The Tommy Douglas Institute 2015 / Program ■ Thursday May 21st, 2015 9:30 a.m. ■ George Brown College (St. James) Registration [4th Floor / Open Area] Community Open Space: Images & Words* 12:30 p.m. Opening Session** [Lecture Hall – Rm. 406] Resh Budhu, TDI Coordinator / CWRK Faculty Introduction to Institute / Community Worker Program Georgia Quartaro, Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences Anne Sado, President, George Brown College Introduction to Keynote Krystal Maietta, CWRK /Anishnawbe Health Student  Beyond Classroom Walls: Popular Education, Engagement and Activism  The Legacy of Tommy Douglas Keynote Speaker Chris Hedges, Public Intellectual / Writer / Activist 2:00 p.m. Community Open Space* [4th Floor / 290 Adelaide St. E.] Conclusion to Opening Session / Further Steps 2:30 p.m. 12:00 p.m.  Community Partners and Post-Secondary Education: Breaking Down the Walls  Student Perspectives: From Consumers to Learners – Reversing the Trend  Labour Perspectives: Work with Dignity in These Times Welcome to George Brown College Neil Price, CWRK Faculty  Aboriginal Perspectives: Decolonizing Post-Secondary Education  From Access to Inclusion: Rights-Based Approaches to Post-Secondary Education  Faculty Perspectives on Critical Pedagogy and Educating for Change  Is There a Better Way? Policy Alternatives in Post-Secondary Education Welcome to Tommy Douglas Institute Question & Answer Period / Vote of Thanks Focus Sessions / Working Lunch [Facilitators / Rooms TBA] [4th Floor / Open Area]  Democracy Wall (TCDI)  Community Worker (CWRK) Art Space / Button Table  Community Information Tables  Book / Book Signing Tables 10:00 a.m. ■ 290 Adelaide Street East, 4th Fl. Closing Session** [Lecture Hall – Rm. 406] Community Open Space: Images & Words * / Break Chaired by Rusa Jeremic, CWRK Faculty [4th Floor / Open Area] Message from George Brown College Greetings from the Student Association * Community Open Space: Images and Words allows participants the chance to reflect on and discuss the day’s ideas by engaging with interactive tools, art and each other. ** A living visual document of the Institute’s main sessions will be created throughout the day in Rm. 406. Mohammad Ali Aumeer Performance Intergenerational Panel / Open Forum 40 Years Back / 40 Years Forward: How do we Rethink, Resist, Reclaim? Guest Panelists & Facilitator TBA Closing Remarks 4:00 p.m. Community Worker Program 40th Anniversary Reception