HSI graduate student to participate in University of the Streets Café

Beyond the Pursuit of Happiness: What steps can we take toward a life of impact?

“This conversation asks a question that everyone struggles to answer. We don't always feel we have the tools to address it head on,” Megelas says.

“We’re going to look at the nature of altruism, as well as the emergence of social entrepreneurship and the idea that technology can allow us to build links among ourselves. And we’ll ask how these means lead us to express our commitment to making the world a better place.”

For this conversation, Megelas invited Peter Hartman, a life coach, speaker and consultant and Juniper Belshaw from The Centre for Community Organizations (COCo), a Montreal not-for-profit that supports community agencies, to comment on social entrepreneurship, among other things. Belshaw is currently a master’s student at Concordia in Human Systems Intervention (HSI). Both will be joined by moderator Anurag Dhir.

Megelas notes that Quebec has a strong history of building social commitment.

“Look at the lasting impact that Quebec feminism has had on the creation of a community sector that is based in spaces where people come to get access to services. To get engaged, we have to go into our communities and change the things about ourselves that are part and parcel of the problem.”

Wednesday, March 1, at 7 p.m. Café Aux Deux Marie (4329 Saint-Denis).