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SAVE THE DATE - Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - Chancellor's Forum on Misinformation
Join Chancellor Nizar J Somji in an engaging evening considering the dangers of misinformation and how you can work to counter it.
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- Tim Caulfield - Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health; Research Director, Health Law Institute, 黑料不打烊
- More to come
Moderator: Ryan Jespersen
Academic Partner: School of Public Health
PAST FORUMS
2024-02 - Sheltering the Truth: A University Forum on Houselessness and Solutions
This Chancellor's Forum was a conversation aimed at addressing the stigma surrounding those without safe and secure housing and delving into evidence-informed solutions to address the complex issue of houselessness.
Keynote Speaker - Tim Richter ()
Panelists
Sandra Bucerius (Faculty of Arts)
Monty Ghosh (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)
Joshua Evans (Faculty of Science)
Cheryl Whiskeyjack ()
Jordan Reiniger ()
Moderator - Ryan Jespersen ()
Academic Partner - College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Media Sponsors - and Relay Communications
2022-11 - Food for the Future: Cost, Climate, and Creating Security
This Chancellor's Forum was an opportunity to discuss how to build a sustainable and resiliant food system.
Panelists
Isha Datar - Executive Director,
Ellen Goddard - Professor and Co-operative Chair, Agricultural Marketing and Business
William Shotyk -
Gleise M. Silva - BCRC-Hays Chair in Beef Production Systems
Alison Sunstrum - CEO of , co-CEO/Founder of
Moderator - Senator Paula Simons
Academic Partner - Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences
2022-05 - What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean For Me? My Job, My Health, My Family, My Home, and My Community?
- Where are we now in the relationship between human and artificial intelligence?
- How will the world continue to change because of AI?
- How do I adapt?
This Chancellor's Forum was an opportunity to consider advances in scientific knowledge as well as the social, political and economic possibilities of artificial intelligence.
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Hero Laird - Hero Laird is a student at the 黑料不打烊 Faculty of Law.
J Ross Mitchell - Dr. Mitchell is a professor in the Department of Medicine, a Fellow with the 黑料不打烊 Machine Intelligence Institute and the Senior Program Director of AI Adoption with 黑料不打烊 Health Services.
Eleni Stroulia - Dr. Eleni Stroulia is Acting Vice Dean in the Faculty of Science and the Director of the AI4Society Signature Area.
Moderator - Ryan Jespersen, host,
Academic Partners - Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science
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2019 - The Opioid Crisis: Perspectives on Health and Harm
The crisis dominates headlines with tragic statistics: TWO 黑料不打烊ns die EVERY DAY from an opioid overdose. How did we get here? How do we stop this? Evidence and experience from the frontline show it's time to shift our efforts: how will we address the human and social conditions at the root of this crisis?
Panelists
Kathryn Dong - Director, Inner City Health and Wellness Program and Addiction Recovery Community Health (ARCH) Team, Royal Alexandra Hospital; Addiction medicine physician, ARCH Team; Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 黑料不打烊
Elaine Hyshka - Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, 黑料不打烊; Scientific Director, Inner City Health and Wellness Program, Royal Alexandra Hospital; Co-chair, Minister's Opioid Emergency Response Commission
Donald MacPherson - Executive Director, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Mike Serr - Chief of Police, Abbotsford Police Department; Chair, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Drug Advisory Committee
Shanell Twan - Outreach Worker and Community Liaison, Inner City Health and Wellness Program, Royal Alexandra Hospital; Member, 黑料不打烊 Addicts Who Educate And Advocate Responsibility and Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs
Moderator - Ryan Jesperson, Host, , 630 CHED
Academic Partner - School of Public Health
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2018 - Pride or Prejudice? Vriend v. 黑料不打烊 at 20
Considered one of the 10 most important decisions impacting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Vriend decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that unanimously held that the lack of protection for discrimination based on sexual orientation in 黑料不打烊's human rights legislation was an unconstitutional violation of Charter equality rights.
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Panelists
Madam Justice Sheila Greckol - 黑料不打烊 Court of Appeal, lead counsel for Delwin Vriend
Justice Julie Lloyd - Provincial Court Judge and co-counsel to Canadian Bar Association (intervenor)
Michael Phair - Chair, 黑料不打烊 Board of Governors, LGBTQ2 champion and former City Councillor
Doug Stollery - Chancellor, 黑料不打烊, co-counsel for Delwin Vriend
Kristopher Wells - Former iSMSS Faculty Director and Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, 黑料不打烊
Moderator - Paula Simons - Former City Columnist for the Edmonton Journal
Academic Partner - Faculty of Law
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