The Eighth Annual MacPherson Talk:
Fomenting a Different Kind of Green Revolution: Distributism, Co-operatives, Permaculture and Renewing Peter Maurin's dream of the Agronomic University featuring Josh Campbell
“Given what you’ve learned so far about the challenges currently facing humanity and the need to build community resilience, how would you have liked your childhood education to be different?” That was the question that Josh Campbell asked a group of his Grade 10 science students after leading them through several classes devoted to climate change and ecosystems. Their responses inspired him to envision a school that would give students the tools they need to meet the greatest challenges of our times. In this year’s MacPherson lecture, Campbell explores how the little-known past of one of Canada’s pre-eminent hockey schools, Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Saskatchewan, could be marshalled to imagine a new agronomic university built around permaculture, distributism and co-operative values and principles, and hope for an uncertain future.
Presented by Josh Campbell
Josh Campbell is an educator and freelance journalist based in Regina on Treaty 4 territory. He holds science and education degrees, along with a Master of Journalism and a permaculture design certificate. Prior to his vision to create an agronomic university, Josh previously made an award-winning documentary and co-founded Wascana Solar Co-operative.
This talk will be a hybrid event. Attend in person (at the Diefenbaker Canada Centre at the University of Saskatchewan) or online via Zoom.
Register to attend in person: https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/forms/2022-events/public-lectures/ccsc-macpherson-talk-fomenting-a-different--kind-of-green-revolution-december-14-2022-inperson.php
Register to attend online: https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/forms/2022-events/public-lectures/ccsc-macpherson-talk-fomenting-a-different--kind-of-green-revolution-december-14-2022-online.php
About the MacPherson Talks:
The MacPherson Talks honour the late Dr. Ian MacPherson, one of the leading lights of the international cooperative movement. Historian, educator, author, and passionate co-operator, Ian personified the relationship between Canadian co-operative academics and co-op practitioners. The MacPherson Talks are held annually by the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives.
Event Details
- When:
- Time:
- 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM CST
- Location:
- Join us in the Diefenbaker Centre or online! Click the appropriate link to register.