topics to be discussed include: world
environmental sustainability, the importance of culture and media
in understanding international events, global inequalities, and
the meaning of democracy to people of different cultures.
UBC plans to use the public input generated at the conference discussions
to help set its international mandate in coming years.
Lloyd Axworthy, director and CEO of UBC’s Liu Centre for
the Study of Global Issues, will co-host the conference.
Janice Gross Stein, who is the director of the Munk Centre for
International Studies at the University of Toronto, Harrowston Professor
of Conflict Management and a leading authority on international
security issues, will give the keynote address on the evening of
Wed. Sept. 4 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Chan Centre.
President Piper, a strong advocate of global awareness in higher
education, initiated the conference following the events of last
September to explore ways in which UBC could foster stronger international
relationships and prepare students to be global citizens.
Conference registration fees are $10 for students and $15 for non-students
and include full conference participation, three refreshment breaks,
a brown bag lunch and 7 per cent GST. Pre-registration is required.
For more information contact 604-683-7718 or visit www.vpacademic.ubc.ca/globalcitizenconf. -30-
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