Chris Hedges and George Brown College

Tommy Douglas Institute: The annual Tommy Douglas Institute at George Brown College invites stakeholders from classrooms to communities to dialogue, debate and advance ideas on educating for change in the twenty-first century, according to Rabble. Past speakers Henry Giroux, Judy Rebick, and Chris Hedges have spoken to themes of social citizenship, critical pedagogy and resistance to neoliberalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. On Thursday May 19, Canada Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke will deliver the opening address on this year theme, Canada: A Different Story. We know the popular stereotypes: Polite, quiet and apologetic. From the challenge of detangling a national culture from our multicultural mosaic to the interminable riddle of Canadian identity , the story of Canada has long been tied to a need to make sense of Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.