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Rt. Hon. Robert L. Stanfield Conversations

ճ2023 Stanfield Conversationfeatured speakers Megan Leslie,Naheed Nenshi ԻMark Jaccardwith CBC Radio hostJeff Douglasas moderator. This year's event took place onTuesday, October 24in the Joseph Strug Concert Hall, located in the Fountain School of Performing Arts at ĢAV in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The event was also livestreamed.

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The Rt. Hon. Robert L. Stanfield Conversations
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ĢAV’s Stanfield Conversations: Talking Democracy series builds on the legacy of the Rt. Hon. Robert L. Stanfield, former Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. This series focuses on critical challenges to democracy and imaginative and inspiring responses to them. Through the Conversations, we aim to tackle subjects of national and international importance, drawing on diverse, world-class thinkers and practitioners of democracy to do so.

Talking Democracy

“WHERE IS DEMOCRACY TODAY?” is the over-arching focus of the series. Conversations will address themes of both urgent contemporary and enduring importance. Topics may be national or international in scope and explore issues such as populism and the new authoritarianism, ethics in politics, inequality and democracy or accommodating division and diversity. The series will highlight diverse political orientations, while honouring Stanfield’s enduring contributions to public policy and public service grounded in decency and integrity.

Speakers will be chosen from the ranks of distinguished academics, past or present politicians, non-elected political practitioners, journalists, public service, civil society and private sector leaders and public intellectuals. In selecting speakers and topics, the aim will be to meet the highest standards of academic and public interest.

Governance

The series is supported by the Friends of the Stanfield Conversations- a groupof respected Canadians from across the country, including many prominent practitioners and scholars of democratic politics, led by co-chairs the Rt. Hon. Joe Clark and the Hon. Anne McLellan (former Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister respectively). Operational activities are managed by a ĢAV-based organizing committee, supported by theFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences, theDepartment of Political Science,the President’s Office, the , ԻCommunications, Marketing & Creative Services.

Please contactrlsconv@dal.caif you have any questions about the Stanfield Conversations.

We are privileged to have prestigious individuals commit to providing volunteer leadership.  With their guidance, the Friends of the Stanfield Conversations, co-chaired by the Rt. Hon. Joe Clark and the Hon. Anne McLellan, will help us achieve the goals of the Rt. Hon. Robert L. Stanfield Conversations. 

Dr. Rachael Johnstone is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at ĢAV. Her research explores intersections between Canadian politics, public policy, and law. .

Fundraising goal

To ensure the long term sustainability of the events and conversations, sufficient capital will be endowed to provide annual funding in perpetuity.

The annual income on the endowment will cover the costs of presenting high quality programming in a modern format that is suitable for wide distribution on various audio, video and social media platforms, as well as in print publications.

To learn more about how you can support the Robert. L. Stanfield Conversations fund, contact: 

Kayla Barbeau
Development Officer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

E-mail: kayla.barbeau@dal.ca
Tel: (902) 943-5854