NEWS

In a little over a week, SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue will join thousands of delegates from around the world for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK. It will be the 26th time the UN has convened the Conference of Parties (COP26) to address the climate emergency. Dialogue at COP26 will be integral to moving climate action towards net zero carbon emissions and keeping global temperature increase below 1.5°C.

Throughout this past year, the Centre for Dialogue has been focused on building a more inclusive, democratic and resilient society. To share some of the work we’ve done this past year, we put together an impact report.

From the unceded, traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, on which the SFU Vancouver campus and the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre building are located, we respectfully acknowledge the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

What wicked problem inspires you to take action? The Semester in Dialogue: Navigating Complexity will allow students to explore what makes problems complex/wicked and offer you ideas to help navigate an increasingly complex future. Apply by November 1, 2021

On September 14th the Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue hosted a youth leader forum to discuss issues that have been identified to be pressing for youth. Youth leaders from the four major parties showed up to have a dialogue about issues that they each care about.

The SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue has won the National Research Project of the Year Award at the International Association of Public Participation North America Conference for the Beyond Inclusion guide.

How do the people who have dedicated themselves to doing the necessary work of improving Canada’s approach to criminal justice maintain hope?

Mental health, class discrimination, systemic racism, polarized politics, reconciliation, these are the problems that we are facing in the 21st century, just to name a few. They can feel overwhelmingly big, scary, adversarial, and filled with risk. More and more, units at the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue are asked to advise groups and individuals on how to work through big issues.

The future might seem uncertain, but one thing is certain, youth are engaged and have something to say about it. Youth-led activism has been a driving force this past year putting to rest any ideas about a “disengaged generation”. If you ask youth what their visions for the future look like, they have ideas.

Clean Energy Canada is leading the country’s transition to clean energy through deliberately convening stakeholders to connect on a human level, through conversation and dialogue.