L'Université autrement : Dans les cafés crée des lieux de rencontre et les met à la disposition des citoyens intéressés à continuer d'apprendre ou d'approfondir leur engagement à la faveur de discussions publiques et collectives. Ces cafés permettent à des individus de divers horizons et réalités de se rencontrer, dans un cadre où tous les gens et toutes les perspectives sont les bienvenus.
The University of the Streets Café creates gathering places for community members to pursue lifelong learning and engagement in the form of collective discussions. They are an opportunity for people of diverse backgrounds and realities to meet, where all people and perspectives are welcome.
The modern university is at a tipping point between its deepening role as a compliant servant to the status quo and its potential for transformative leadership on society’s challenges that are complex and difficult, yet urgent to address. What is required of universities beyond the excellence or research and the success of students?
Moderator: Lance Evoy is coordinator of Concordia University’s Institute in Management and Community Development. The Institute was established to provide a place for those in the community sector to share their work and resources with others and build new skills to better work with citizens developing programs responsive to the changing needs of their communities.
Guest: Shree Mulay is a professor in the Department of Medicine, McGill University and on staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital. She is the former director of the McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women whose mandate is to foster feminist research and coordinate women’s studies program. Shree has had a long career in basic science research; her research related to women ranges from reproductive rights and health to concerns of immigrant women.