The People’s University is an opportunity to learn, to reflect, and to debate ideas. It is open to young and old alike, both within and outside the academic world. The discussions will take place in workshops and plenary sessions with the aim of fostering a deeper understanding of a variety of topics in a spirit of camaraderie and open-mindedness.
To learn more about the Peoples’ Social Forum, or to register, visit their website.
Organized by Les Nouveaux Cahiers du socialisme in conjunction with Canadian Dimension magazine. Additional partners: Peoples’ Social Forum, University of Ottawa, Conseil central du Montréal métropolitain-CSN, CSQ, FTQ, STTP, ATTAC, and more.
Time | FSS 4007 | FSS 4006 | FSS 4004 | LPR 286 | LMX 106 |
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10:30am - 12:00pm |
Workshop University Inc.Facilitator: Isabelle Bouchard Speakers: Paul Hamel, Marie-Pierre Boucher, and Jean-Michel Savard |
Workshop Capitalism is making us sickFacilitator: Marie-Claude Goulet Speakers: Jill Eisen and Cory Verbauwhebe |
Workshop The recolonization of Indigenous landsFacilitator: Geneviève Beaudet Speakers: Shannon Chief, Neecha Dupuis, and Ben Powless |
Workshop The uses of “free-trade”Facilitator: Ghilslaine Raymond Speakers: Jim Stanford and Claude Vaillancourt |
Workshop Poverty and structural crisesFacilitator: Jean-Paul Faniel Speakers: John Clarke, Sigrid Kneve, Frédéric Paré, and François Saillant |
12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Plenary Imperialism and capitalism todayFacilitator: Thomas Chiasson-Lebel Speakers: Leo Panitch and Michel Husson |
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3:00p.m. |
Rally Peoples’ Social Forum march and rallyGathering on Parliament Hill. |
Time | FSS 4007 | FSS 4006 | FSS 4004 | LPR 286 | LMX 106 |
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9:00am - 10:00am |
Plenary Ecosocialism and EmancipationFacilitator: Andrea Levy Speakers: Ian Angus and Jonathan Durand-Folco |
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10:30am - 12:00pm |
Workshop Union and citizen coalitionsFacilitator: Véronique Brouillette Speakers: John Cartwright, Dominique Daigneault, Danielle Casara, Marie-Eve Duchesne, and Hassan Husseini |
Workshop Engaging in parliamentary and extra-parliamentary politicsFacilitator: Stéphane Chalifour Speakers: Judy Rebick, Manon Massé, and Jean Trudelle |
Workshop Fighting pipelinesFacilitator: David Welch Speakers: Clayton Thomas-Muller, Ben Powless, Tyler McCreary, Marie-Josée Béliveau |
Workshop Citizen movements from the Québec student strike to Idle No MoreFacilitator: Xavier Lafrance Speakers: Maude Barlow, Melissa Mollen Dupuis, and Jérémie Bédard-Wien |
Workshop Intellectuals and activists: resistance, repression, resolveFacilitator: Andrea Levy Speakers: Alain Deneault and Richard Brooks |
1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Workshop A fair tax systemFacilitator: Ghislaine Raymond Speakers: Linda McQuaig, Alain Deneault, and Dennis Howlett |
Workshop The role of intellectuals in social movementsFacilitator: Philippe Hurteau Speakers: Alexa Conradi, Melissa Mollen Dupuis, and Simon Tremblay-Pepin |
Workshop The future of the World Social ForumFacilitator: Raphaël Canet Speakers: Gustave Massiah |
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2:00pm - 4:30pm |
Plenary Fighting to WinFacilitator: Benoît Lacoursière Speakers: Judy Rebick, Clayton Thomas Muller, Tony Clarke, Françoise David, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Jacques Létourneau, and Donna Larivière |
The contemporary period is marked by a major paradox. On the one hand, vast popular movements are raising the banner of justice and democracy all over the world. Not only do they take to the streets, but they also win many battles of ideas and discredit the ongoing expropriation of wealth by the 1%. Virtually every week we see a new awakening, a new Spring — Arab, Québécois, Turkish, Thai, Brazilian, Spanish, Greek, American. On the other hand, opaque systems arising from the intersection of political power and the economic elites, step up their assaults on the people, behind the thin veneer of ostensibly democratic institutions. Building social movements requires patience, determination, and strategy. Alliances are forged; innovative means are deployed to outsmart the adversary. Small victories are won. But the opposing side wields a wide variety of tools. The media has become a veritable weapon of mass destruction aimed at vilifying and criminalizing the very idea of social justice. In many election campaigns, the game is rigged to produce the semblance of a changing of the guard: the extreme right, the civilized right, and the centre that now presents itself as the left. There is little debate, little space, yet despite that, the voice of the people manages to break through from time to time, as in the case of Québec Solidaire, Syriza (Greece), MAS (Bolivia) and elsewhere. These are some of the issues we want to address in this session, and here are several questions to launch the discussion:
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4:30pm - 7:30pm |
People's Tribunal on the sacking of employment insurance programAdjudicator: Martin Gallié Speakers: Steve Poulin, Pierre-Antoine Harvey, Stéphane Corriveau, Hans Marotte, and Jacques Beaudoin |
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7:30pm |
Special Event Social and cultural eventStarring Mehdi Hamdad of the Mehdi Cayenne Club Room 216, 2nd floor of the University Centre on the University of Ottawa campus (building code UCU) |
Time | FSS 4007 | FSS 4006 | FSS 4004 | LPR 286 | LMX 106 |
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9:00am - 12:00pm |
Movement Assembly Fighting back against imperialism and militarismWith Steven Staples, Greg Albo, Donald Cuccioletta, Christine Jones, Raymond Legault, snd Dylan Penner |
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10:30am - 12:00pm | Workshop From the proletariat to the precariatFacilitator: Marie Blais Speakers: Mostafa Henaway, Wayne Lewchuk, and Marie-Pierre Boucher |
Workshop Censoring ScienceFacilitator: Pierre Mouterde Speakers: Katie Gibbs, Christian Rouillard, and Yves Gingras |