CBC, the National Film Board, and the Winnipeg Free Press are in. Now it’s time for the public to join in on theQuest.
Quest is The University of Winnipeg’s OmniTRAX/Broe Quest Series. It is an unprecedented opportunity to interact with individuals and organizations around the world that have taken on the responsibility to find out what it means to be global citizens.
The first Quest conference—Caught in the Crossfire: Global Citizens Making A Difference—takes place Friday, October 15 and Saturday, October 16, 2004 and is free to the public. It brings together educators, filmmakers, journalists, relief workers and youth to discuss and explore the conflicts and challenges of today’s world, and the ways in which we, as global citizens, can affect our world.
Caught in the Crossfire: Global Citizens Making A Difference features award-winning journalists and authors including:
- Ann Medina (Emmy Award Winning Journalist)
- Tony Burman (Editor in Chief & Executive Director, CBC News, Current Affairs & Newsworld)
- Gwynne Dyer (Historian & Journalist)
- Patrick Martin (Comment Editor, The Globe & Mail)
- Nicholas Hirst (Editor, Winnipeg Free Press)
- Lloyd Axworthy (President, University of Winnipeg)
Also joining the Quest will be relief workers like Jason Pronyk, the United Nations Programme Specialist Operations Support, and Akim Kambamba, the Executive Director of the Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Program, as well as University of Winnipeg faculty and students and many others. The resulting discussions will help us understand both how we see, and how we influence conflicts around the world-from East Timor to Iraq and from the Sudan to Canada’s cities and villages.
The conference will be launched at Winnipeg’s Ramada Conference Centre with the Canadian premiere on October 15/04 of Women on Patrol, a National Film Boarddocumentary filmed in Canada and East Timor. The all-day Quest conference on Saturday, October 16/04 takes place on The University of Winnipeg campus in downtown Winnipeg.
And as the formal conclusion to the University’s OmniTRAX/Broe Quest conference, the first annual University of Winnipeg Global Citizenship Award will be presented at Fall Convocation on Sunday, October 17, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. in the Duckworth Centre. The new award will be given to an organization known for its humanitarian work in Canada and around the world. The University of Winnipeg Global Citizenship Awardwill be presented annually to an individual or group embodying the spirit and drive of a passionate, committed member of society that lives out the responsibilities of a global citizen.
Open to the public, Quest is free of charge; however, The University of Winnipeg encourages all conference participants to bring along a canned good for donation to the UWSA FoodBank.
A complete Quest schedule of events is available at www.quest.uwinnipeg.ca
