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Conference Announcement "Identity and Polarization: Implications for our ability to live well together" A symposium on diversity Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership Calgary, AB (Canada) 3-4 October 2008 __________________________________________________ Canada is often pointed to as a model of how a highly diverse population can live together peacefully. But our diversity can present challenges. For example, the debate in Ontario a few years ago about giving the force of law to religiously-based arbitration revealed tensions between promoting gender equality and accommodating religious difference. The Chumir Foundation is launching a multi-year project on diversity by looking at a few basic issues: How do we identify ourselves? Why is identity of ethical importance? And what does this all mean for public policy and good governance? October 3 Keynote: The ethics of personal identity Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University October 4 Sessions: Social identity in Canada: What are the facts and issues? Morton Weinfeld, McGill University Who am I?: Social identity in Canada and why I see it this way Carl James, York University Identity can be dangerous: Some Canadian examples Presentation and Panel Identity and poverty Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Ryerson University Polarization along religious lines - 'Religion in politics' Janice Stein, University of Toronto What are the building blocks of a healthy democracy in a diverse society? Daniel Weinstock, University of Montreal Contact: Elaine Wojtkiw Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership Suite 970, 1202 Centre Street S. Calgary, AB T2G 5A5 Canada Phone: +1 (403) 244-6666 Fax: +1 (403) 244-5596 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.chumirethicsfoundation.ca/main/page.php?page_id=160 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
