4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Conference registration
Lobby - Seton Academic Centre
7:00 p.m.
Conference Official Opening
Seton Auditorium
Opening Remarks
Alexa McDonough,
Interim President & Conference Chair, Mount Saint Vincent University
Hon. Marilyn More,
Minister of Education, Province of Nova Scotia
Logan MacGillivray,
12-year-old award winning human rights activist and filmmaker, Bedford, NS
Public Lecture: From Kindergarten to the UN – Education and Action for Peace
Presenter: Alyn Ware
Coordinator, New Zealand Peace Education
Global Coordinator, Parliamentarians for Non Proliferation and Disarmament
Director of AOTEAROA Lawyers for Peace
Alyn Ware played a key role in gaining the International Court of Justice decision declaring nuclear weapons illegal; and was instrumental in launching the World March for Peace and Non Violence from New Zealand October 2009 on the anniversary of Ghandi’s birth.
In 2009, Alyn received the Right Livelihood Award, the “alternative“ Nobel Prize, awarded to outstanding citizens for promotion of scientific research, education, public understanding and practical activities which contribute to a global ecological balance, are aimed at eliminating material and spiritual poverty, and contribute to lasting peace and justice in the world.
Reception to follow in Lobby, Seton Academic Centre