Two Faces of Poverty

Agenda

High School Students please click  HERE

Monday, November 3, 2008

8.30-10.00
 Registration [Convocation Hall, 2nd Floor Wesley Hall]
located in the University of Winnipeg, Wesley Hall
View the map here: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/maps
10.00-11.00
 Opening Ceremony: [Convocation Hall]
Elder David Courchene, Dream Catchers Drummers
Opening Address - Dr. Lloyd Axworthy,
Chancellor and Vice President of the University of Winnipeg
11.00-11.30
 Monday Morning Keynote Address [Convocation Hall]
Introduction to Keynote: Sen. Lillian Dyck
Keynote: "The Two Faces of Poverty" Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
11.30-11.45
 Panel response to Keynote [Convocation Hall]
Emma Larocque, Doreen Demas
11.45-12.15 Open discussion [Convocation Hall]
12.15-12.30
 Transition Break - Brown bag lunch distribution - travel to workshops
12.30-1.30
 Brown Bag Lunch Workshops A:
"Legal Empowerment & Poverty Reduction"
  1. Poverty Reduction Strategies for Aboriginal Women [Eckhardt Grammate Hall, 3rd Floor Centennial Hall]
  2. Local Barriers to Poverty Reduction [Pitcairn Lounge, 5th Floor Centennial Hall]
  3. Poverty in the Context of Disability [Convocation Hall]
1.30-1.45
 Transition Break - Travel back to Convocation Hall
1.45-2.45
 Plenary Panel Discussion: [Convocation Hall]
"Legal Empowerment in the Local Context"
"What reforms are most in demand, and which have the greatest likelihood of success?"
2.45-3.00
 Break (collection of simultaneous interpretation headsets)
3.00-4.30
 Day 1 Closing Plenary - "Peru: A Case Study Analysis" [Convocation Hall]
[Spanish/English simultaneous interpretation provided]
5.30pm

6.00-9.00pm




9.00pm

 Buses leave University of Winnipeg for Thunderbird House

"Circle of Law" community Feast
Thunderbird House
(hosted with Ka Ni Kanichihk, Southern Chiefs Organization, Mother of Red Nation Council, and the University of Winnipeg Aboriginal Students Association

Buses return to the University of Winnipeg

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

9.00-9.45
 Opening Plenary [Convocation Hall]
Chair & Introductory Keynote : Chris Axworthy
Keynote: "Global to Local" Dr. Ashraf Ghani
9.45-10.00
 Keynote response: Jerry Buckland, Judith Harris
10.00-10.15 Open discussion [Convocation Hall]
10.15-10.45
 [Convocation Hall]
Keynote: "Labour Rights & Human Rights" Paul Chartrand
10.45-11.00
 Transition Break - Travel to workshops
11.00-12.00
 Workshops B: "Strategies for Overcoming Obstacles"
  1. Local Bank Exclusion - [Eckhardt Grammate Hall, 3rd Floor Centennial Hall]
  2. Natural Resources / Unnatural Barriers [Bullman Centre, Basement Riddell Hall]
  3. The Femme Fiscale and Women's Economic Literacy [Convocation Hall]
  4. The Inner City and I [Pitcairn Lounge, 5th Floor Centennial Hall]
12.00-12.15
 Transition Break - Travel to the Bulman Centre
12.15-12.45
 Luncheon Keynote [Bullman Centre, Basement Riddell Hall]
Chair: Sen. Janis Johnson
Keynote"Accessing the Rule of Law" Naresh Singh
12.45-1.00





1.00-1.15
 Response Panel [Bullman Centre, Basement Riddell Hall] Open Discussion
1.15-1.30
 Transition Break - Travel to workshops
1.30-3.00
 Workshops C: "Global to Local Action Plans"
  1. Applied Research: Future Directions in Poverty Reduction [Convocation Hall]
  2. Access to Justice [Eckhardt Grammate Hall, 3rd Floor Centennial Hall]
  3. "Spontaneous Session" [Pitcairn Lounge, 5th Floor Centennial Hall]
3.00-3.15
 Transition Break - Travel to Convocation Hall
3.15-4.30
 Closing Plenary [Convocation Hall]
Chair and Introduction to Keynote: Eliakim Sibanda
Closing Keynote: Bev Jacobs
Closing Remarks: Marilou McPhedran
Youth Declaration on Poverty Reduction
Closing Ceremony: Elder David Courchene; Dream Catchers Drummers

last updated: October 30, 2008

< Back to Conference main page