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Narratives of Citizenship hosted an interactive Roundtable Discussion, entitled "Community Education and the Translation of University Knowledge," as the culminating event of the conference. The Roundtable brought together a wealth of community leaders, academics, and administrators who are interested in the relationship between the University and various local constituencies who have not traditionally had access (or easy access) to the University's resources -- educational, volunteer, and research-related. One of the main goals is to come up with practical and useful ways that the University can reach out to these constituencies.
Participants were asked to complete a Community Education Survey. Participants who were not able to complete the survey at the roundtable are encouraged to submit an electronic copy to the conference Co-Chairs at the follwing address: aloys(at)ualberta.ca. Please use the subject heading "Community Education."
The Conference Co-Chairs, Nancy Van Styvendale and Aloys Fleischmann, wish to thank everyone involved for taking time from their busy schedules to attend the roundtable. Your commitment to the concept of accessible education that engages both the needs and interests of the wider Edmonton public serves as an example to us all.
Roundtable Programme
Location: University of Alberta
Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex, Room #E1-003
Date: Sunday, March 25th, 2007 from 3:30-6:00pm
Join us from 3:00-3:30 for a late lunch courtesy of Save-On-Foods and French Meadows Artisan Bakery
Chair: Aloys Fleischmann, Conference Co-Chair
Introductory Remarks:
Message from the President of the University of Alberta, Indira Samarasekera
Opening Remarks from Dean of Arts, Daniel Woolf
Opening Remarks from the Mayor of Edmonton, Stephen Mandel
Opening Remarks from MLA for Edmonton Strathcona, Raj Pannu
Opening Remarks from Director of Community Programs, Advanced Education and Technology, Barbara Leung
Presenters from Service Provider Organizations:
Humanities 101 (Sharon Yeo and Mack D. Male)
FGSR Outreach Program (Daniel Grigat)
Community Service-Learning Program (Director, Sara Dorow and Special Projects Associate, Karsten Mündel)
Faculty of Extension (Dennis Foth)
Presenters from Alberta Community Organizations:
John Howard Society's Alternative Learning Program (Rachel Posch)
Stan Daniels Healing Centre (Belinda Upton)
Changing Together: A Centre for Immigrant Women (Josephine Pallard)
Edmonton Community Adult Learning Association (Valary Howard)
Greater Edmonton Foundation: Housing for Seniors (Manager of Marketing and Administration Susan McCarthy)
Please see our Community Representative Questionnaire and our Service Provider Questionnaire. These documents provide rough guidelines for Roundtable presentations.
Advisory Panel:
Members of the Advisory Panel will be invited to ask questions and make comments immediately following the above presentations. The floor will then be open to remarks from the general audience.
Kochee Mena (Diane Jeffrey)
Northern Alberta Alliance of Race Relations (Charlene Hay)
Edmonton Public Library (Manager of Highland Branch, Tiina Payson)
Alberta Public Interest Research Group
Boyle Street Education Centre (Shirley Minard)
First Nations Adult and Higher Education Consortium (Seaneen O'Rourke, Yellowhead Tribal College)
Center for Family Literacy (Aboriginal Literacy Coordinator, Colleen Crozier)
Canadian Native Friendship Centre (Dean Brown)
Edmonton Immigrant Services Association (Christina Nsaliwa)
John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (Executive Manager, Renée Vaugeois)
Edmonton Centre for Equal Justice (Lori Shortreed)
Canadian Cancer Society (Novalee Toronchuk)
Global Education Network, Educational Policy Studies (Dr. Ali A. Abdi and Natasha Goudar)
Faculty of Extension (Kyle Whitfield)
Mustard Seed (TBA)
Multicultural Health Brokers Co-op (Yvonne Chiu)
ASSIST Community Services Centre (Mei Hung)
Thanks to Save-On-Foods for their generous support of this event.
Thanks also to French Meadows Artisan Bakery.
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