Join us at OUR Centre for Civic Governance forum for progressive governance in Harrison Hot Springs, Friday March 30-Saturday March 31st. 2012.
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Joel Bakan is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia. He teaches Constitutional Law and theory at UBC. His book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, a book analyzing the evolution and modern-day behavior of corporations from a critical perspective, was published in 2004, and made into a film the same year. It won 25 international awards. His latest book Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children was published in August 2011.
Dave Meslin is a Toronto-based artist and organiser who has instigated a variety of urban projects including the Toronto Public Space Committee, Spacing Magazine, City Idol, Human River, Toronto Cyclists Union, Dandyhorse Magazine and Better Ballots. Multi-partisan and fiercely optimistic, Dave embraces ideas and projects that cut across traditional boundaries between grassroots politics, electoral politics and the arts community. In his work, he attempts to weave elements of these communities together. Dave blogs at Mez Dispenser, and is currently co-editing a book with Coach House Press about civic engagement in Toronto.
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