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Progressive Homes, Radical Change: How do the places we live in inform our commitment to social engagement?


Date & time
Thursday, October 6, 2016
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Cost

This event is free

Contact

Alex Megelas
514-848-2424 ext. 4893

Where

NDG Food Depot
2145 Marlowe ave

Our University of the Streets Café public conversations are much like any you’d have with friends or family around a dinner table, except with more people, more points of view, and slightly more structure. Conversations are hosted by a volunteer moderator who is there to welcome everyone and keep things on track. To get things started, there’s a guest, or sometimes two, who get the ball rolling by sharing their ideas, experiences and questions. After that, it's all up to the participants.

As we seek to shift away from a culture of consumption and exploitation, we are increasingly led to consider how our homes can reflect our commitment to social engagement. This conversation will look at the many ways in which housing connects the personal to the political. What are some first steps towards reducing the environmental impact of your home life? How is radical homesteading explored by intentional rural - and urban - communities?  How can we, as citizens, contribute to the improvement of local and national policies on social and community housing?

Guests:
Shirley Roburn is a postdoctoral researcher focused on the role of multimedia storytelling in growing community involvement in campaigns for marine protection along the British Columbia coast. Shirley has served as an employee, volunteer and organizer for many environmental justice and human rights organizations. Having grown up in Vancouver and lived in Canada’s north she is especially concerned about the growing unaffordability and precarity of housing in many parts of Canada.

Lucas Puttini is a doctoral candidate who is interested in alternative ways to organize life and work in our contemporary societies. From Brazil, he previously lived in Germany and now resides in Montreal with his wife. He has worked for 10 years in the transport industry and took part in a number of community programs. More recently he felt the need to understand and promote ways of living that reconnect the human experience with the natural environment.

Moderator:
Rehab Mahmoud is a human and organization learning facilitator. She is passionate about people, learning, and growth; a passion that inspired her practice throughout her career in the domain of learning and development. She worked as a consultant, facilitator, trainer, university teacher, and program manager. She has a special interest in the art of hosting, systems thinking, and conversations as a way of knowing.

Accessibility info: The NDG Food Depot is on the ground floor. A ramp allows access to the building and to the general area, one floor below, where the conversation is held. The washrooms on the level where the conversation is held are not wheelchair acessible. There are washrooms with wheelchair accessible stalls on the main level of the building but it is necessary to exit the building in order to access these.

Note: Please make sure to arrive early in order to secure a seat.


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