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The 80th Annual Couchiching Conference — From the Ground Up: Civic Engagement in Our Time — concluded with an inspired closing keynote address by Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi, who enhanced an amazing weekend experience by expressing ways in which we can all build stronger and more engaged communities together.
"I have never met an apathetic person, a person who truly doesn’t care about the future of their community, of their family, of their neighbourhood, of their city, of their country. The challenge that we have is that there is a giant disconnect between my own hopes and dreams and fears and the challenges for my own future, my family’s future, my neighbourhood’s future and all those institutions - government, business, non-profit organizations - that are supposed to be helping me make those dreams real…”
– Naheed Nenshi, Mayor of Calgary
– Naheed Nenshi, Mayor of Calgary
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2011 Conference: From the Ground Up: Civic Engagement in Our Time
- Jay Naidoo – Opening Keynote
- Revolution 2.0? with Jesse Hirsh, Mona Eltahawy & Paul Quassa
Summer Conference
The Arab Spring: Implications and Opportunities for Canada
Geneva Park
August 9-12, 2012
Blog
The Charter at 30
By Nathalie Des Rosiers
General Counsel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association
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